Principal BIM Manager

Babcock Mission Critical Services España SA.; Kirkcaldy; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched pension

Digital GP

Shopping portal

Professional Fees paid

Reservist leave

Holiday trading

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Babcock is seeking a Principal BIM Manager for our Rosyth site, with hybrid working arrangements. You will lead the Project Information Management team and drive digital engineering for critical UK infrastructure projects, including nuclear/defence contexts.

Security clearance (SC) is a requirement, and collaboration with cross-functional teams will be essential. The role emphasizes delivering accurate digital models, ensuring compliance with ISO 19650, COBie, and other standards, and supporting

Qualifications

• Experience with BIM and information management in infrastructure projects.
• Security clearance eligibility or ability to obtain SC clearance.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Project Information Management team.
• Oversee creation and coordination of detailed digital models using BIM tools.
• Manage model federation, clash detection, and 4D simulations.
• Ensure compliance with UK BIM Framework, ISO 19650, COBie and Uniclass.
• Collaborate with engineering and stakeholder teams for coordination.

Skills

UK BIM Framework familiarity

ISO 19650

COBie

Uniclass

Communication skills

Nuclear/defence exposure

Tools

Revit

Navisworks

Solibri

Synchro

Job description

Job Title: Principal BIM Manager

Location: Rosyth, Fife + Hybrid Working Arrangements

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF70426

At Babcock we're working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Principal BIM Manager at our Rosyth site.

The role

As a Principal BIM Manager, you'll be at the forefront of delivering structured digital information that underpins the design, maintenance, and development of critical infrastructure for the UK Royal Navy.

Day-to-day, you'll will innovate, lead and influence, ensuring our digital models and data are accurate, compliant and aligned to project requirements. This is a role where your technical expertise will directly contribute to safer operations, world-class engineering outcomes and your own long-term professional growth within a mission-driven, future-focused environment.

The Principal BIM Manger is responsible for the day-to-day leadership of the Project Information Management team and accountable for the successful delivery of digital engineering and information management activities

• Leading and developing a team of BIM, Digital Engineering and Information Management professionals.
• Overseeing the creation, coordination and management of detailed digital models using Revit and other BIM authoring tools.
• Managing model federation, clash detection, design coordination and 4D construction simulations using industry-standard platforms such as Navisworks, Solibri and Synchro.
• Ensuring compliance with the UK BIM Framework, ISO 19650, COBie, Uniclass and other project information management requirements.
• Collaborating with engineering, design, project delivery and stakeholder teams to enable effective coordination and successful project outcomes.

This role is full time, 35, hours per week and provides hybrid working arrangements with a minimum of 2 days in the office/onsite.

Essential experience of the Principal BIM Manager:

• Familiarity with the UK BIM Framework, ISO 19650, COBie and Uniclass.
• Experience working in nuclear, defence or other highly regulated environments - Desirable
• Strong experience using BIM authoring platforms such as Revit.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Qualifications for the Principal BIM Manager:

We value diverse backgrounds and experiences and don't have a fixed view on qualifications. If you can demonstrate strong experience in BIM, digital engineering, information management, or a related discipline, particularly within infrastructure, defence, nuclear, or other highly regulated environments, we'd love to hear from you.

Security Clearance

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .

What we offer

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity

Babcock

We're Babcock - a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you'll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we're building a future that lasts - not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

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