Project Manager II, Construction Management. Pasadena Unified School District.
Job Description
Job Description
The Role:
This is an on-site project manager role based at the District's Facilities office in Altadena, embedded with the District team and reporting to Facilities Administration. You manage assigned projects from pre-construction through closeout.
The current work is a mix of occupied-campus modernizations delivered as lease-leaseback (two elementary school modernizations, a gym and pool modernization with athletic-facility work, and a restroom, campus-utilities, and athletic-field package) plus a design-build elementary rebuild with swing space. You coordinate architects, engineers, inspectors, contractors, and school-site staff, and you keep the work moving on occupied campuses without disrupting instruction.
Day to day you own scope, schedule, budget, and quality. You review change orders, estimates, and time impact analyses, keep the work compliant with DSA requirements and District standards, and produce the documentation and reporting the District relies on. This is hands-on, owner-side construction management on public school projects.
What You'll Own
- Assigned projects from pre-construction through closeout
- Scope, schedule, budget, and quality control
- Change order review, estimates, and time impact analysis
- Coordination across architects, engineers, inspectors, contractors, and school sites
- DSA compliance, District standards, and safety
- Project documentation, progress reports, and issue resolution
Requirements
What You Bring
- 7 to 10 years managing public-sector or K-12 construction, with active on-site construction oversight, not preconstruction or office-only roles
- Projects you personally ran on occupied campuses, with phasing that protected operations
- Lease-leaseback and/or design-build delivery experience
- A record of handling change orders and time impact analysis that held budget and schedule
- Working command of public-agency rules: bond funding, public bidding, prevailing wage, and DSA or comparable plan review
- Residential or multifamily housing construction experience is a strong plus, since it maps to occupied modernizations, finishes, and compressed schedules
- A bachelor's in construction management, architecture, or engineering, or equivalent professional experience
Preferred
- CCM (CMAA), PMP (PMI), PE or CA Architect license
- Demonstrated DSA-regulated project experience
- Based in or near the San Gabriel Valley for a daily on-site presence in Altadena
Benefits
Compensation
- Approximately $124,000 to $137,000, based on the District billing rate
- Health, dental, and vision (low cost), 401k, 3 weeks PTO, and ESOP participation at no cost to you
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.