Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Architecture, or Construction.
Minimum 10 years of experience as a BIM 3D modeler, Coordinator, and Manager.
Proficient in BIM software such as Revit, AutoCAD, Navisworks, and Forma.
Experienced in large-scale BIM projects and complex environments.
Strong knowledge of ISO 19650 standards and BIM-related regulations.
Responsibilities
Define and implement global BIM standards and workflows.
Manage BIM implementation and maturity as per customer requirements.
Build and develop the BIM team within the North American organization.
Lead discussions with stakeholders on BIM requirements and solutions.
Facilitate interoperability of various software used in projects.
Benefits
Participation in a global BIM Office to enhance BIM capabilities.
Opportunity to work with various subject matter experts and professionals.
Professional growth through training and continuing education.
Involvement in national and international projects.
Full Job Description
Job Title BIM Manager
Job Description
About the Role
As a BIM Manager I, you will play a strategic role in developing and implementing a road map towards enhancing the organisation's BIM capability.
You will collaborate with stakeholders across the business to define the vision, roadmaps, and related features to be delivered for selected BIM uses, ensuring alignment with BIM strategy and business goals.
You will continuously improve tools and processes by fostering support bases and developing sustainable initiatives.
Beyond technology, the focus of this role extends to business alignment, partnership, and driving roadmap synchronization. You will report to the Operations Team for Airports North American but participate as an active member in the Global BIM Office.
This role requires a strong understanding of Building Information Modelling in various industries, global standards, concepts, tools and techniques.
You will be responsible for optimizing and enhancing solutions and processes that support BIM capabilities on customer projects and making best practices to support standardization and re-usability.
Key Responsibilities:
You are responsible for defining, implementing BIM standards and BIM ways of working in the organization globally.
Implementing BIM with required maturity level as per customer requirements in organisation - projects and teams globally.
Building the BIM team and BIM competence (hiring, reviewing, developing talent) within the North American organisation
Managing and tailoring the Forma environments for projects in terms of templates, workflows, access and rights management, and customer specific requirements.
Participating / leading as an expert in discussions related to BIM requirements with customers, consultants, architects and others.
Leading as consultant for sales, engineering, installation, service teams on BIM related topics.
Providing Vanderlande compliancy statement against customer BIM requirements.
Helping set Global and Regional BIM standards and striving to achieve adherence with consistency.
Driving change management within organisation for BIM ways of working towards required maturity level and BIM dimensions.
Ensuring interoperability of different software used in the project implementation within Vanderlande, with suppliers and external parties.
Working as a trainer for BIM Managers, BIM Coordinators, BIM Modelers, and Software solutions such as Revit, Forma and related workflows.
Supporting & connecting with developers of engineering suite of tools and content builders to assure libraries are set-up and maintained in a BIM compliant way.
Interfacing with customer's design team - BIM and IT Managers, and Vanderlande BIM Business Architect and IT team to ensure required software is available and customized properly where necessary.
Acting as a Vanderlande authority to agree on deviations/non-compliances in project sales phase against Vanderlande BIM standards.
Handling escalations of BIM relevant topics where other BIM professionals cannot decide.
Setting-up and maintaining Vanderlande BIM Standards (choice of software, LOD templates, specs, etc...)
Creating and maintaining preBEP, BEP, EIR, MIDP, TIDP, Risk Register, Mobilisation Plan templates. Supporting creation and review of such documents on the projects.
Creating BIM implementation roadmap along with BIM Office team.
Implementing solution (best practices) for prioritised BIM uses.
Acting as end point of escalations on technical topics related to BIM.
Keeping on the top of latest BIM technologies. Identifying and recommending adaptation and improvements in solutions and process to comply with BIM uses (e.g. reality capture, 4D, 5D, CDE, issue management)
About the team:
The Regional BIM Manager will report within the Engineering group of Project Execution based in Marietta, GA.
They will coordinate and participate in the Global BIM Office which has a goal to achieve enhanced BIM capabilities, compliancy to customer BIM requirements, BIM maturity level 2 and adherence to ISO 19650 processes.
This position's upline consists of Senior Manager Engineering, Director of Engineering, VP of Operations, and Executive Managing Director of North America.
This role will work with various SMEs and BIM professionals within Vanderlande Customer Centres and Business Units who work as BIM office regional representatives.
Your Profile / Qualifications:
Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Engineering, Architect, Construction).
Minimum 10 years of experience working as a BIM 3D modeler, BIM Coordinator and BIM Manager.
Experienced in 3D information modelling and BIM related software, e.g. Revit, AutoCAD, Navisworks, Tekla, BIM Collab, BIM 360, Forma (ACC), and other CDEs (Aconex, ProjectWise, Dalux, Procore, Connect, etc.),
Experienced in working as a BIM Manager in complex and large-scale BIM projects within Autodesk Forma.
Broad understanding of IT hardware, software solutions and processes. Affinity with software development and implementation. Advanced knowledge and experience with the Autodesk software ecosystem. Experienced in automation & productivity improvement (e.g. various add-ins, Dynamo, Python, etc.)
Competent in correct and accurate creation and maintenance of BIM documentation, e.g. EIR, preBEP, BEP, etc.
Strong BIM knowledge, codes, regulation and norms: expert in ISO 19650 standards, NBIMS-US, PAS, LOD standards, IFC, BCF, Uniformat, Master format, BIM protocols, BIM uses and industry best practices.
Able to establish quality control and quality assurance processes related to BIM workflows and deliverables.
Is up to date with current technological innovations and has an outlook on future developments with a natural drive for continuous improvement.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Experience with creating custom training plans. Seasoned trainer who creates and maintains custom training material. Ability to propagate knowledge and skills with capacity to 'train the trainer'. Adept at coaching project teams and individuals in project-specific challenges.
Experienced in working in a cross-functional team environment.
Strong project management and stakeholder management skills. Capable in managing client, other contractors, subcontractors and suppliers on BIM matters.
Flexibility to travel domestically and internationally up to 15% as required
Excellent written communication skills with fluency in English.
