MORGNER is seeking qualified candidates for the “Senior Project Development Manager AE position in Maintenance & Operations, A/E Services with Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).
Essential Job Functions
A Senior Project Development Manager AE performs a combination of the following essential job functions:
- Assists the Director of Architecture and Engineering in the development of project scope and coordination of architectural planning, design, funding, and development of school facilities.
- Plans and coordinates the execution of pre-construction activities associated with multiple school alteration and maintenance projects.
- Provides functional direction over pre-construction project schedules, cost control, dispute resolution, and quality control for multiple projects and programs.
- Reviews pre-construction project status to monitor schedule and budget variances relative to submitted schedules.
- Assists in coordinating the pre-construction program activities and related work of those in other. District branches and departments such as the Office of Environmental Health and Safety; Real Estate; Community Outreach; School Management Services/Master Planning and Demographics; Asset Management; Project Execution; Facilities Contracts; and Procurement.
- Resolves pre-construction project issues by resolving differences of opinion, conflicts in schedules, and disagreements over the most efficient approach to the plan and design of new schools.
- Reviews, recommends, and implements program and project level policy and procedural innovations.
- Coordinates with representatives from various government agencies to obtain timely action on successive phases of project completion.
- Assesses bid specifications for District need and probability of completion within the specified timeline.
- Makes presentations to Board Members, District administrators, and representatives of public agencies.
- Reviews and verifies submitted applications for payment and performs overall fiscal management of multiple design and construction projects.
- Responsible for overseeing staff assignments and workload, supervises staff activities and evaluates performance.
- Plans, directs, reviews and participates in trainings for staff.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Requirements
Required Experience:
- Fifteen (15) years of full-time paid-professional experience managing the facilities design, or the planning and coordination of capital projects that includes the overall design, contract administration, cost estimating, and scheduling activities.
- Five (5) years of experience with educational facilities, design, planning and construction.
Additional Preferred Experience:
- Experience utilizing Building Information Modeling (BIM)
- Experience with LEED and/or Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) projects.
- Experience with the Division of the State Architect (DSA) construction/design processes.
- Experience with construction management.
Required Education:
- Graduation from a college or university with a bachelor's degree in architecture, engineering or construction management.
- Additional courses in Business Administration, Public Relations, Accounting, School Finance, Personnel Management, Educational Facilities Planning, and Communication are preferred.
Required Licenses and Certificates:
- A valid Certificate of Registration as an Architect by the California State Architectural Board
Preferred Licenses and Certificates:
- LEED Professional Accreditation