Senior BIM & Digital Delivery Lead - Infrastructure

Pace | Architecture, Engineering + Planning; Kuwait City; On-site; KWD 18,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Pace | Architecture, Engineering + Planning is seeking an experienced BIM Manager in Kuwait City to lead BIM standards, governance, and digital delivery. You will coordinate training, maintain the CDE/EDMS, and drive project delivery excellence across infrastructure programs.

With 10+ years in BIM and civil/structural domains, you will refine BEPs, manage content libraries, and ensure ISO 19650 compliance while supporting opportunity identification and client-facing presentations.

Qualifications

• Experience implementing BIM standards and ISO 19650 across large projects.
• Proven ability to lead digital delivery and BIM governance.
• Strong collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead BIM standards development, templates, and governance across projects.
• Oversee Common Data Environment setup, access, and workflows.
• Coordinate BIM kickoff meetings and define roles, milestones.
• Develop and monitor KPIs; report progress, risks, and opportunities.
• Coordinate training and upskilling to maintain staff competency.
• Ensure model health, clash detection, and quality assurance.

Skills

BIM governance

ISO 19650 knowledge

Stakeholder collaboration

Training program design

QA/QC discipline

Digital delivery strategy

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering

Master's Degree in Structural Engineering (Preferred)

Tools

AutoCAD Civil 3D

Revit

Navisworks

Power BI

EDMS/CDE platforms (e.g., BIM 360/ACC)

Dynamo scripting (Preferred)

COBie/IFC workflows

RAM/ETABS structural tools

Job description

• BIM Standards & Guidelines Optimisation: Develop and maintain BIM standards, guidelines, and templates in alignment with ISO 19650 to ensure firm-wide consistency and compliance.
• Collaborate with department and Digital Delivery leadership to ensure BIM initiatives align with overall digital delivery goals
• Conduct audits to maintain BIM standards, in line with ISO 19650, and identify areas for improvement across projects.
• Contribute to the development and refinement of a strategic roadmap, identifying improvement areas and recommending adjustments to support the department’s digital transformation efforts and project delivery excellence.
• Coordinate training programs and upskilling initiatives to ensure continuous staff development.
• Develop and tailor BEPs for each project, ensuring they align with ISO 19650 standards and company protocols.
• Enhance content library management by ensuring Revit families, CAD blocks, 2D details, schedules, and other resources are consistently updated, well-organized, and easily accessible across teams.
• Focus on maintaining the library's relevance and usability by regularly monitoring usage patterns, assessing content alignment with project standards, and implementing updates to support efficient, standardized project delivery.
• Establish and enforce protocols to ensure model quality, effective coordination, clash detection, and issue management workflows.
• Lead initial BIM kickoff meetings to set project strategy, establish roles, and outline key milestones.
• Identify emerging trends and business opportunities related to BIM.
• Maintain ongoing oversight of the CDE to monitor access, support seamless collaboration, and ensure compliance with project needs throughout its lifecycle.
• Manage and utilise digital tools to oversee content libraries, perform model health checks, and automate routine tasks. Ensure that content and models are efficient, optimized, and compliant with project standards.
• Manage the exchange of discipline-specific design models through the CDE or Electronic Document Management System (EDMS), ensuring compliance with established protocols and effective collaboration between teams.
• Monitor and assess project execution to identify and address any deviations from established standards, supporting project teams in achieving quality and regulatory compliance.
• Monitor the effectiveness of these tools, address issues as they arise, and provide training and support to project teams for their successful implementation.
• Monitor project progress, maintain high QA/QC standards, and ensure the delivery of accurate and consistent design models.
• Post initial setup is complete, transitions day-to-day BIM management responsibilities to the appropriate project team members, maintaining oversight and conducting periodic reviews to support quality assurance and address any issues as they arise.
• Oversee BIM processes across all project stages to ensure compliance with ISO 19650 and/or project standards, maintain rigorous QA/QC protocols, and uphold consistent BIM practices.
• Process Improvement & Optimisation: Drive initiatives to streamline BIM processes by developing automation routines that improve productivity while ensuring adherence to established BIM standards and quality protocols.
• Provide comprehensive digital delivery and BIM orientation for new hires, ensuring familiarity with tools, standards, and processes to support a smooth transition into their roles.
• Set clear benchmarks and KPIs, tracking performance metrics, and providing regular reports on progress, challenges, and achievements.
• Review proposals for BIM requirements and provide input on best practices to support project goals.
• Support and promote Pace’s digital delivery and BIM capabilities by contributing to marketing efforts through material creation, web content, literature, interviews, and presentations at client-focused conferences and industry events.
• Stay informed on emerging industry trends, evaluating and recommending software solutions that support evolving project and organizational goals.
• Utilise established CDE templates as a baseline and configure them to suit project-specific requirements ensuring access controls, information exchange protocols, coordination workflows, and issue management processes are correctly defined and implemented.
• Support department management with allocating BIM resources strategically across projects to meet varying needs.
• Act as the primary BIM contact during project setup, coordinating requirements with clients and consultants and addressing escalated issues as required.

Required Experience

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in Infrastructure Department with expertise in BIM implementation and management.

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering.
• Master’s Degree in Structural Engineering or a related discipline (Preferred).

Certifications & Memberships

• AutoCAD Civil 3D Certified Professional is Preferable.
• ISO 19650 Certification
• Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC), Revit, AutoCAD, Navisworks, Power BI.
• Etabs, Safe, SAP2000, S- Concrete, RAM Connections, Ram Concept, Concide Beam.
• IMAGINiT Clarity, Kinship (Preferred).
• Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft Office 365.
• Expertise in standards such as BS/PAS 1192 and ISO 19650.
• Strong understanding of BIM management processes, coordination workflows, and their application across design, construction, and delivery phases.
• Strong understanding of OIR (organisational data needs for strategic goals), AIR (data for asset management and lifecycle value), and PIR (project-specific data for design, construction, and delivery).
• Experience managing a Common Data Environment to ensure effective collaboration and information exchange.
• Knowledge of Dynamo automation and similar scripting tools (Preferred).
• Understanding of COBie/IFC workflows for data exchange and compliance (Preferred).