BIM LEAD JOB DESCRIPTION

A BIM Lead is the person a project team calls when model coordination breaks down and clash reports go unanswered. Without this role, multidiscipline projects - spanning structural, MEP, and civil systems — accumulate unresolved conflicts that delay construction and inflate cost. The BIM Lead owns the information management framework that governs how models are built, validated, and exchanged across contractors, consultants, and clients, operating under standards including LOD 350 through 500 and project-specific BIM Execution Plans. Few roles in AEC demand this breadth of technical authority paired with direct responsibility for team output.

As the BIM Lead, you oversee model integrity, BIM standards enforcement, and cross-discipline coordination on medium to large engineering and construction projects, ensuring that digital deliverables meet contractual and quality requirements at every phase. You work across project management, design, and construction teams, providing technical direction to BIM designers and technicians while reporting to senior project or design leadership.

Career Impact: Leading BIM delivery on infrastructure projects of LOD 400 and 500 complexity establishes a depth of coordination authority that distinguishes candidates for senior BIM Manager and Digital Engineering Director roles.

Business Impact: The models and clash detection reports this role produces directly determine whether construction teams build from accurate, coordinated information or absorb costly rework in the field.

Growth Opportunity: Exposure to 4D scheduling, BIM Execution Plan authorship, and multi-office coordination expands your scope toward program-level BIM governance and international project delivery.

• Define and enforce BIM Execution Plans, templates, and workflow standards across all project phases to ensure model consistency and contractual compliance.
• Lead clash detection reviews and issue coordination reports to resolve multidiscipline conflicts before construction begins.
• Supervise BIM designers and technicians, delegating modeling tasks and monitoring deliverable quality against project schedules.
• Coordinate Vendor and MEP model integration into the Hub model, validating accuracy against project LOD requirements.
• Author and distribute Information Model reports including clash detection findings, maturity assessments, and QA and QC records.
• Develop and maintain content libraries, template files, and family objects mapped to project-level data requirements.
• Train project staff on BIM standards, platform configuration, and modeling workflows to sustain consistent output across teams.
• Partner with Project Managers and Design Managers on BIM scope, schedule input, and budget requirements for digital deliverables.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 5 or more years of BIM coordination or BIM management experience, with demonstrated responsibility for multidiscipline model delivery.
• Working knowledge of BIM standards frameworks including LOD 350, 400, and 500 requirements and their application in contractor and design environments.
• Proven ability to author and administer BIM Execution Plans and manage information exchange across project stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience conducting or overseeing clash detection workflows and producing actionable coordination reports.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey technical model issues clearly to non-specialist stakeholders.
• Experience supervising or mentoring BIM designers, technicians, or modelers in a project delivery context.
• Familiarity with 4D and 5D BIM principles and their application in design-build project environments.

• Experience working on civil infrastructure projects including transportation, water, or rail, particularly in a multi-office or international delivery context.
• Background in MEP or structural modeling disciplines, enabling direct technical input during cross-discipline coordination reviews.
• Exposure to parametric modeling, automation scripting, or computational design methods that improve modeling efficiency at scale.
• Prior experience developing onboarding BIM standards or delivering formal training programs to engineering or architecture teams.

• Clash detection resolution rate, measuring the percentage of identified conflicts closed before construction handover.
• Model maturity score at each project milestone, assessed against the project BEP LOD requirements.
• Deliverable on-time rate, tracking whether coordinated model packages meet the agreed project schedule dates.
• BIM standards compliance rate across designer and technician outputs, audited per project quality review cycle.
• Training coverage count, reflecting the number of staff brought to project BIM platform proficiency within onboarding windows.
• Typical tools: BIM authoring (commonly Revit or Aecosim); clash detection (commonly Navisworks); collaboration platforms (commonly BIM 360 or ProjectWise).

• Base Salary Range: $95,000 to $135,000 per year depending on seniority and region.
• Bonus: Project-based or annual performance bonus, typically 5 to 12 percent of base.
• Equity: Not standard in this sector; offered selectively at director-track firms.
• Health Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision coverage standard across most AEC employers.
• PTO: 15 to 20 days annually, plus public holidays and project-dependent flexibility.
• Common Perks: Professional development budget, licensure support, and field assignment allowances.

Figures are estimates based on general US market benchmarks and may be outdated. Adjust based on location, company size, and seniority level.

Work authorization in the United States is required for this position. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Reasonable accommodations are available to individuals with disabilities throughout the application and employment process upon request. Final employment offers are contingent on successful completion of a background check.

The BIM Lead owns full-cycle BIM delivery across all project phases, from setup and customization through model integrity checks, clash detection, and coordinated document distribution to the project team. Working closely with engineers, designers, and BIM vendors, this role ensures quality standards are upheld through enforced workflows, template maintenance, and training on Revit Architecture and Structure.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform conventional and complex engineering work across all phases of projects including BIM setup, customization, drawing production, and data management.
• Assist in developing and enforcing BIM standards, documentation, workflow processes, and template files to assure quality.
• Exercise line management and functional direction over assigned Engineers and Designers.
• Liaise with BIM vendors and corporate counterparts to resolve specific issues.
• Provide basic and advanced training on Revit Architecture and Structure.
• Perform customization and standardization of BIM project setup and model definition per project units.
• Support coordination of Vendor and MEP models and integration to a Hub model.
• Assist on project work including modeling, detailing, reporting, and import, extraction, and validation of document data.
• Manage and distribute coordinated digital documents to the project team.
• Perform model integrity checks, audits, clash checks with Navisworks, and issue clash reports.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Structural or Architectural field from an accredited college or university.
• 8-12 years of relevant work experience.
• Broad knowledge of engineering application to plant constructability, construction methods, and materials.
• Understanding of industry or regulatory codes and standards pertinent to infrastructure projects.
• Proficient in Revit to prepare design and construction drawings.
• Knowledge of other software including Microstation, AutoCAD, Tekla, CIVIL 3D, and Photoshop preferred.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Willingness to accept field assignments anywhere in the world.

Embedded within the project delivery team, the BIM Lead develops regional and project-specific templates and content libraries while managing consistency and quality across all deliverables. Working closely with the Design Manager, project stakeholders, and BIM designers, this role drives information model accuracy, clash detection reporting, and QA and QC outcomes that keep medium to large projects on schedule and within scope.

Core Functions

• Develop regional and project-specific templates and content libraries as main service to projects.
• Lead local model and design coordination of medium to large projects.
• Manage consistency and quality across project deliverables.
• Engage with all project stakeholders to ensure alignment with the Project BEPs and BMPs.
• Issue directions on BIM-related issues in consultation with the Design Manager.
• Host and attend project delivery and design coordination meetings.
• Author, distribute, and follow up reports generated from Information Models including clash detection reports.
• Implement QA and QC for BIM and project deliverables, and report on quality, completeness, and maturity.
• Supervise BIM designers to ensure effective and timely flow of project information.
• Provide input into BIM scope, schedule, and budget when required.

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree in Engineering, Architecture, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of leading information management across phases of multidiscipline projects.
• At least 5 years of contractor experience, preferably in Australia.
• Experience in BIM coordination, BIM management, document management, and 3D modeling.
• Technical capability of BIM LOD 350, 400, and 500.
• Understanding of 4D and 5D BIM and ability to support DB project requirements.
• Expertise in BIM collaboration tools including ProjectWise and BIM 360, and design authoring tools including Revit, Navisworks, Dynamo, AutoCAD Civil 3D, and AutoCAD Plant 3D.
• Excellent communication skills - both verbal and written, with ability to communicate complex issues concisely.

Reporting to project leadership, the BIM Lead produces coordinated construction drawings, models electrical systems to foremen markups, and maintains project drawing logs across active commercial electrical projects. Partnering with foremen, BIM technicians, and trade coordinators, this role enables on-schedule delivery of installation-ready documentation and Pre-Fab model details that support efficient field execution.

Primary Duties

• Provide drawings and details to maximize efficient installation.
• Provide dimensional layouts including total station as required on projects.
• Model electrical systems to foremen markups and import panel, equipment, and lighting schedules.
• Create and edit 2D and 3D components and provide as-built drawings.
• Produce drawings to maintain the construction and coordination schedules.
• Maintain project drawing log and assist BIM Technician as needed.
• Model details for Pre-Fab and coordinate installations with other trades.
• Maintain communication with foreman and conduct jobsite visits and walkthroughs.
• Understand BIM implementation and execution plans.

Skills and Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 3-5 years of leading and managing teams of BIM modelers on multiple projects.
• Prior commercial electrical background preferred to understand the constructability of electrical systems.
• Revit experience including setting up and maintaining jobs, files, families, and work sets, and ability to use electrical design tools such as conduit and cable tray.
• NavisWorks Manage experience with comprehensive understanding of project setup, coordination, and clash detection.
• BlueBeam experience and familiarity with computer trends and technology.
• Must be reliable, punctual, and self-motivated.

Sitting at the intersection of design technology and project delivery, the BIM Lead leads BIM workflows, model management, and BxP development on large architectural projects while mentoring team members in Revit and Computational BIM. Operating across studio initiatives, client contracts, and consultant coordination, this role shapes the advancement of BIM capability and ensures design teams deliver projects of varying scale with consistency and technical precision.

Duties

• Lead BIM workflows and model management on large projects.
• Lead design teams in implementing and maintaining Revit models.
• Lead BxP development with design team stakeholders.
• Partner with PMs to review contracts and manage client BIM expectations.
• Mentor team members to learn new software skills.
• Support the advancement of BIM within the Studio and the Studio BIM Lead's initiatives.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor of Architecture or equivalent degree.
• Autodesk Certified Professional in Revit.
• Minimum 5 years of architecture experience.
• Proven experience delivering projects of various scale and complexity using Revit and managing teams on BIM 360.
• Advanced and expert-level knowledge of Autodesk Revit Architecture.
• Proven coordination process experience including working with consultants using multiple software platforms, Navisworks, 3DSMAX, Rhino, and Grasshopper.
• Experience with Computational BIM through Dynamo or other scripting and programming languages.
• Passion for sharing knowledge and clearly communicating complex technical ideas to designers, managers, and clients.

A key member of the BIM operations team, the BIM Lead sets up, configures, and manages BIM platforms across all projects while validating EIRs, BEPs, and associated documents to govern information exchange and quality control. Collaborating across project teams and recruiting and training BIM personnel, this role builds organizational BIM capability and ensures conformity to industry standards in every phase of production.

Accountabilities

• Set up, configure, and manage BIM platforms used on all projects.
• Assist project teams in BIM project setup, project work modeling, and detailing.
• Create, establish, and validate project EIRs, BEPs, and other associated BIM documents and procedures including managing communication and information exchange.
• Resolve BIM design issues and maintain BIM content such as detail libraries and template files.
• Train and oversee day-to-day activities of BIM users to ensure standards are maintained and improved.
• Lead quality control of BIM and ensure practice conformity to BIM industry standards.
• Provide hardware and network support as it relates to BIM production.
• Aid in recruiting BIM personnel and grow the team where necessary.

Experience and Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry experience in BIM implementation.
• Detailed knowledge of model-based design protocols, standards, and software.
• Strong understanding in developing, supporting, and managing models per project standards.
• Vectorworks experience preferred, however experience with Autodesk's BIM suite and Revit considered.
• Strong experience with data management systems such as BIM 360 and MS SharePoint.
• Familiarity with SketchUp beneficial.
• Previous experience training other designers in modeling workflows.

Consistent delivery across large multidisciplinary buildings and infrastructure projects depends on the BIM Lead, who manages BIM technician teams, leads clash detection, and drives automation and library development in alignment with GHD standards. Based within a technical specialist function, this role serves as the organization's advanced CAD, BIM, and CDE authority while promoting technology innovation and supporting onboarding and professional development across offices.

Leadership Responsibilities

• Manage delegation and coordination of work for a group of BIM technicians and oversee overall team performance, coaching, and development.
• Act as technical specialist in the application of advanced concepts, principles, and methods in CAD, BIM, and CDE applications.
• Support technical user queries, conduct training to the wider team, and communicate changes through workshops and one-to-one sessions.
• Work with Project Managers to ensure drawings are delivered on time and within budget.
• Collaborate with Project Managers and Directors to establish and implement correct standards, templates, and information flows required for each project.
• Oversee management of software licenses and ensure current software versions are maintained to GHD standards.
• Lead clash detection using Navisworks and work with Team Leads to develop automation tasks and enhance the BIM library.
• Promote continual learning and evolution of digital design processes, and facilitate technology innovation workshops.
• Develop onboarding BIM standards for new recruits and communicate across offices with other CAD and BIM coordinators.

Professional Experience

• 10+ years of experience in a similar or relevant technical role.
• Previous experience managing a team is desirable.
• A proven track record in coordination and management of BIM models for large multidisciplinary buildings and infrastructure projects.
• Excellent BIM skills in Revit, Civil 3D, BIM 360, and CDEs, with advanced technical skills in Revit for complex modeling.
• Strong working knowledge of Navisworks for clash detection, reporting, renderings, and presentations, with technical capability of BIM LOD 350, 400, and 500.
• Experience in Digital and Big Data Analytics, AI, and Machine Learning algorithms with respective programming knowledge.
• Knowledge of AR and VR is desirable.
• Excellent communication skills - both oral and written.
• Ability to coach, develop, plan, prioritize, and work without direct supervision.

As the BIM Lead for MEP, this role develops and enforces BIM standards for MEP and ICT systems across the full project lifecycle, from initial setup through clash detection, 4D scheduling, and training of in-house teams on Revit and the Common Data Environment. The MEP and ICT project teams rely on this work to maintain coordinated Revit models to LOD 500, validate consultant models against the Building Execution Plan, and ensure technology evaluations align with corporate goals.

Strategic Responsibilities

• Develop and implement BIM standards for MEP including templates, deployment, quality control, and clash detection.
• Validate Company, AOR, EOR, and Consultant systems models according to the Building Execution Planning for the region.
• Create and maintain MEP and ICT Revit Templates and oversee BIM MEP and ICT models to ensure standards are maintained.
• Advise on company content files with a focus on Quality Control, Quantity Takeoffs, and Clash and Coordination.
• Support project standards coordination and assist MEP and ICT teams in BIM project setup, quality control, and issue resolution.
• Coordinate and conduct clash detection and 4D scheduling in Autodesk Navisworks.
• Train and up-skill in-house MEP and ICT teams to use Revit and leverage the Common Data Environment.
• Evaluate new technology and report on current project state regarding BIM implementation.

Technical Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• 3-5 years of experience in MEP and Fire Design using coordinated Revit models up to LOD 500 level.
• Experience in large commercial, interior, and office projects with focus on BIM.
• Proficient in Autodesk Navisworks Manage and BIM 360 environment.
• Excellent English communication and presentation skills.

BIM Lead delivers BIM standards, strategy, and team leadership for Transportation and Water Projects within Europe GDC, defining execution plans, automation routines, and workflows that coordinate multi-party participation across international GDS offices. The work directly supports civil and infrastructure project delivery by integrating parametric 3D modeling, quantity takeoff, and BIM coordination across tools including Civil3D, Revit, Aecosim, and OpenRoads.

Ownership Areas

• Collaborate with GDS leadership on the Europe GDC stand-up process.
• Identify, develop, evaluate, implement, and manage BIM standards, procedures, templates, and automation routines for Transportation and Water Projects within Europe GDC.
• Define BIM strategy for specific clients and projects, including BIM Execution Plans and workflows to coordinate participation of different parties.
• Assist with software packages including Civil3D, Revit, Aecosim, and OpenRoads for detailing, quantity takeoff, family creation, and parametric 3D modeling.
• Categorize packages of work offshored to the GDS group, elaborate project execution plans, and define BIM strategy including composition of design teams.
• Lead a BIM team working for internal clients, integrating resources from different GDS offices.

Background and Experience

• 12+ years in civil and infrastructure projects, preferably transportation infrastructure including road and rail.
• 4+ years managing BIM teams.
• US Professional Engineer license considered favorably.
• Proven track record working as a BIM Manager or BIM Coordinator for Civil and Infrastructure Projects, collaborating with international and multicultural teams.
• Experience with Civil3D, Open Roads, Revit, Aecosim, Navisworks, and Dynamo.
• Commitment to Quality Control Policy and Quality Management System.
• Fluent in English - oral and written.
• Demonstrable management skills and presence.