Senior Project Manager - Capital Improvements Intermediary Program (CIIP)

Location: Los Angeles

Salary: $85,000 - $92,000

Organizational Description

Founded in 2004, Brilliant Corners provides innovative housing and housing-related services to those transitioning from or at risk of homelessness or institutionalization. We develop, own, and manage multi-family supportive housing and licensed residential care homes. Additionally, 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, veteran services, and health care sectors. We have offices statewide with a staff of passionate people. While we are growing rapidly, we are also selective: We’re seeking inspired, talented people who want to be effecting profound change and enjoy doing it.  

Program Summary

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. In addition, the CIIP Department oversees several programs that mirror the specific functions of CIIP, these include Community Care Expansion (CCE), ERC Master Leased Facility Construction and Management (EERC), and Behavioral Health Bridge Housing (BHBH)

Position Summary

The Project Manager plays a key role as a member of the CII Program. This position provides critical project management support to the CII Program, coordinating the activities of the project portfolio to ensure cost, schedule, document, and quality standards are met. Under the direction of the Director, 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 CII Program, assists in other quality assurance work in cooperation with DHS, Sponsors and Contractors and follows the Organization’s best practices.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in all phases and aspects of the project.
• Provide support to Sponsors, Various County departments (DMH, ERC, DHS, etc.), Design Professionals and Contractors and others 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 Director, Associate Director, and Sr. Project Manager
• Monitors projects as assigned by the Director.
• Attend weekly one-on-one check-in meetings with the 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 regularly, monitor each project’s quality control, schedule compliance, budget tracking, and safety compliance
• Attend weekly on-site Owner Architect and Contractor (OAC) meeting when applicable.
• 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 as a result of the process
• Review and monitor weekly logs for three week look ahead schedule, master schedule and it is achieving milestone dates, requests for information (RFI), submittals, pending change orders for the projects.  Reports items of significance to the Senior Project Manager
• Review preliminary percentages of completion of the Sponsor’s General Contractor and its subcontractors in preparation of monthly pay request billing.  Approve percentages and ultimately approve the pay application requests.  Coordinate approval and processing with the project’s Contract Specialist
• Review the Sponsor and General Contractor’s logs for preliminary lien notices filed, conditional and unconditional lien releases and insurance coverages for its subcontractors and suppliers
• Receive & verify scope of work vs original plans and specifications. Determin