Architecture Design Technology Manager

What We’re Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

This opportunity entails serving as a lead BIM and design technology resource at the project level. Works with project teams to outline technology objectives, requirements, and design/documentation approaches. Expert in current and emerging tools and workflows, including Autodesk Revit, Autodesk Construction Cloud, and Forma, large project model coordination, clash detection, complex 3D modeling, visualization, database analysis, and model auditing.

What You’ll Do:

• Serves as a project-level manager of BIM quality and execution.
• Provides proactive support to project teams including, but not limited to, BIM implementation planning, team kick-off, and technology configuration.
• Fulfils requirements for project technology related task orders.
• Investigates, evaluates, and develops best practices and project team workflows.
• Reviews design models and project data for quality, organization, and performance.
• Sets up, configures, and administers Autodesk Construction Cloud project sites and associated services (Docs, Design Collaboration, Model Coordination, and others determined by project requirements).
• Coordinates and facilitates clash detection, QA/QC, and auditing of design models across varied model authoring software.
• Develops and maintains project BIM Execution Plan documents and templates.
• Leads regular multidisciplinary project BIM meetings.
• Acts as liaison between HNTB and the client on BIM and Technology related aspects of the project.
• Provides experienced and professional opinions, communications, and leadership related to BIM and technology to HNTB as well as to our clients and partners.
• Provides best practices for large teams and large project modeling, documentation, file sharing, and QA/QC.
• Develops, implements, and enforces BIM and design technology standards, including content libraries and templates.
• Leads the development of technical documentation of existing, new, and alternative workflows and modeling techniques.
• Serves as top tier support for advanced, complex Revit/BIM software workflows and modeling.
• Assists in the development of staff, including advanced skills training for key employees or groups (Revit, computational design, complex geometry modeling, environmental analysis, and others as determined by Design Technology team).
• Understands current hardware and participates in evaluation of updates and improvements.
• Provides orientation and training on HNTB firmwide standards and guidelines, in the support of design software use.
• Assists teams with the creation and configuration of MS Teams sites.
• Coordinates with project management on staffing and project budgets.
• Provides mentorship to BIM Manager staff. May be responsible for the recruitment, hiring, development, and retention of staff, including development of plan for staff reporting, performance and compensation reviews, and succession.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture or related and 8 years of relevant experience in BIM/Technology Management at an Architectural, Engineering, Construction or related firm.
• In lieu of degree, 12 years of architectural design, computational design, or related experience

What You’ll Bring:

• Superior knowledge and experience in a wide range of current and emerging tools and workflows.
• Knowledge in computational design, visual scripting or programming
• Knowledge of the Newforma Project Information Management platform.
• Proficiency in Adobe suite of applications.
• Proficiency in MS Office Outlook, Word, and Excel required
• You can interpret and react to the goals and needs of project teams.
• You build constructive relationships and rapport in an open and friendly way.
• You are highly approachable and relate comfortably with people across levels, functions, culture, and geography.
• You’re able to provide directions and manage large diverse groups.
• You listen carefully and contribute or respond in a timely and succinct manner.
• You’re able to remain confident under pressure and deal comfortably with uncertainties or change.
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