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Senior Project Manager

Southern California – San Diego, CA (On-site)

Senior Project Manager – K-12 Education / Design-Build Projects

Location: San Diego, CA | On-site (Project Sites & Regional Office)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Compensation: $160,000–$190,000

About the Role

My client is hiring an experienced Senior Project Manager to provide PM/CM Services as an owner's representative on multiple Division of the State Architect (DSA) K-12 education projects in Southern California. This hands-on leadership role oversees three regional design-build projects and is ideal for a project leader with strong construction management expertise who wants to build a long-term career with a growing and innovative organization.

You will serve as the client's representative on-site, providing executive oversight and ensuring adherence to project schedules, budgets, and contract requirements while managing teams of contractors, consultants, and design professionals.

What You'll Be Doing

• Provide PM/CM services as the owner's representative across multiple K-12 education projects
• Ensure projects are executed according to project management procedures and company policies
• Oversee procurement, RFQs, RFPs, contracts, drawings, estimates, and specifications
• Coordinate and monitor contractors, engineers, architects, and related project teams
• Manage project controls, costs, schedules, and performance metrics
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks while advising regional executives
• Participate in internal teams focused on continuous improvement
• Enforce workplace safety and communicate policies to project teams

What We're Looking For

Required Experience

• 12+ years in the Design/Engineering/Construction (DEC) industry
• Minimum of 5 years as a Project Manager
• Experience managing projects using the Design-Build delivery method
• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or related field preferred
• Proficient in MS Office Suite and Bluebeam; P6 and Procore knowledge preferred
• Strong leadership, communication, and financial management skills

Preferred Credentials

• Design Build Institute of America (DBIA) certification strongly desired
• LEED Professional Accreditation preferred
• Certified Construction Manager (CCM) preferred
• Valid California driver's license with a clean driving record

Why This Opportunity?

• Lead multiple high-impact K-12 education design-build projects
• Serve as the owner's representative and senior on-site leader
• Build a long-term career with a growing, innovative organization
• Comprehensive benefits including performance bonuses, health plans, 401(k) with company match, tuition reimbursement, and more

How to Apply

Apply directly through LinkedIn with your resume. Qualified candidates will be contacted for a confidential conversation.

The Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for coordinating and supervising maintenance activities to ensure equipment and plant assets are functional and optimized, while limiting operational delays and associated costs. Ensures safe work practices during general maintenance of equipment, including but not limited to installation and repairs. Ensures preventative maintenance of plant assets including mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, automation, HVAC, plumbing systems, structures, buildings, production machinery, boilers and ammonia refrigeration are routinely taking place and evaluated.

Position Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Working through direct reports, ensures that plant equipment is maintained in optimum operating condition to avoid, or minimize, production down-time and costs
• Responds urgently to equipment related production issues and downtime by assigning repair work as soon as issues are identified
• Develops, maintains and administers all aspects of the critical spare parts and inventory
• Ensures timely completion of work orders; repairs, and preventative maintenance and documentation of all maintenance activities
• Approves all parts orders within approved purchasing limits and budgets
• Continually assess maintenance effectiveness and works with production team to identify opportunities for improvement, production optimization and maintenance planning
• Work with other departments and individuals to effectively coordinate equipment and building maintenance activities
• Responsible for providing after-hours maintenance resources by calling in appropriate maintenance staff; responds personally in critical or complicated situations
• Ensures that all maintenance storage and work areas in a neat, safe and secure condition
• Actively participate in continuous improvement initiatives, while achieving budgeted goals for efficiency on an on-going basis
• Provides necessary guidance, technical support, and training to ensure that all employees work safely and comply with food safety programs
• Ensures compliance with all quality and food safety programs through regular adherence to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's) according to company and customer expectations
• Responsible for all supervisory activities including, but not limited to; new hire orientation and training, scheduling, performance evaluations, discipline, coaching, safety training and employee development, along with recommendations for hiring and terminations.
• Assures that associates have all the proper tools, equipment and parts in proper working condition to perform their necessary job duties
• Facilitates and promotes a team concept by working with associates as a team member through coaching, leading, listening, coordinating and supporting
• Conducts counseling sessions and issue disciplinary action as necessary
• Provides assistance to and follow-up with outside contractors performing work on-site
• Performs other duties as assigned

Position Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field or equivalent knowledge and skills acquired through on the job training or experience
• 5+ years supervisor experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably food manufacturing or consumer goods industry
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally with employees at all levels of the organization
• Must possess a strong leadership skill
• Strong organizational and planning skills
• Solid decision-making skills and a strong sense of urgency
• Solid technical troubleshooting skills
• Ability to handle multiple assignments in a fast-paced environment

The Physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to work, climb stairs and ladders, and reach with hands and arms.
• Position occasionally requires climbing to high elevations.
• Employee is required to stand; use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear.
• Must frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds and at times up to 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

AAP/EEO STATEMENT

Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc. (AFNA) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. AFNA does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis protected by stated, federal, or local law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

• Salary: $100,000+ DOE
• 15% annual bonus based on performance.

We are looking for a deeply committed Technical Program Manager who has successfully shipped cutting-edge AI models in aerospace & robotics, managed relationships with customers, has exceptional software engineering management knowledge, and thrives in fast-paced, unstructured environments.

What you'll do

• Contribute hands-on to AI model and product development, including pretraining, fine-tuning, evaluation, and deployment
• Translate product goals into actionable roadmaps
• Plan and execute product development initiatives, owning timelines and delivery
• Influence org structure and hiring
• Mentor team members

Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of experience in technical program management or applied AI/ML roles, ideally in high-growth startups or fast-paced research orgs.
• Expertise with one or more of computer vision, vision-language models, or foundation model development.
• Experience working with academic / PhD-level researchers
• Strong track record of turning ambiguous technical goals into successfully shipped models, features, tools, or systems.
• Preferred: 1+ years robotics experience

Our team

Our team is composed of AI pioneers and leaders from Google DeepMind, Shield AI, Caltech & MIT. Several of us are repeat founders, with deep commercialization insights across multiple enterprise segments. We enjoy long, deep ideations around entirely unexplored AI use cases in autonomy.

Who you are

• Learn-it-all, not know-it-all: you have an innate curiosity for all things intellectual, and it's something you can't turn off. You obsess over finer details others miss.
• High intensity: you thrive in a high-stakes environment, and are driven by an innate obsession, not by others.
• Fast learner: you gravitate toward learning new things, and often find yourself learning more quickly than everyone around you.
• Driven by discomfort: you enjoy leaving your comfort zone and challenging yourself
• Creative: track record of solving hard problems with solutions worthy of academic papers
• Educator: you take pride in your ability to communicate complex topics clearly and have excellent speaking and writing skills.
• Zero ego: you don't just take feedback, but see it as a gift. You don't wait until feedback is given, but solicit it with every opportunity.
• Founder mentality: you roll up your sleeves to help solve the most pressing problem on a given day, even if it has nothing to do with this job post.

Location

Bay Area, Los Angeles, or San Diego

Frisella Neilson, APC, an established trust and estates law firm, is seeking to hire an experienced attorney. The attorney will be responsible for ensuring quality representation of clients in cases related to trust and estates disputes.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manage a caseload of trust and estates matters from intake to resolution.
• Manage deadlines, ensuring consistent and effective case progression.
• Provide accurate and practical advice to clients in and out of court.
• Conduct comprehensive legal research and analysis to develop effective case strategies.
• Effectively communicate with opposing counsel to negotiate matters and resolve disputes amicably.
• Draft legal briefs, correspondence, pleadings, and other legal documents.
• Draft written discovery and responses to written discovery.
• Meet with clients to review responses to written discovery requests, prepare for depositions, and prepare for trial testimony.
• Prepare for and attend client meetings, depositions, mediations, trials, and hearings.
• Document file in accordance with the Firm policies and procedures.
• Travel to courts in and around the State and handle all aspects of litigation of a case.
• Research and interpret laws and regulations and prepare legal opinions.
• Communicate with clients in a manner that develops and maintains client relationships.
• Attend continuing education classes, webinars, and seminars to remain up to date on changes in the law, rules of court or court procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications & Experience:

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school.
• Active membership in the California State Bar in good standing.
• Experience in civil or probate litigation.
• Experience in the courtroom, taking depositions, drafting discovery, and drafting a variety of motions.
• Strong legal research and writing skills.
• Ability to use email, search engines, internet, Microsoft Products/Office365 and cloud-based products.
• Experience with tracking, recording, and billing time based on the billable hour.
• Communicate with a kind and friendly tone and demeanor.
• Speak clearly and professionally with others inside and outside the firm.
• Strong written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Generate accurate, clear, timely legal briefing.
• Ability to manage a caseload.
• Collaborate with team members.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: Commensurate with experience.

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

License/Certification:

• Membership in the California State Bar in good standing. (Required)

Noon & Associates is an AV-Rated civil litigation firm based in Downtown San Diego, and we're looking to add a motivated civil litigation attorney to our team. If you enjoy hands-on litigation work, client interaction, and taking real ownership of cases, this could be a great fit. Please submit your resume for consideration. All inquiries are kept strictly confidential.

What You'll Do

• Manage and support all phases of civil litigation, from pre-trial through resolution
• Take and defend depositions, appear in court, and work directly with clients
• Collaborate closely with experienced attorneys in a fast-moving, team-oriented environment
• Develop strong advocacy skills while handling complex, high-stakes matters

What We're Looking For

• 2+ years of civil litigation experience
• J.D. from an accredited law school and active California Bar membership
• Strong legal writing, research, and analytical skills
• Experience with depositions and court appearances
• Working knowledge of pretrial, trial, mediation, and arbitration procedures
• Confidence communicating with clients, colleagues, and opposing counsel

Why Noon & Associates

We offer meaningful litigation experience, early responsibility, and direct exposure to clients and strategy. You won't be siloed—you'll be involved in real decision-making and case development from the start.

Benefits & Perks

• Medical and dental insurance
• Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays
• Simple IRA with employer matching
• Supportive, collaborative team culture in a downtown San Diego office

About Us

Noon & Associates handles complex civil litigation, including business and commercial disputes, professional liability (legal, accounting, and financial), employment, personal injury, products liability, construction, and architect and engineer litigation. We're known for our sharp analysis, attention to detail, and proactive approach—often achieving favorable results early in a case. Our clients range from individuals to local, regional, and national companies, including law firms, accounting firms, engineering firms, and insurers.

Company Description

Hawk Materials specializes in modular building solutions, delivering comprehensive services in engineering, architecture, design, and construction. With a strong emphasis on excellence, Hawk Materials provides unmatched service levels across its operations. The company is also known for its expertise in construction management, ensuring efficient and high-quality project execution. Hawk Materials prides itself on offering innovative building solutions tailored to client needs.

Role Description

This is a full-time, on-site Dispatcher role based in Lakeside, CA. The Dispatcher will coordinate and schedule the daily operations, ensuring timely delivery of equipment and materials. Responsibilities include maintaining communication with drivers, resolving logistical challenges, monitoring deliveries, and updating schedules as needed. The role requires effective problem-solving and communication skills to keep operations running smoothly.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in scheduling, route planning, and logistics coordination
• Strong communication and organizational skills for effective driver interaction and resolving issues
• Proven ability to work in fast-paced environments and handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Knowledge of transportation regulations and compliance standards
• Experience with dispatching software and related technologies
• Manage the social media for the company
• Handle the marketing and build a relationship with new client
• Reliability, attention to detail, and time management skills
• High school diploma or equivalent required; relevant certifications are a plus
• Prior experience in logistics or dispatching is preferred

Sycuan Tribal Government is seeking a Planner I to support the development, preservation, and long‐term vision of the Sycuan Reservation. This role assists with capital and infrastructure projects, interdepartmental coordination, research, permitting, and ensuring compliance with Tribal, federal, state, and local regulations.

Key Responsibilities

• Support major and minor capital, construction, and research projects, including scopes, contracts, RFPs, schedules, budgets, and consultant/contractor coordination.
• Ensure projects comply with Tribal ordinances and applicable environmental and land‐use regulations.
• Perform research, data collection, reporting, and project documentation.
• Prepare planning resolutions, ordinances, amendments, policies, and local permitting documents.
• Maintain strong working relationships with Tribal Council, departments, agencies, utilities, and community partners.
• Attend planning, Tribal Council, committee, and community meetings as needed.
• Provide support to the Director of Planning & Development and assist with department budget preparation.
• Support GIS data collection, mapping, analysis, and serve as GIS backup when needed.
• Perform fieldwork and inspections as required.

Qualifications

Required:

• High School Diploma/GED
• 2+ years of experience in planning, project management, or construction management
• Knowledge of project lifecycles, scheduling, budgeting, and coordinating consultants/contractors
• Familiarity with environmental and land‐use regulations (NEPA, CEQA, County)
• Strong communication, organization, and analytical skills
• Proficiency in MS Word; working knowledge of Excel
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines

Preferred:

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Urban Planning, Construction/Project Management, Civil Engineering, or related field
• Experience in Tribal government or construction/design fields

Compensation & Benefits

• $83,500–$97,000 target annual salary, plus 10% discretionary annual bonus
• Comprehensive benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k with match, Life Insurance, FSA, and various discounts

About OHR

OHR is pioneering a new era of chemical manufacturing built on Creationary ChemistryTM, a platform that merges biological intelligence with primordial chemistry to create essential molecules in ways that are cleaner, smarter, and independent from traditional oil-based supply chains. We design and scale chemistry that matters most, delivering strategic chemicals with deterministic carbon chains and minimal contaminants, strengthening industrial resilience and global sovereignty. Our work spans advanced synthetic pathways, catalysis, and scalable process design, with real-world impact across fuels, materials, and critical industrial sectors

At OHR, chemistry isn't a support function, it's a creative engine. We're building the Creationary ChemistryTM platform to unlock new ways of making critical molecules the world depends on, from aerospace and aviation fuels to emerging, proprietary materials that don't exist yet.

We're looking for a Director of our Chemistry R&D Platform who wants to shape how chemistry is invented, scaled, and transferred into the real world. This role sits at the intersection of discovery, process design, catalysis, and manufacturing, leading teams across locations and translating bold ideas into robust, scalable chemistry.

If you're energized by hard problems, cross-disciplinary teams, and the responsibility of turning fundamental chemistry into deployed technology, you'll feel at home here.

You'll own the chemistry vision and execution for OHR's Creationary ChemistryTM platform, from early reaction discovery to pilot- and manufacturing-ready processes.

Core responsibilities include:

• Setting the technical direction for synthetic and process chemistry across multiple OHR R&D sites

• Driving discovery of novel organic and synthetic reaction pathways that leverage OHR's proprietary enzymatic intermediates

• Leading reaction and process development, including solvent systems, catalysts, kinetics, and operating conditions

• Designing, optimizing, and scaling catalytic processes (acid/base catalysis, heterogeneous supported-metal and inorganic catalysis, hydrogenation, hydrodeoxygenation, and related systems)

• Developing, testing, and scaling novel heterogeneous inorganic catalysts, including identifying and managing external partners

• Overseeing analytical strategy and method development (internally and with partners) to quantitatively understand and optimize reactions

• Building testing and characterization protocols for aviation, aerospace, and emerging OHR product portfolios

• Translating lab-scale chemistry into manufacturable processes through close collaboration with Manufacturing and external partners

• Defining long-term research roadmaps and IP strategies to strengthen and defend the Creationary ChemistryTM platform

• Recruiting, mentoring, and growing a world-class chemistry team

• Partnering with Project Management and Executive leadership to track R&D progress, milestones, and KPIs

• Setting the standard for lab safety, chemical hygiene, and responsible research practices

You've been in the trenches, and you know how to lead others there thoughtfully.

You have a builder mindset, this role is for someone who wants to build, not just manage. You're comfortable operating without established playbooks, motivated by ambiguity, and energized by creating systems, technical, organizational, and cultural—from the ground up.

You may be coming from a large industrial, energy, or chemical organization, but you're ready to trade established infrastructure for speed, ownership, and real technical influence.

At OHR, leaders are hands-on, decisive, and deeply engaged in the work they lead.

Required qualifications:

• PhD in Chemistry or a closely related field

• A demonstrated record of excellence in laboratory safety and chemical hygiene

• Experience leading multiple chemistry R&D teams simultaneously

• Deep hands-on experience with synthetic pathway discovery and development

• Proven leadership in process chemistry and reaction optimization

• Experience developing and evaluating heterogeneous metal catalysts for hydrogenation and reduction chemistry

• Experience with acid- and base-catalyzed reaction systems

• Strong background in analytical method development and interpretation, including GC-FID, HPLC, LC/MS, GC/MS, NMR, and ICP

• Experience managing international technical teams and/or external technical partnerships

• Hands-on experience converting batch chemistry to flow or continuous processes

• A track record of hiring, training, and mentoring early-career scientists

• Ability to manage ITAR- and export-controlled information

Nice to have:

• Prior experience working directly with ITAR-regulated programs

You're comfortable operating without established playbooks, and motivated by building systems, technical and organizational, from the ground up

• Onsite, 5 days per week, in a fast-moving R&D environment

• Hands-on work in BSL-1 and HazMat labs with flammable, corrosive, and other hazardous materials

• Up to ~20% travel to support partners, facilities, and program needs

OHR is an equal opportunity employer. We believe breakthrough science comes from diverse perspectives, and we're committed to building an inclusive, respectful, and ambitious workplace.

Our client, a well-known accounting and tax software provider, is actively hiring a Technical Program Manager to join their team in San Diego, CA!

*This is a 4-month W2 contract with benefits and paid holidays offered!*

In this role, you will be responsible for supporting their Virtual Expert Platform and managing a high-volume tech support model while triaging incoming requests. They are working to guide the applicability of AI within their tech support model to better solve customer problems.

Responsibilities:

• Develop a program structure and drive the program to improve AI usage throughout their customer support teams
• Create program roadmaps and execute on plans across all phases
• Provide visibility into ongoing bug resolutions
• Identify emerging patterns within the triage process to propose new technical programs that address root causes

Skills:

• 7+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager leading complex SaaS development or customer success support projects
• Strong understanding of tools and technologies that apply AI to real-world applications
• Ability to collaborate with engineering teams using Kanban, Agile, and Scrum methodologies
• Advanced Jira user

Motion Recruitment Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under Motion Recruitment Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.

Are you an experienced Service Support Coordinator with a desire to excel? If so, then Talent Software Services may have the job for you! Our client is seeking an experienced Service Support Coordinator for contract to hire role to work at their company in San Diego, CA.

Primary Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

• Provides administrative support to a department or individual. Duties may include supporting the engineering team, timekeeping, word processing, filing, faxing, answering phones, receiving and directing visitors, scheduling, financial record keeping, coordinating meetings and conferences, obtaining supplies and sorting/distributing mail.
• May work on special projects. Strong communication skills and organizational skills are essential. Familiarity with MS Office required.