Information Management Lead - Land Development

Atkins Realis Group; Dubai; On-site; AED 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Atkins Realis Group is seeking a Senior BIM/Digital Delivery Lead for the Land Development unit in the Middle East. You will supervise the digital team and ensure alignment with client requirements, project standards, and ISO 19650 across Roads, Utilities, Civil Structures, and GIS disciplines.

The role requires strong leadership, multidisciplinary coordination, and extensive experience with Autodesk/Revit, Bentley, and BIM execution planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture or Civil Engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years BIM/digital delivery experience in infrastructure/land development in the Middle East.
• Professional BIM/IM accreditation is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the digital team s day-to-day tasks and ensure progressive assurance.
• Support the Business Unit Director for Land Development.
• Coordinate with regional digital leads across multiple disciplines.
• Ensure input on Information Management for proposals in land development.
• Maintain resource planning and recruit as per plan with HR.

Skills

BIM leadership

ISO 19650

Digital delivery

Architecture/Civil

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture or Civil Engineering

Tools

Autodesk Revit

Navisworks

Bentley ProjectWise

GIS/ BIM Tools

Job description

The successful candidate will lead the Digital team for the Land Development business unit overseeing digital delivery across infrastructure and master planning projects delivered by AtkinsR alis across the Middle East The role ensures compliance with client requirements and project standards while providing digital leadership quality assurance and multidisciplinary coordination across Roads Wet amp Dry utilities Civil Structures landscape GIS and master planning disciplines

Your role

• Oversee the digital team s day-to-day tasks in a progressive assurance manner
• Support the Business Unit Director for Land Development
• Establish and maintain all interfaces with other digital leads in the region such as Buildings Places Automation R amp D GIS Program Advisory etc
• Ensure that all proposal linked to land development business unit will have the required technical and commercial input regarding Information Management
• Update and maintain the team s resource planning in line with all existing and planned pipeline
• Manage team recruitment as per resource plan in coordination with HR department
• Accountable for maintenance and reporting of all agreed digital KPIs relating to land development
• Work closely with discipline leads and project managers to establish and maintain best practice digital procedures
• Support strategic initiatives of departments in land development business unit
• Responsible to develop the annual digital strategy for land development as part of the overall Digital Strategy for the region
• Support lead ISO certification and its continuance globally for AtkinsRealis
• Ensure that appropriate project BIM standards and procedures are established and maintained as per ISO19650 standards
• Direct point of contact with software providers such as Autodesk Bentley and Esri for collaboration and management of agreed and approved initiatives
• Lead support audit proper CDE development plan s implementation management and maintenance
• Provide technical advice on software and technology involved in the delivery of projects regarding the Information Management processes and workflows
• Identify and deliver opportunities to add value to Client s IM BIM strategy implementation and usage
• Lead BIM and Digital Delivery coordination with clients sub-consultants contractors and authorities ensuring compliance with project requirements and standards
• Ensure compliance with naming conventions classification systems metadata requirements document control procedures and the timely delivery of information through MIDP and TIDP management
• Develop implement and manage the BIM Execution Plan BEP ensuring compliance with client requirements project standards and ISO 19650 throughout the project lifecycle
• Establish and manage BIM QA QC workflows including model reviews clash detection and information validation ensuring issue resolution through project delivery
• Lead coordination and integration of Master Planning Roads Landscape Wet amp Dry Utilities Civil Structures and GIS disciplines while collaborating with Architecture Structural and MEP teams to ensure design alignment and timely resolution of project interface
• Lead and support the development and implementation of digital automation solutions across Master Planning Roads Landscape Wet amp Dry Utilities Civil Structures and GIS disciplines to enhance productivity quality and delivery performance

Experience

• Experience in delivering complex infrastructure and masterplan projects in the Middle East
• Expertise in Digital Engineering strategy development and implementation
• Detailed knowledge and experience with ISO 19650 standards
• Experienced in integration between Digital/IM/BIM and other departments (e.g. quality, contract, procurement, bidding, talent management, etc.)
• Strong ability to develop technical documentation for digital delivery and information management tender proposals
• Experience implementing, training users on, and applying Digital/IM/BIM tools from leading software vendors such as Autodesk and Bentley
• Strong knowledge and experience in implementation, management and maintenance of Common Data Environment (CDE) platforms
• Strong leadership skills
• Issue resolution and management skills
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills including critical thinking
• Experience with Autodesk Forma (previously known as Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) and BIM 360) Bentley ProjectWise, Civil 3D, Revit, Navisworks, Revizto, and GIS platforms

Qualifications

• Minimum of bachelor s degree or equivalent in the Architecture, Civil Engineering or related Discipline Construction industry
• Minimum 10 years of BIM/Digital Delivery experience in Infrastructure and land development projects across the Middle East region
• Member of professional body; accreditation on BIM or Information Management; and other professional certification such as PMP is desirable

Desirable Requirements

• Professional certifications in BIM/Digital Delivery tools for modelling, 3D coordination, 4D/5D planning, and information management
• Experience with Bentley digital delivery platforms, including ProjectWise, Open Roads Designer, Open Bridge Designer, Open Utilities, MicroStation