Studio BIM Leader

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The Role at a Glance

NBBJ is seeking a Studio BIM Leader to join our Digital BIM team, based in Columbus, providing leadership, implementation support and technical enablement across multiple project teams to improve quality, consistency and productivity through Building Information Modelling (BIM).

The successful candidate will operate at a more senior, strategic level, working with the Digital BIM Team to define, evolve and implement BIM standards, tools and workflows. They will bring advanced Revit capability, strong technical judgement and the interpersonal skills needed to support adoption across the studio.

This is a studio-wide role, not tied to a single client or project team. It focuses on standards development, rollout, training, model quality, workflow consistency and the delivery infrastructure that enables effective project outcomes. The Studio BIM Leader will act as a resource across teams, supporting systems, processes and high-impact BIM delivery where

needed.

The role will also mentor and upskill Project BIM Leaders and project teams, lead training initiatives, and help develop advanced tools and processes that improve efficiency and project

performance.

This position offers opportunities to grow within the team and across the firm, with exposure to an innovative, fast-paced and collaborative environment.

Key

Responsibilities

Strategic

• Work in partnership with Digital BIM Team members to maintain oversight across all projects in the studio
• Contribute to the development of firm standards, policies and best practices and lead in their alignment and adoption across projects
• Work with the Digital BIM Team in delivering communication to immediate connections across the firm e.g. studio(s), collegial group(s) project team(s)
• Implement staff training and education to meet project team needs
• Coordinate with Digital Operations to maintain oversight of staff machines to meet project and system requirements
• Assist the Digital Delivery team in the deployment of BIM software
• Act as a studio-wide resource for improving consistency, model quality, project delivery infrastructure and BIM-enabled workflows
• Work with the Digital BIM Team in delivering Digital Onboarding to new staff

Management

• Provide BIM leadership, mentorship and guidance on projects
• Mentor and upskill Project BIM Leaders and project team members in effective BIM delivery and workflow improvement
• Support Project Managers with project staffing and BIM Leader allocations
• Deliver Digital Process Design on assigned projects
• Lead project setup, including models, infrastructure and content from digital libraries
• Manage performance and model health on projects
• Lead adoption of agreed BIM processes that comply with project standards
• Oversee BIM-related production partnering, including communication, quality checks and management of activities
• Provide support and troubleshooting to project teams
• Deliver project onboarding for new staff and/or team members
• Coordinate software version and builds across project team member machines

Production

• Support Project Managers in organizing tasks within the BIM environment, including production, standards compliance and model maintenance
• Ensure key project BIM activities are performed, including information exchange, design coordination and model maintenance
• Contribute to project work, including modelling, data management and documentation

Required

Skills

and

Qualifications

Minimum

8

years

of

Architecture

experience

Bachelor

of

Architecture,

Building

Information

Modelling

or

equivalent

Proven

• experience
• delivering
• large

and

• complex
• projects
• using

Revit

Advanced

• level
• knowledge

of

Autodesk

Revit

Architecture

Enjoy

working

in

a

• collaborative
• team
• environment

Proven

experience

in

• project
• coordination
• including
• collaboration

with

• team
• members and external consultants, using industry-renowned software platforms

Ability

to

identify

and

• communicate
• areas
• where
• skills,
• tools

and

• processes
• could
• be
• improved

Passion

for

• sharing
• knowledge

and

a

• demonstrated
• ability

for

• clearly
• communicating complex technical ideas to designers, managers and clients

Ability

to

• multi-task,
• work
• well
• under
• pressure

and

• meet
• deadlines

Strong

• working
• knowledge

of

Dynamo

and

• pyRevit,
• including

the

ability

to

• support
• or develop back-end scripting and tool-based workflow improvements

Experience

implementing

or

supporting

BIM

• quality,
• standards

and

• model-checking
• tools

Ability

to

• work
• independently

and

with

• minimal
• supervision

Additional

Skills

and

Qualifications

Licensure

(Architect)

Master

of

Architecture,

Building

Information

Modelling

Management

or

equivalent

Autodesk

Certified

Professional

in

Revit

Experience

and

passion

for

‘Computational

BIM’

• through
• using

Dynamo

or

other scripting and programming languages

Workflow

knowledge

in

associated

Autodesk

products

including

Navisworks,

3DS

Max, BIM360, AutoCAD etc.

Experience

with

Rhino

and

Grasshopper