About this Role
Intermountain Electric, Inc. (IME) is celebrating 80 years of powering progress across Colorado. Our office teams help deliver safe, smart, and reliable electrical solutions through our people and partnerships, the IME Way.
Through strategic planning, collaboration, and technical excellence, and guided by our values of Integrity, Safety, Ingenuity, Relationships, Craftsmanship, and Spark, we empower our professionals to innovate, support our field teams, and strengthen the partnerships that move our work forward.
Join a team where your expertise fuels the systems that keep communities running!
The BIM/VDC Field Technology Lead partners with BIM/VDC team members, field construction teams, and field support staff to drive the effective use of construction technology and bridge the gap between digital models and field processes. This role supports both field operations and office-based modeling efforts, helping ensure alignment between BIM models and field installations while improving coordination, installation accuracy, and efficiency.
The Lead serves as an advocate for technology adoption on jobsites and travels to project locations to provide hands-on training, technical support, and guidance on integrating technology into daily construction workflows. Equipment and technologies supported include robotic total stations, LiDAR scanners, 360-degree walkthrough cameras, virtual reality capture tools, and drones.
This role is also responsible for managing field technology equipment throughout its lifecycle, including maintaining equipment condition and readiness, coordinating repairs and servicing, tracking equipment location and usage, and purchasing new equipment to meet project needs. Through ongoing collaboration, training, and equipment management, the Specialist helps teams confidently and consistently use technology to support successful project delivery.
What You\'ll Do
Field Technology Training & Adoption
- Travel to jobsites to provide hands-on training and technical support for robotic total stations, LiDAR scanners, 360-degree walkthrough cameras, virtual and mixed reality tools, and drones.
- Advocate for the use of construction technology and help field teams integrate equipment and digital tools into daily workflows.
- Develop training materials and equipment-use guidelines to promote consistent practices across projects.
- Provide ongoing coaching and troubleshooting to build team confidence and proficiency with field technology.
Equipment Management & Maintenance
- Manage field technology equipment inventory, tracking equipment location, assignments, usage, and availability across projects.
- Maintain equipment condition and readiness through routine inspections, software and firmware updates, calibration coordination, and scheduled servicing.
- Troubleshoot equipment issues and coordinate repairs with vendors to minimize downtime and disruption to field operations.
- Evaluate equipment needs and coordinate the purchase of new or replacement equipment with BIM/VDC leadership and project teams.
BIM/VDC & Field Integration
- Collaborate with BIM/VDC and field construction teams to connect digital models with field installation processes, supporting accurate layout, coordination, and documentation.
- Support technology-assisted layout and installation verification, helping field teams use model data and robotic total stations effectively.
- Coordinate field data capture and share scans, imagery, and site observations with BIM/VDC teams to support model coordination and identify installation discrepancies.
- Gather feedback from field teams and recommend improvements to technology workflows, training, and equipment selection to meet project needs.
Additional duties as assigned.
What You\'ll Bring
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills to effectively collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders.
- In-depth understanding of construction practices, electrical systems, and applicable codes and regulations.
- Ability to perform due diligence and conduct risk assessments.
- Demonstrated integrity and professionalism in all interactions.
Demonstrated Accomplishments
- Proven proficiency with robotic total stations and hands-on experience using LiDAR scanners, 360-degree cameras, or other construction field technologies.
- Understanding of field layout and installation verification processes, including the ability to interpret construction drawings and apply BIM model information to field activities.
- Ability to view, navigate, and use project information in Revit, Navisworks, Bluebeam, Trimble Field Points, and AutoCAD, along with proficiency in Microsoft 365.
- Experience training and supporting field personnel in the use of construction technology, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly.
- Experience troubleshooting, maintaining, and tracking field technology equipment.
- Relevant hands-on experience using construction field technologies, including robotic total stations, 3D scanning, digital layout, or reality capture tools.
- Experience managing field technology equipment, including maintenance, inventory tracking, and coordination of repairs or purchases, preferred.
Education & Experience
- A degree or technical certification in Construction Management, Architecture, Engineering, Surveying, BIM/VDC, or a related field is beneficial. Equivalent combinations of relevant education, training, and applied experience will be strongly considered.
- Demonstrated experience supporting field construction teams through technology training, equipment troubleshooting, and the use of digital models and construction drawings.
- Electrical construction experience preferred, particularly with installation practices, field layout, and coordination.
- FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate preferred.
What You\'ll Get
Working Conditions:
About half of the time, you will work in a typical office environment. Periodically, you will travel to a construction job site to perform job duties. When on construction job sites you will encounter typical construction conditions including extreme temperatures, noise, dust, mud debris, welding, leading edge, trenching, and shoring, sometimes in a confined space. You may be required to visit multiple locations during any one day.
Benefits Overview:
IME provides an industry-leading comprehensive benefits package. Full-time employees are eligible to choose from a variety of healthcare coverage options, which become effective the first of the month after hire. In addition, employees are offered a substantial amount of PTO and are immediately eligible to make contributions to a generously matched and fully vested 401k.
Salary Range: $79,000 - $115,000
*Final salary and rates are based on education, experience, skills relevant to the role, and internal equity.*
Established in 1946, IME is part of Quanta Services, the largest specialty contractor in North America. We base our business model on always doing the right thing and pride ourselves in finding the best processes and practices in everything we do. As an electrical contractor, we install and service the power and lighting to commercial and industrial buildings in the Western US.
The statements included in this job description are not intended to be all-inclusive and other duties may be assigned as required.
