VDC Project Design/BIM Lead

Environmental Air Systems•High Point, NC

About The Position

The VDC Project Design/BIM Lead oversees design and BIM work for an assigned project or division of a project. The role reviews project documents before work begins and prepares a project information sheet outlining key requirements and items for the support design team to track. In collaboration with the BIM/VDC Project Manager, the lead contributes to milestone, task, look-ahead, and deliverables scheduling and coordinates tasks for assigned support designers and outside resources. The lead manages project BIM activities, including maintaining Navisworks models and conducting internal clash detection. When required, the role also maintains project models, distributes clash reports to trades, and leads BIM or coordination meetings. The lead configures internal Navisworks files and updates Revit views, filters, and sheets as needed. They monitor progress, flag schedule risks, coordinate information and RFI tracking, provide resources with the information needed to complete work, and review deliverables before release. The role may also perform support designer duties and other assigned tasks.

Requirements

Experience leading a collaborative team.
Proficiency with Revit 2024 or newer.
Proficiency with Navisworks 2024 or newer.
Proficiency with Bluebeam.
Proficiency with MS Office Word and Excel and Google Docs and Sheets.
Proficiency with Google Meet and Microsoft Teams.
Proficiency with Gmail and calendars.
Ability to walk distances at project sites and EAS facilities, stand and walk as needed to observe construction, climb ladders or stairs as needed, and lift 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

AutoCAD experience is helpful.

Responsibilities

Review contract drawings and specifications before a project begins and create a project information sheet highlighting key requirements and items not to miss.
Provide input to the BIM/VDC Project Manager on milestones, tasks, a three-week look-ahead, and deliverables scheduling.
Assign tasks in coordination with the BIM/VDC Project Manager and design department manager to support designers and outside resources.
Lead BIM for the project, maintain the Navisworks model for EAS, and conduct internal clash detection for the assigned team.
When required, maintain the project model, perform and distribute clash reports to trades, and lead BIM or coordination meetings with trades.
Add or update views, filters, and sheets in Revit models as needed.
Set up an internal Navisworks NWF file, append CAD and Revit files with official models for other trades, set up the column grid and viewpoints, configure the appearance profiler, and define clashes.
Lead and work with third-party resources outside EAS when needed.
Perform support designer duties as needed and carry out responsibilities associated with supporting the work and submitting final deliverables.
Track support designer and third-party resource progress and inform the design department manager and project manager about potential issues.
Notify EAS project team members when outstanding information or tasks are at risk of affecting design or construction schedules.
Work closely with the BIM/VDC Project Manager.
Provide information to the document coordinator for logging, distributing, and tracking RFIs, and notify the coordinator when responses are needed to avoid schedule impacts.
Provide mechanical designers and third-party resources with the files and information needed to complete their tasks.
Review support designer and outside-resource work before release.
Interact collaboratively with Field Operations Teams, the Prefab Manager, and assigned designers; lead and encourage design teams to meet schedules and goals; and provide feedback to improve designers’ skills and work quality.
Complete other tasks as assigned.