Joining Arup Arup's purpose, shared values, and collaborative approach has set us apart for 80 years, guiding how we shape a better world. As a BIM & Digital Delivery Manager, you will provide technical and digital-delivery leadership across multidisciplinary building and infrastructure projects. You will work with engineers, designers, project managers, clients and BIM professionals to establish effective information-management and BIM workflows that support coordinated, efficient and high-quality project delivery. You will combine strong technical BIM knowledge with project leadership, helping teams apply appropriate standards, technology, automation and emerging artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities while maintaining robust quality, information-security and information-management practices. *This role can sit in our East or West LATAM offices.* The role
- Lead BIM and digital-delivery activities across multidisciplinary projects, from mobilization through close-out.
- Develop, review, implement, and maintain project BIM Execution Plans and associated delivery workflows.
- Define modeling, federation, coordination, information-exchange, and digital-deliverable strategies appropriate to project scope.
- Interpret client information requirements and translate them into practical, proportionate project processes.
- Establish model-health, information-quality, and QA/QC procedures; review the work of others for accuracy, completeness, and compliance.
- Lead model-coordination and issue-management processes, working with discipline leads to identify, assign, track, and resolve coordination issues.
- Establish and manage federated model, Common Data Environment (CDE), and information-exchange workflows using platforms appropriate to the project.
- Plan and facilitate BIM kick-off meetings and coordination workshops.
- Interpret and support the application of BIM and information-management standards, including ISO 19650 principles where applicable, together with client and jurisdictional requirements.
- Maintain a clear distinction between BIM/information-management and engineering design responsibilities.
- Assess BIM scope, delivery requirements, risks, and opportunities at bid and project-mobilization stages.
- Estimate resource needs; support project managers with work planning, schedules, and deliverable milestones.
- Monitor BIM activities against project scope, program, budget, and quality objectives, escalating issues and recommending corrective actions.
- Identify digital approaches that improve delivery efficiency, reduce rework, and enhance information quality.
- Identify and implement opportunities to improve project delivery through automation, computational workflows, data analytics, and AI.
- Promote the responsible use of approved AI-enabled tools, maintaining appropriate information security, quality assurance, transparency, and human oversight.
- Develop or support automation initiatives using tools such as Dynamo, scripting, APIs, or low-code solutions.
- Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend practical applications based on project value, risk, interoperability, and maintainability.
- Act as a trusted BIM and digital-delivery advisor to project teams, clients, and external collaborators.
- Communicate technical concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders; facilitate workshops to establish project BIM and information requirements.
- Mentor BIM designers and coordinators; provide technical support, training, and professional development.
- Contribute to the development of standards, templates, libraries, protocols, and guidance; share lessons learned across projects and teams.
Is this role right for you?
- 7+ years of relevant AEC experience in BIM, digital delivery, or information management, including demonstrable experience leading BIM delivery on multidisciplinary projects.
- Bachelor's degree, advanced technical diploma, or equivalent relevant professional experience in engineering, architecture, design technology, construction, information management, or a related field.
- Advanced capability in one or more major BIM authoring and/or coordination environments, with the ability to learn and implement unfamiliar platforms.
- Demonstrable experience developing or implementing project BIM standards, BIM Execution Plans, federated-model workflows, and model-coordination processes.
- Working knowledge of CDE and collaborative information-management environments such as Autodesk Forma and/or ProjectWise.
- Working understanding of ISO 19650 principles and contemporary BIM and digital-delivery practices.
- Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary engineering and project-management teams on coordination activities.
- Strong communication, analytical, problem-solving, planning, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Ability to mentor others and provide technical leadership across multiple projects or workstreams.
- Knowledge of relevant US project-delivery practices and ability to work effectively within applicable state and local requirements.
Preferred
- Experience across both Autodesk and Bentley ecosystems, including tools such as Revit, Civil 3D, OpenBuildings, MicroStation, Navisworks, Revizto, or Solibri.
- Experience with automation or computational design using Dynamo, Python, APIs, scripting, or comparable tools.
- Experience with data analytics or visualization platforms such as Power BI.
- Practical experience applying approved AI-enabled tools to AEC workflows, including model QA, information retrieval, content generation, or knowledge sharing.
- Experience with reality capture, point-cloud workflows, asset information, digital handover, or digital-twin use cases.
- Relevant BIM, information management, Autodesk, Bentley, or professional accreditation.
- Experience on major buildings, rail, aviation, transportation, or other complex infrastructure projects.
- Experience supporting bids, client workshops, BIM consultancy, or supply-chain BIM assessments.
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