Architecture Design Technology Manager

HNTB; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,384 - 215,816; Full time

Job summary

HNTB seeks a lead BIM and design technology resource in New York, NY to guide project teams on BIM objectives, workflows, and model coordination using Revit, Autodesk Construction Cloud, and Forma.

You will manage BIM quality, support implementation, develop BIM Execution Plans, lead meetings, and act as liaison with clients while mentoring staff and promoting best practices across large teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture or related field with 8 years BIM/Technology Management experience.
• In lieu of degree, 12 years architectural design, computational design, or related experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead BIM quality and execution at project level.
• Coordinate BIM meetings and mentor staff.
• Set up and administer Autodesk Construction Cloud projects.
• Develop BIM Execution Plan documents and templates.
• Liaise with client on BIM and technology aspects.
• Promote best practices for large teams and modeling workflows.

Skills

BIM

3D modeling

Clash detection

Leadership

Communication

Collaboration

Problem solving

Computational design

Visual scripting

Programming

Education

Bachelor’s degree in architecture

12 years related experience

Tools

Revit

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Forma

Newforma

Adobe Suite

MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)

MS Teams

Job description

What We're Looking For

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners.

This opportunity entails serving as a lead BIM and design technology resource at the project level. You will work with project teams to outline technology objectives, requirements, and design/documentation approaches. As an expert in current and emerging tools and workflows—including Autodesk Revit, Autodesk Construction Cloud, and Forma—you will coordinate large project model coordination, clash detection, complex 3D modeling, visualization, database analysis, and model auditing.

What You’ll Do

• Serve as a project-level manager of BIM quality and execution.
• Provide proactive support to project teams including, but not limited to, BIM implementation planning, team kick‑off, and technology configuration.
• Fulfill requirements for project technology related task orders.
• Investigate, evaluate, and develop best practices and project team workflows.
• Review design models and project data for quality, organization, and performance.
• Set up, configure, and administer Autodesk Construction Cloud project sites and associated services (Docs, Design Collaboration, Model Coordination, and others determined by project requirements).
• Coordinate and facilitate clash detection, QA/QC, and auditing of design models across varied model authoring software.
• Develop and maintain project BIM Execution Plan documents and templates.
• Lead regular multidisciplinary project BIM meetings.
• Act as liaison between HNTB and the client on BIM and technology related aspects of the project.
• Provide experienced and professional opinions, communications, and leadership related to BIM and technology to HNTB as well as to our clients and partners.
• Provide best practices for large teams and large project modeling, documentation, file sharing, and QA/QC.
• Develop, implement, and enforce BIM and design technology standards, including content libraries and templates.
• Lead the development of technical documentation of existing, new, and alternative workflows and modeling techniques.
• Serve as top‑tier support for advanced, complex Revit/BIM software workflows and modeling.
• Assist in the development of staff, including advanced skills training for key employees or groups (Revit, computational design, complex geometry modeling, environmental analysis, and others as determined by Design Technology team).
• Understand current hardware and participate in evaluation of updates and improvements.
• Provide orientation and training on HNTB firmwide standards and guidelines, in the support of design software use.
• Assist teams with the creation and configuration of MS Teams sites.
• Coordinate with project management on staffing and project budgets.
• Provide mentorship to BIM Manager staff. May be responsible for the recruitment, hiring, development, and retention of staff, including development of plan for staff reporting, performance and compensation reviews, and succession.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture or related and 8 years of relevant experience in BIM/Technology Management at an Architectural, Engineering, Construction or related firm.
• In lieu of degree, 12 years of architectural design, computational design, or related experience.

What You'll Bring

• Superior knowledge and experience in a wide range of current and emerging tools and workflows.
• Knowledge in computational design, visual scripting or programming.
• Knowledge of the Newforma Project Information Management platform.
• Proficiency in Adobe suite of applications.
• Proficiency in MS Office Outlook, Word, and Excel required.
• You can interpret and react to the goals and needs of project teams.
• You build constructive relationships and rapport in an open and friendly way.
• You are highly approachable and relate comfortably with people across levels, functions, culture, and geography.
• You're able to provide directions and manage large diverse groups.
• You listen carefully and contribute or respond in a timely and succinct manner.
• You’re able to remain confident under pressure and deal comfortably with uncertainties or change.
• You’re flexible and proactive.
• You have a high level of attention to detail with the ability to discover opportunities for improvement and develop potential solutions to convey to your team.
• You learn quickly and experiment or troubleshoot to find new solutions.
• You’re a critical thinker who can make sense of complex issues and advise the most appropriate solution.
• You’re skilled at explaining complex subjects in simple ways during conversation, using graphic aids, or with live examples.
• Personal accountability – you can be counted on; you accomplish things in a timely manner and on a consistent basis.
• You follow through on commitments.
• Proactive – you recognize that by planning ahead and engaging you can influence a successful outcome.
• Collaborative – you carefully consider who needs to be involved in situational analysis, effective decision making, implementation planning and reassessments for purposes of getting the best outcome and development of people.
• You don’t hesitate to engage to provide guidance or solve problems.
• You have strong enthusiasm towards understanding industry innovation and emerging technologies.
• You anticipate future trends and implications with a strategic mindset.

What We Prefer

• 10+ years of relevant experience BIM/Technology Management at an Architectural, Engineering, Construction or related firm.
• Experience with large firms, large projects, large teams.
• Experience with rendering/visualization platforms.
• SketchUp experience.
• Reality capture and point cloud experience.
• Experience with IMAGINiT Clarity operation.

Additional Information

Benefits information: HNTB Total Rewards.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Location: New York, NY.

The approximate pay range for New York is $110,384.86 – $215,816.57. The approximate nationwide pay range for this position is $110,384.86 – $215,816.57.

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Job Type

Regular – Full time

Job Category

Architecture Group

ReqID: R-30796

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Contact

Robert J. Slimp, CEO