Assistant Project Manager

The Work

California State University, Long Beach is renovating and expanding its University Student Union, a $235 million project delivered through collaborative design-build, where one team designs and builds the project and works through the design with the University. The project runs from July 2024 into mid 2028. It renovates 180,000 gross square feet of the existing building, including 160,000 square feet of indoor space and 20,000 square feet of covered outdoor walkways and seating, and adds 50,000 gross square feet of new space. The building will hold food service, a wellness center, cultural and other resource centers, a career center, offices, lounges, event and meeting space, and recreation space, along with accessibility upgrades and site work.

As Assistant Project Manager, you support the University's project leadership on site through design, construction, and closeout. You keep the meeting record, track the schedule, follow the paperwork, and support the design-build team and campus stakeholders so decisions and documents keep moving.

What You Will Own

Meeting minutes, action items, and follow up for project meetings

Schedule tracking against the design-build team's schedule, with regular updates to the project team

Support to the design-build team and the University through design, construction, and closeout

Tracking of RFIs (requests for information), submittals, and change orders

Support with budget tracking and monthly project reports

Coordination with campus stakeholders and the University's project team

Site walks and field support as needed

Closeout and turnover support

Requirements

What You Bring

4 to 7 years of experience supporting complex construction projects (required for this role)

A bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, or architecture (required for this role)

The ability to read and understand construction plans

Clear writing and organized record keeping

Availability to work on site at the Long Beach campus, in person only (required for this role)

Preferred

Design-build experience

A PMP (Project Management Professional), CCM (Certified Construction Manager), or DBIA (Design-Build Institute of America) credential

University or public campus construction experience

Bluebeam

Benefits

Compensation

Salary range: $165,000 to $180,000 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.