VDC Project Design/BIM Lead

EAS•High Point, NC

About The Position

The VDC Project Design/BIM Lead supports assigned projects or project divisions by reviewing project documents, coordinating design work, leading BIM activities, and helping ensure deliverables meet project schedules and requirements. The role works closely with the BIM/VDC Project Manager, design department manager, support designers, outside resources, field operations teams, and the document coordinator. The lead tracks progress, identifies potential schedule or construction issues, provides project information and files to designers and outside resources, reviews work before release, and performs support designer duties as needed. The position also involves site and facility visits to observe ongoing work.

Requirements

Experience leading a collaborative team.
Proficiency with Revit 2024 or newer.
Proficiency with Bluebeam.
Proficiency with Navisworks 2024 or newer.
Proficiency with MS Office (Word and Excel) and Google tools (Docs and Sheets).
Proficiency with Google Meet and MS Teams.
Proficiency with email (Gmail) and calendars.
Ability to collaborate daily with Field Operations Teams, the Prefab Manager, and assigned designers.
Ability to lead and encourage design teams to meet project schedules and goals.
Ability to give helpful feedback to mechanical designers to improve their skills, work quality, and project outcomes.
Ability to walk distances, stand, climb ladders or stairs, and lift 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

AutoCAD is helpful.

Responsibilities

Review contract drawings and specifications before work begins and prepare a project information sheet highlighting key requirements and items not to miss; share it with assigned support designers.
Provide input to the BIM/VDC Project Manager on project milestones, tasks, a three-week look-ahead, and the deliverables schedule.
Assign tasks with the BIM/VDC Project Manager and design department manager to support designers and outside resources.
Lead project BIM activities, maintain the Navis model for EAS, and conduct internal clash detection for the assigned team.
When required by the project, 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, and configure the column grid, viewpoints, appearance profiler, and clashes.
Lead and work with third-party resources outside EAS when needed.
Perform support designer duties as needed and support work through submission of final deliverables.
Track the progress of support designers and third-party resources and inform the design department manager and project manager of potential issues early.
Notify EAS project team members when overdue 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 to log, distribute, and track RFIs, and flag when responses are needed to protect the schedule.
Provide mechanical designers and third-party resources with the files and information needed to complete their tasks.
Review support designers’ and outside resources’ work before releasing it.
Complete other tasks as assigned.