Position Summary
The BIM Manager plays a pivotal role in ensuring the delivery of technically excellent, operationally efficient, and future-ready BIM services. They combine leadership, technical mastery, and a deep understanding of Henderson’s BIM framework to enable teams to produce higher quality work with greater consistency.
Essential Job Functions & Accountabilities
People Leadership & Development
Mentor and train BIM Technicians, Specialists, and Leads to develop technical mastery, coordination skills, and leadership capabilities.
Manage and oversee a team of BIM staff, including Technicians, Specialists, and Leads, by setting clear expectations, delegating responsibilities, and ensuring alignment with project and organizational goals.
Deliver targeted training on BIM tools, workflows, and best practices.
Foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and inclusion within your team.
Technical Leadership
Partner with the BIM Technical Director to execute the firm’s BIM strategic vision, aligning with operational, quality, and technology objectives.
Serve as subject matter expert in Henderson’s workflows and ensure correct application in project delivery.
Provide feedback to Sector leadership to inform technical strategies.
Lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of BIM standards, templates, and workflows consistent with industry best practices and ISO 19650.
Project & Operational Support
Provide advanced technical support to BIM Leads and project teams in setup, execution, QA/QC, and coordination of BIM deliverables.
Collaborate with Project Managers and Discipline Leads to define and interpret BIM Execution Plans aligned with client requirements and contractual obligations.
Promote consistent use of support queues and BIM toolkits across assigned sectors.
Support discipline-specific needs by collaborating with Technicians & Specialists to develop and maintain Revit families, content libraries, and automation tools to improve design efficiency.
Quality Assurance & Process Governance
Oversee quality control reviews to ensure models meet internal standards, client expectations, and coordination requirements.
Drive compliance with company workflows, ensure adherence to BIM milestone responsibilities.
Systems & Resource Management
Coordinate with IT and other BIM/VDC teams to ensure smooth operation of BIM-related software, cloud services, and network systems.
Track and report BIM performance metrics, including FTE utilization, KPI’s, and process efficiency gains.
Core Competencies
Communication
Keeps others well informed and prioritizes audiences, accuracy, and timeliness.
Facilitates an efficient, consistent workflow and exchange of information.
Adjusts communication based on needs and make-up of audience.
Integrity
Leads by example, challenges assumptions, and creates candid feedback loops.
Aligns personal actions and words, extends and receives trust, and upholds commitments.
Maintains the confidence of clients and colleagues, especially when handling sensitive information.
Quality Orientation
Creates a sense of urgency to tackle problems and rewards responsiveness.
Recognizes opportunity for improvement, creating and supporting processes and feedback to improve results.
Holds others accountable for doing their best work.
Teamwork/Inclusion
Promotes a culture of collaboration across roles and teams.
Navigates difficult conversations with diplomacy and leverages cooperative efforts to resolve conflict.
Confronts exclusionary behavior and participates productively in discussions of diverse, sensitive societal topics.
Continuous Learning
Pursues challenging assignments and new knowledge.
Encourages experimentation when faced with new challenges.
Examines mistakes, clarifies lessons learned, and applies to future work.
Functional/Technical Expertise
Leverages area of expertise to contribute to team and company goals.
Promotes an environment where people openly share their expertise, experiences, opinions, ideas, and perspectives.
Maintains knowledge, skills, and abilities relevant to success throughout job functions.
Leadership
INSPIRES THE ORGANIZATION
Personifies the values of the organization and champions organizational culture and vision, earnestly supporting and mobilizing decisions made by organizational leadership.
Navigates ambiguity and change in a positive way, proactively seeking support from leadership when needed.
FOCUSES ON CLIENT EXPERIENCE
Fosters positive client relationships and coaches others to do the same, striving for best-in-class service and internal and external client satisfaction.
Anticipates and responds proactively to changes in client needs, priorities, and/or expectations, ensuring quality results.
DEVELOPS THE STRENGTHS OF OTHERS
Demonstrates empathy and builds strong relationships with colleagues.
Seeks and shares productive feedback with candor to help others grow, celebrating the effort, progress, and everyday wins of colleagues.
DRIVES ACCOUNTABILITY, QUALITY, AND INNOVATION
Expects and drives high-quality results and welcomes innovative strategies, especially in times of change.
Models financially responsible behaviors and coaches others to be fiscally mindful as employee-owners.
Required Education, Experience, Licenses & Technical Competencies
Associate’s degree in engineering, construction management, science, or BIM / drafting technology preferred.
High school diploma or GED required.
10 or more years of relevant experience required.
A minimum of 2 years leadership/management experience preferred.
Subject matter expert in Revit, Autodesk Construction Cloud, and Navisworks required.
Advanced experience with BIM related tools (Dynamo, Python, PyRevit, Clarity, and Content Catalog), preferred.
Demonstrated success in implementing BIM standards and workflows.
Comprehensive knowledge in discipline of expertise and track record of technical excellence in that field.
History of contributing to technically sound teams, as well as ability to motivate and coach others.
Comprehensive knowledge of technical needs of the industry and proven track record of quality monitoring, maintenance and improvement.
Demonstrated ability to mobilize company technical strategies through project execution.
Must demonstrate proficiency in all core competencies as described and characterized in this job description.
Physical & Other Requirements
Other duties as assigned.
Prolonged periods of sitting or standing at a desk and working on a computer.
Ability to read, write and communicate in English.