Senior Construction Project Manager - Progressive Design-Build, Higher Education

Job Description

Job Description

The Role:

This is an on-site position based in the Sacramento area. We work within the higher education space and are looking for a strong Project Management profession for one of our School District clients. This person must have Progressive Design Build experience, as well as experience within higher education and/or community colleges. Under the direction and supervision of the Program Manager, the Senior Project Manager is responsible for overseeing the District’s capital design and construction projects from the design to D.S.A. close-out, ensuring project goals and objectives are met, while maintaining compliance with company policies and procedures and all relevant regulations. The Senior Project Manager serves as mentor for Project and Construction Managers. The Senior Project Manager plans and coordinates activities of designated projects to ensure that goals or objectives of projects are accomplished within the prescribed time frame and funding parameters by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors. Performs other functions as needed.

Examples of Essential Functions

• Abide by operational procedures and reporting responsibilities for the on-going management and supervision of the District’s capital design and construction program.
• Assist in the development of project-based scope, schedule and budget goals and objectives.
• Manage and oversee program design, bid and construction phases including constructability review and value engineering efforts to ensure project goals and objectives are met.
• Assist as District liaison in acquiring all local, state, and federal project specific agency approvals in a timely matter.
• Monitor professional service contract performance including review and approval of pay requests.
• Prepare general and trade contractor pre-qualification documentation and oversee selection process.
• Track, review, approve, and record capital construction project communications, documentation, and accounting.
• Related communication includes construction phase documentation such as meeting minutes, job schedules, shop drawings, submittals, daily logs, field orders, requests for information, proposal requests, change orders, pay requests, inspection reports, special inspection tests results and other written project communication.
• Conduct periodic job walks to ensure contract performance, schedule, and the highest quality of workmanship.
• Monitor general and trade contractor performance including review and approval of pay requests.
• Monitor DSA inspector of record and materials testing and inspection performance including review and approval of pay requests.
• Prepare project reports for management, client, or others.
• Coordinate project activities with all regulatory agencies.
• Develop project requirements that identify resource and budgetary needs.
• Host project meetings at least once a week with team and managers.
• Manage deadlines and drive team to ensure timeliness.
• Leadership qualities, such as motivation techniques and conflict-management.
• Time management skills, familiarity with calendar management and goal setting.
• Understand general project scope of program as a whole, even projects not assigned.
• Proficient Knowledge of project management processes.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

What You Bring

• Progressive Design Build delivery experience
• 7 to 10 years managing public-sector or K-12 construction
• A bachelor's in construction management, architecture, or engineering, or equivalent professional experience preferred
• Working command of public-agency rules: bond funding, public bidding, prevailing wage, and DSA or comparable plan review

Preferred

• CCM (CMAA), PMP (PMI), PE or CA Architect license
• Demonstrated DSA-regulated project experience
• Based in or near the Sacramento area for daily on-site presence

Benefits

Compensation

• Approximately $165,000 - $220,000 (Depending on Experience Level)
• Health, dental, and vision (low cost), 401k and Safe Harbor, 3 weeks PTO, and ESOP participation at no cost to you
• Stock Options; We are a 100% Employee Owned Company (ESOP)!

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.