BIM Supervisor

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Job Description

Job Summary

Supervising a group of BIM team leads to delivering concurrent infrastructure projects and carrying accountability for what that group produces. On the team's responsibility assignment matrix this is the second most accountable position after the BIM Manager: it owns resource deployment, clash resolution, validation of model and drawing submissions, and the final check before anything is issued for design review.

Key responsibilities

Deployment and progress

- Own the deployment of resources across the group's disciplines and rebalance it as project demand moves.
- Chair production progress meetings and discipline coordination meetings for the group.
- Own the key performance indicators reported for the group and the progress position on clash and issue resolution.
- Onboard third parties were brought in to support the project team.
- Delivery management
- Own model and drawing delivery for the group, against the master information delivery plan and the discipline task information delivery plans.
- Own the standards that the work is produced to: NOC data standardisation, base plan standardisation, base plan and title block milestone requirements, and the authoring tool template files.
- Own data shortcut setup and the part catalogue or object library arranged for each project.
- Own the implementation of design automation in support of the production teams.
- Maintain the single source of truth for the 2D extraction of drawings.

Validation and issue

- Validate discipline model submissions against the model checklist and BIM data for GIS submission against the GIS checklist.
- Own the drawing checklist and CAD standard compliance check.
- Perform the final drawing sanity check before anything is issued to discipline or interdisciplinary review.
- Own quantity take-off compliance where it feeds the bill of quantities.

Clash and Interface

- Own the clash resolution activity for the group, end to end.
- Issue direction and provide the solution where a clash needs a decision.
- Agree with the solution with the engineering team and establish which modeller carries the fix.
- Ensure interfaces and tie-ins between disciplines and with third parties are coordinated.
- Deliver internal training on the authoring tools and confirm the group's capability against project requirements.
- Manage performance and development for the team leads reporting to the role.
- Support recruitment, technical interviewing and onboarding.

Qualifications

- Degree in Civil Engineering, or a diploma with equivalent proven experience.
- 10+ years in infrastructure design production, of which at least five supervising multiple teams or a large production team in an engineering consultancy.
- Demonstrable record of delivering to ISO 19650 on live projects; formal certification is an advantage.
- Middle East consultancy experience is strongly preferred.
- Fluent written and spoken English.

Technical requirements

- Civil 3D and AutoCAD to an advanced level, with a working command of Navisworks for clash and interface management.
- Autodesk Construction Cloud or BIM 360, including model coordination spaces and package sharing.
- ISO 19650 in practice: BIM execution plan, master and task information delivery plans, information states and level of information need.
- Data shortcuts, part catalogues, object styles and authoring templates at a level that lets the role set them for others.
- Local authority requirements in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, including utility depth, cover and corridor allocation standards.

Additional Information

Reports to

BIM Manager, Infrastructure

Direct reports

5 to 6 BIM team leads and their teams

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About AECOM

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