Head of BIM & Digital Construction Strategy

TAIT; South Kirkby; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pension scheme

Life assurance (4x salary)

Medicash health cashback plan

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Cycle to Work scheme

Income protection / critical illness

Private medical insurance (role/level)

Paid annual leave starting at 22 days

UK bank holidays

Job summary

TAIT seeks a Head of BIM to provide strategic and operational leadership for its Building Information Modeling capabilities, ensuring BIM supports high-quality design, coordination, fabrication, and delivery across the business.

Reporting to the Digital Asset Management Director, this role leads the BIM team, including BIM Managers and Coordinators, and establishes standards, governance, and capability to drive consistent project delivery.

Qualifications

• Senior BIM leadership experience with proven ability to lead information-management teams.
• Experience implementing BIM standards, governance, and roadmaps across multiple projects.
• Strong knowledge of UK information-management practices and BS EN ISO 19650.

Responsibilities

• Define, implement, and improve TAIT's enterprise BIM strategy, governance, and investment priorities.
• Establish BIM standards, templates, libraries, and QA processes for consistent delivery.
• Own the BIM operating model: resourcing, structure, workload, performance, recruitment.
• Provide leadership for BIM execution, clash management, model reviews, and data exchange.
• Align BIM workflows with delivery processes and data standards across teams.
• Lead platform selection and lifecycle management of BIM tools and CDEs.
• Create BIM implementation plans, playbooks, and change-management activities.
• Monitor BIM performance metrics and communicate progress to leadership.
• Build relationships with stakeholders, clients, and vendors to advance capability.
• Stay current with BIM standards and innovations to improve delivery maturity.

Skills

BIM Leadership

ISO 19650 knowledge

Revit & Navisworks

CDE Expertise

Stakeholder Mgmt

Roadmap Development

Governance

Education

Architecture/Engineering degree

Tools

Revit

Navisworks

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Job description

TAIT seeks a Head of BIM to provide strategic and operational leadership for its Building Information Modeling capabilities, ensuring BIM supports high-quality design, coordination, fabrication, and delivery across the business.

Reporting to the Digital Asset Management Director, this role leads the BIM team, including BIM Managers and Coordinators, and establishes standards, governance, and capability to drive consistent project delivery.