BHBH Project Manager

Salary: $80,000 to $88,200

Location: Location

Who we are?

Founded in 2004, Brilliant Corners provides innovative housing and housing-related services to California’s most vulnerable individuals, with an emphasis on those transitioning from, or at risk of, homelessness or institutionalization. We develop, own, and manage multi-family supportive housing and licensed residential care homes. We implement a broad array of scattered-site, one-on-one supportive housing, and clinical case management programs through partnerships with developmental services, homeless services, veterans’ services, and health care sectors.

In short, we do good work. We have offices throughout California, currently have almost 400 staff members, and are growing daily. We’re looking for inspired, talented people who want to be part of a team that’s affecting profound change and is having fun doing it.  

The Capital Improvement Intermediary Program 

The Capital Improvement Intermediary Program (CIIP) is a construction program of Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, designed to standardize the County’s ability to expand housing and social service resources for the homeless residing in Los Angeles County. As the agent for the CIIP, Brilliant Corners works under the direction of the County to implement, operate, and serve as the fiscal mediator to ensure responsible delegation of funds for the construction projects. Brilliant Corners is responsible for oversight and collaboration of project budget, scope of work, contracts, monitoring project progress and payments.

Behavioral Health Bridge Housing Program Summary

The Behavioral Health Bridge Housing (BHBH) Program, authorized through Assembly Bill 179, provides $1.5 billion in funding to California counties to expand and manage bridge housing. This includes interim housing for people who are experiencing homelessness and have a serious mental illness and/or co-occurring substance abuse. The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (DMH) was awarded funding by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to implement the BHBH Program in Los Angeles County for non-congregate interim housing, housing navigation, rental assistance and start-up infrastructure costs with the goal of funding in excess of 500 beds throughout the County through June 30, 2027.

Position Summary

The Project Manager plays a key role as a member of the BHBH Team under the CII Program. This position provides critical project management support to the Sr. Program Manager and the BHBH Program, coordinating the activities of the project portfolio to ensure cost, schedule, document, and quality standards are met. Under the direction of the Sr. PM, the Project Manager is expected to take on any/all tasks in the journey to learn all they can about Brilliant Corners role within the BHBH Program, assists in other quality assurance work in cooperation with Funders, Sponsors and Contractors and follows the Organization’s best practices.

 Responsibilities

• Assist in all phases and aspects of the project.
• Provide support to department staff, Project Sponsors, DHS, DMH, Design Professionals, Contractors, and other vendors as needed.
• Attend design/pre-con phase meetings, construction progress & closeout meetings.
• Secures all necessary approvals and ensures that standard organizational procedure is followed.
• Produce reports as required.
• Assist in annual audit preparation.
• Review contracts and become familiar with terms and conditions.
• Develop and manage project submittal log, for designer’s approval (when necessary).
• Reports directly to, and works closely with the Senior Program Manager
• Monitors projects assigned by the Senior Program Manager
• Attend weekly one-on-one check in meetings with the Senior Program Manager
• Attend monthly one-on-one check in meetings with program Director.
• Attend weekly internal project management meetings.
• Oversees projects from the start (design phase) to the finish (warranty, punch lists and close out documents)
• Visit jobsites as needed to monitor each project’s quality control, schedule compliance, budget tracking, and safety compliance.
• Attend weekly on-site Owner Architect and Contractor (OAC) meeting held.
• Ensure preparation and issuance of weekly meeting minutes and its distribution to all appropriate parties
• Identify Long Lead Items and assign Milestone Dates for each item to avoid project delays.
• Familiar with architectural BIM design principles and monitoring budget revisions because of the process
• Review and monitor weekly logs for three weeks look ahead schedule, master sc