10 years of full-time professional experience in construction or combined project and construction management on commercial, public, or educational facility construction, including 3 years fully responsible for coordinating complex projects over $10 million each, plus a bachelor's degree in architecture, engineering, or construction management; a Certified Construction Manager credential from the Construction Management Association of America may substitute for the degree.
Alternatively, 15 years of the same full-time professional experience, including 8 years fully responsible for coordinating complex projects over $10 million each; a degree in architecture, engineering, or construction management and a Certified Construction Manager credential are preferred but not required.
Responsibilities
Represent the District on assigned school projects and manage each project through preconstruction, bid and award, construction, and closeout.
Manage project budgets and schedules to District standards and review the budget monthly to reflect the project's current status.
Manage contractors' daily activities; review construction schedules and submittals; coordinate responses to requests for clarification; review substitution requests; and negotiate change order proposals to a fair and reasonable price.
Coordinate off-site work with public agencies, and coordinate with the design team, District staff, and project staff.
Administer the District's agreements with architects and monitor payments to contractors and consultants.
Coordinate delivery of furniture, fixtures, and equipment.
See projects through DSA certification and financial closeout, and report status and progress to upper management.
Review preconstruction documents and provide comments to the designer.
Review substitution submittals against specifications and District requirements.
Review and negotiate change order proposals to a fair and reasonable price, addressing schedule impacts under project specifications.
Review payments for contractors, architects, engineers, and other parties.
Desired Qualifications
Design-build experience.
Building information modeling experience.
Experience with LEED or Collaborative for High Performance Schools projects.
Knowledge of DSA construction and design processes.
Knowledge of safety and OSHA regulations, with OSHA 30 at minimum.
California Architect registration, Professional Engineer license, or a Certified Construction Manager credential from the Construction Manager Certification Institute.
A degree in architecture, engineering, or construction management and a Certified Construction Manager credential for the alternate experience pathway.
Owner's Authorized Representative (OAR I) - K-12 School Construction ($10M+)
MAAS Companies · Monterey Park, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-09-23
Salary: USD 180,000–197,000
Workplace: on_site
Department: LAUSD
Description
The Work
LAUSD's Project Execution group delivers one of the largest public school construction programs in the country, under the oversight of DSA, the Division of the State Architect, the state office that approves public school construction. As Owner's Authorized Representative I, you represent the District on assigned school projects and manage each one through preconstruction, bid and award, construction, and closeout.
You manage the project budget and schedule to the District's standards and review the budget every month so it reflects the project's real status. You manage the contractor's daily activities, review construction schedules and submittals, coordinate responses to the contractor's requests for clarification, review substitution requests, and negotiate change order proposals to a fair and reasonable price. You coordinate with public agencies on off-site work, with the design team, and with District and project staff.
You administer the District's agreements with architects, monitor payments to contractors and consultants, coordinate delivery of furniture, fixtures, and equipment, and see each project through DSA certification and financial closeout, reporting status and progress to upper management along the way. This is a full-time, in-person position. The District has 2 openings.
What You Will Own
- All phases of assigned projects, from preconstruction and bid and award through construction and closeout
- Review of preconstruction documents, with comments to the designer
- Status and progress reports to upper management
- Coordination with public agencies on off-site work, and with District and project staff
- Project budget and schedule, managed to the District's standards and monitored monthly
- The contractor's daily activities, schedule and submittal review, and responses to requests for clarification (RFCs)
- Review of substitution submittals against the specifications and District requirements
- Change order proposals, reviewed and negotiated to a fair and reasonable price, with schedule impacts addressed under the project specifications
- Payment review for contractors, architects, engineers, and other parties
- Administration of the District's professional service agreements with architects
- Delivery of furniture, fixtures, and equipment
- DSA certification and financial closeout
Requirements
What You Bring (one of the following)
- 10 years of full-time professional experience in construction, or in combined project and construction management, on commercial or public and educational facility construction, with 3 of those years fully responsible for coordinating complex projects over $10 million each (not cumulative), plus a bachelor's degree in architecture, engineering, or construction management. A Certified Construction Manager (CCM) credential from the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) may substitute for the degree
- 15 years of the same full-time professional experience, with 8 of those years fully responsible for coordinating complex projects over $10 million each (not cumulative). A degree in architecture, engineering, or construction management and a CCM are preferred, not required
Preferred
- Design-build experience
- BIM (building information modeling)
- LEED or CHPS (Collaborative for High Performance Schools) projects
- DSA construction and design processes
- Safety and OSHA regulations, with OSHA 30 at minimum
- A California Architect registration or Professional Engineer license, or a CCM from the Construction Manager Certification Institute (CMCI)
Benefits
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.