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Design Manager

Maas Companies, Inc. 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, California, United States of America

$167,000 - $183,000 Full-time Manager

Manage the design process for multiple school facilities projects, from programming and early design through construction documents, ensuring compliance with educational standards, budgets, schedules, and environmental and legal requirements. Select and direct design firms, review design changes, coordinate Division of the State Architect approvals, and report project status with findings and recommendations.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the design process for multiple school facilities projects, from programming and early design through construction documents, ensuring compliance with educational standards, budgets, schedules, and environmental and legal requirements. Select and direct design firms, review design changes, coordinate Division of the State Architect approvals, and report project status with findings and recommendations.

Requirements

  • Requires a bachelor's degree in architecture or engineering, at least eight years of professional experience managing facilities design or capital projects, and at least four years involving educational facilities or similar public agencies. Strong writing and the judgment to direct multiple firms and projects are required; California architect registration or professional engineer licensure, DSA experience, campus modernization experience, and design-phase estimating and scheduling are preferred.

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Paid Time Off
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • 3% Safe Harbor Contribution

Key Skills

Facilities design management Educational facility standards Construction documentation Project budgeting Scheduling Environmental compliance Legal compliance Design firm selection Design change review Division of the State Architect coordination Report writing Stakeholder communication Architectural licensing Professional engineering licensure Campus modernization Design‑phase estimating Project scheduling Leadership

About Maas Companies, Inc.

Since our founding in 1987, we at MAAS have been on a mission to revolutionize facilities program management. We're not just a company, we're a community of employee-owners, each bringing our unique expertise and passion to the programs and projects we manage. Our approach is not a one-size-fits-all; we believe in crafting solutions that are as unique as the challenges our clients face. Our team is a dynamic blend of project managers, finance specialists and technology visionaries, all united by a single goal: to deliver unparalleled service to our clients. OUR MISSION In partnership with our clients, we deliver tailored program, project, and construction management solutions today to help our communities build innovative environments for an inspiring life tomorrow. OUR SERVICES At MAAS, we partner with educational institutions through the complete construction project life cycle, from initial planning to pre-bond preparation, program initiation and management through the close-out

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