Owner's Authorized Representative I (OAR I)

The Work

LAUSD runs one of the largest public school construction programs in the country, all of it under Division of the State Architect (DSA) oversight. As an Owner's Authorized Representative I, you represent the District on assigned school projects and lead them from preconstruction through bid and award, construction, and closeout.

You own the budget and schedule and hold them to the District's standards, monitoring the budget monthly so it reflects real status. You manage the contractor day to day, review schedules and submittals, respond to RFCs, and negotiate change order proposals to a fair and reasonable price, keeping the design team, public agencies, and District staff coordinated.

You see projects all the way through DSA certification and financial closeout, and you keep upper management informed with clear status and progress reporting along the way.

Requirements

What You Will Own

· Assigned projects from preconstruction and bid/award through construction and closeout

· Project budget and schedule to the District's standards, monitored monthly

· Contractor management, RFC responses, schedule and submittal review, and substitution review

· Change order proposal review and negotiation for a fair and reasonable price

· Payment review for contractors, architects, and engineers, and administration of architect agreements

· DSA certification and financial closeout

What You Bring

· 10 years of construction and/or combined project and construction management on commercial or public/educational facilities

· 3 of those years with full responsibility for coordinating complex projects with construction values over $10M

· One of three education paths: a bachelor's in architecture, engineering, or construction management; a bachelor's in any field plus the ability to earn a CCM within one year of hire in the LAUSD Facilities Services Division; or a current CCM in place of the degree

· The presence to be the owner's representative in the room, holding contractors and consultants to scope, schedule, and budget

Preferred

· Design-Build, BIM, and LEED and/or CHPS experience

· DSA construction and design process experience

· OSHA 30

· California Architect or Professional Engineer license, or a CCM (CMCI)

Benefits

Compensation

Salary range: $180,000 to $197,000 per year, based on experience.

Benefits: health, dental, and vision at low cost; 401k; three weeks of PTO; and an ESOP (employee stock ownership) at no cost to you, with a 3% Safe Harbor contribution vested on day one.

Why MAAS

MAAS has spent nearly 40 years earning the trust of 50+ educational institutions across California, managing over $10B in projects. That track record means the work here is stable, funded, and consequential. You are not chasing the next contract.

As a MAAS employee, you are also an owner. The company is 100% employee-owned through an ESOP, a retirement benefit provided at no cost to you, on top of your salary. MAAS is a profitable, well-run organization and our share price has more than doubled since the plan's inception, with continued growth year over year. Your ownership stake builds the longer you stay, and ESOP participants nationally tend to accumulate 2.5x more in retirement savings than employees at non-ESOP companies.

In an industry not known for prioritizing culture, 96% of MAAS employees say it is a great place to work, and 100% say people genuinely care about each other.