BIM Manager

Vanderlande Industries B.V.; Marietta (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanderlande seeks an experienced BIM Manager to lead global BIM standards, roadmaps and processes. You will build a North American BIM team, tailor Forma environments, and drive BIM adoption across projects and customers, coordinating with Sales, Engineering and Services. fluency in English required.

The role focuses on compliance, interoperability, and continuous improvement, reporting to the Operations Team for Airports North America while collaborating with the Global BIM Office.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Engineering, Architecture or Construction.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in BIM 3D modelling, coordination and management.
• Proficiency with BIM software (Revit, AutoCAD, Navisworks, Tekla, Forma) and BIM platforms.
• Strong knowledge of ISO 19650, NBIMS-US, PAS, LOD, IFC, BCF, MasterFormat and BIM protocols.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement BIM standards and ways of working globally.
• Implement BIM with required maturity per customer requirements across projects and teams.
• Build and develop the BIM team within the North American organization.
• Tailor Forma environments for projects with templates, workflows, and access controls.
• Lead discussions with customers, consultants and architects on BIM requirements.
• Serve as BIM advisor to sales, engineering, installation, and service teams.
• Provide compliance statements against customer BIM requirements.
• Drive global/national BIM standards and ensure adherence.
• Manage change for BIM processes to reach target maturity and dimensions.
• Ensure interoperability between software and external parties.
• Train BIM Managers, Coordinators, Modelers, and solution staff.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Project management

Training & coaching

Cross-functional teamwork

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree

Tools

Revit

AutoCAD

Navisworks

Tekla

Forma (ACC)

BIM 360

BIM Collab

CDEs (Aconex, ProjectWise, Dalux, Procore, Connect)

Job description

Job Title BIM Manager

Job Description About the Role As a BIM Manager I, you will play a strategic role in developing and implementing a road map towards enhancing the organisation's BIM capability. You will collaborate with stakeholders across the business to define the vision, roadmaps, and related features to be delivered for selected BIM uses, ensuring alignment with BIM strategy and business goals. You will continuously improve tools and processes by fostering support bases and developing sustainable initiatives. Beyond technology, the focus of this role extends to business alignment, partnership, and driving roadmap synchronization. You will report to the Operations Team for Airports North American but participate as an active member in the Global BIM Office. This role requires a strong understanding of Building Information Modelling in various industries, global standards, concepts, tools and techniques. You will be responsible for optimizing and enhancing solutions and processes that support BIM capabilities on customer projects and making best practices to support standardization and reusability.

Key Responsibilities

• You are responsible for defining, implementing BIM standards and BIM ways of working in the organization globally.
• Implementing BIM with required maturity level as per customer requirements in organization - projects and teams globally.
• Building the BIM team and BIM competence (hiring, reviewing, developing talent) within the North American organization.
• Managing and tailoring the Forma environments for projects in terms of templates, workflows, access and rights management, and customer specific requirements.
• Participating / leading as an expert in discussions related to BIM requirements with customers, consultants, architects and others.
• Leading as consultant for sales, engineering, installation, service teams on BIM related topics.
• Providing Vanderlande compliancy statement against customer BIM requirements.
• Helping set Global and Regional BIM standards and striving to achieve adherence with consistency.
• Driving change management within organisation for BIM ways of working towards required maturity level and BIM dimensions.
• Ensuring interoperability of different software used in the project implementation within Vanderlande, with suppliers and external parties.
• Working as a trainer for BIM Managers, BIM Coordinators, BIM Modelers, and Software solutions such as Revit, Forma and related workflows.
• Supporting & connecting with developers of engineering suite of tools and content builders to assure libraries are set-up and maintained in a BIM compliant way.
• Interfacing with customer’s design team - BIM and IT Managers, and Vanderlande BIM Business Architect and IT team to ensure required software is available and customized properly where necessary.
• Acting as a Vanderlande authority to agree on deviations/non-compliances in project sales phase against Vanderlande BIM standards.
• Handling escalations of BIM relevant topics where other BIM professionals cannot decide.
• Setting-up and maintaining Vanderlande BIM Standards (choice of software, LOD templates, specs, etc…)
• Reviewing contracts, BEP, EIR, RFP, customer BIM Protocols, customer BIM standards during bid phase.
• Creating and maintaining preBEP, BEP, EIR, MIDP, TIDP, Risk Register, Mobilisation Plan templates.
• Supporting creation and review of such documents on the projects.
• Creating BIM implementation roadmap along with BIM Office team.
• Implementing solution (best practices) for prioritised BIM uses.
• Acting as end point of escalations on technical topics related to BIM.
• Keeping on the top of latest BIM technologies.
• Identifying and recommending adaptation and improvements in solutions and process to comply with BIM uses (e.g. reality capture, 4D, 5D, CDE, issue management).

About the team

The Regional BIM Manager will report within the Engineering group of Project Execution based in Marietta, GA. They will coordinate and participate in the Global BIM Office which has a goal to achieve enhanced BIM capabilities, compliancy to customer BIM requirements, BIM maturity level 2 and adherence to ISO 19650 processes. This position’s upline consists of Senior Manager Engineering, Director of Engineering, VP of Operations, and Executive Managing Director of North America. This role will work with various SMEs and BIM professionals within Vanderlande Customer Centres and Business Units who work as BIM office regional representatives.

Your Profile / Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Engineering, Architect, Construction).
• Minimum 10 years of experience working as a BIM 3D modeler, BIM Coordinator and BIM Manager.
• Experienced in 3D information modelling and BIM related software, e.g. Revit, AutoCAD, Navisworks, Tekla, BIM Collab, BIM 360, Forma (ACC), and other CDEs (Aconex, ProjectWise, Dalux, Procore, Connect, etc.).
• Experienced in working as a BIM Manager in complex and large-scale BIM projects within Autodesk Forma.
• Broad understanding of IT hardware, software solutions and processes.
• Affinity with software development and implementation.
• Advanced knowledge and experience with the Autodesk software ecosystem.
• Experienced in automation & productivity improvement (e.g. various add-ins, Dynamo, Python, etc.).
• Competent in correct and accurate creation and maintenance of BIM documentation, e.g. EIR, preBEP, BEP, etc.
• Strong BIM knowledge, codes, regulation and norms: expert in ISO 19650 standards, NBIMS-US, PAS, LOD standards, IFC, BCF, Uniformat, Master format, BIM protocols, BIM uses and industry best practices.
• Able to establish quality control and quality assurance processes related to BIM workflows and deliverables.
• Is up to date with current technological innovations and has an outlook on future developments with a natural drive for continuous improvement.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with creating custom training plans.
• Seasoned trainer who creates and maintains custom training material.
• Ability to propagate knowledge and skills with capacity to 'train the trainer'.
• Adept at coaching project teams and individuals in project-specific challenges.
• Experienced in working in a cross-functional team environment.
• Strong project management and stakeholder management skills.
• Capable in managing client, other contractors, subcontractors and suppliers on BIM matters.
• Flexibility to travel domestically and internationally up to 15% as required.
• Excellent written communication skills with fluency in English.

Every day, millions of people rely on Vanderlande without even knowing it. From baggage checked in at the airport to parcels on their way to someone’s doorstep, our automation solutions help keep the world moving. Vanderlande designs, delivers, and supports automation technology, operational software, and lifecycle services for leading airports and parcel operations worldwide. Across more than 100 countries, our customers rely on us to keep their operations moving reliably, efficiently, and sustainably. Behind every solution are the people who make it happen. At Vanderlande, how we work matters just as much as what we deliver. Our values, Every Day Better, We Care, and Team Play, guide how we collaborate, support each other, and create value for our customers. Here, you can work with colleagues across disciplines and cultures, contribute to work that makes a difference, and build your future in an organisation that invites you to grow. Explore what is possible at Vanderlande and discover how you can make an impact. Aspire. Grow. Achieve. Together.