Jason Magness

portrait of Jason Magness

Position Title
Executive Director & Campus Engineer

  • Engineering
Bio

Jason is the Interim Executive Director and Campus Engineer leading the Engineering unit at Design and Construction Management.

Jason came to UC Davis as a Project Manager in 2000, after working in the environmental remediation field at the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) since 1994.  He started his career at UC Davis in Facilities Management, and then moved to Utilities as an Operations Manager until 2010.  Jason briefly went back to the USACE to manage the $200 million Phase III of the Folsom Dam Auxiliary Spillway project for a year before returning to UCD in 2011 as a Senior Project Manager within Design and Construction Management (DCM).  At DCM, he has also worked as Associate Director of Engineering Project Management, Director of Special Projects Group and most recently, he is leading the Engineering team as Interim Campus Engineer. Jason has a B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering, and is a licensed Civil Engineer in California.