BIM Manager, Electrical

VIATechnik; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plans

Home office setup costs

Paid holidays

Open time off

Job summary

VIATechnik's Roots Electrical team seeks a BIM Manager, Electrical to strengthen VDC workflows, audit models, and automate repetitive tasks using Revit API, Dynamo, and RevitPy. You will design a model-health scoring system, build templates and shared assets, publish BIM standards, and coach VDC Managers to improve project delivery with autonomy and measurable impact.

This remote role offers a competitive salary, flexible time off, and equity in shaping how electrical projects are modeled across

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Revit API, Dynamo, RevitPython and related automation tools.
• Ability to run technical investigations over weeks with clear documentation.
• Translate complex findings into actionable feedback for VDC Managers.
• Proven track record building adoptable templates, standards, or tools.

Responsibilities

• Audit Revit models against modeling standards and prioritize findings.
• Assess models/workflows, pilot an optimization strategy on a project.
• Develop a model health scoring system to track quality.
• Diagnose root causes of inefficiency and fix them with VDC team.
• Write and document Revit API scripts to automate work.
• Build and maintain templates, families, and shared assets.
• Publish BIM standards and best practices and obtain sign-off.
• Coach VDC Managers quarterly on optimization techniques.
• Follow Revit release notes and propose new BIM optimizations.

Skills

Revit API

Dynamo

RevitPython

Automation

Scripting

Model auditing

Templates & standards

AI workflows

Job description

About VIATechnik:

VIATechnik is on a mission to lead the built environment in creating a better future, today. We are one team of over 500 digital experts around the globe. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed architects, engineers, tradespersons, researchers, and business leaders. Together, we empower clients through high-quality, high-velocity experiences that consistently improve outcomes across the design, construction, and operations of buildings and infrastructure. Our clients include Amazon, Mars Wrigley, and National Geographic, the firms shaping the world's most ambitious projects.

Role Overview

Roots Electrical is looking for a BIM Manager, Electrical to strengthen how our VDC teams model, optimize, and automate electrical projects. This role exists to ensure the technical success of our VDC team by maintaining strong BIM/VDC workflows, optimizing models and tools, and identifying opportunities to improve how our teams work. This person will help ensure our current processes and technology are being used effectively while also looking ahead to new tools, automation, and solutions that can improve efficiency and project delivery.

Success in this role means our VDC teams have the technical standards, workflows, tools, and support they need to approach projects effectively. This person will identify technical challenges, develop and implement solutions, and help plan the best technical approach for projects while continuously looking for ways to improve how the team works.

What You'll Do

• Audit Revit models across active Roots Electrical projects against company modeling standards, working independently to prioritize findings by risk and impact.
• Assess the current state of models and workflows, identify quick wins in performance and efficiency, and pilot an optimization strategy on a selected project.
• Build a consistent method for auditing model health, performance, and workflow efficiency, and use it to catch issues before they slow down delivery.
• Design and roll out a model health scoring system that tracks quality over time and keeps technical standards consistent across the team.
• Diagnose the root causes of model inefficiency, from bloated files to poor family management to non-standard workflows, and fix them directly alongside VDC Managers.
• Write, test, and document Revit API, Dynamo, or RevitPy scripts that automate repetitive modeling work, using AI and LLM tools where they genuinely speed things up.
• Build and maintain the templates, families, and shared assets that VDC Managers rely on every day, balancing speed with long-term consistency.
• Publish and maintain a Roots Electrical BIM standards and best practices document, keeping it current as Revit functionality evolves, and get sign off from studio leadership.
• Coach VDC Managers each quarter on model optimization techniques, and track measurable improvement in model quality across coached projects.
• Keep an eye on Revit release notes and emerging BIM optimization techniques, and bring forward the ones worth adopting.

What You'll Bring

• A genuine interest in the technical craft of modeling and problem solving, and satisfaction in seeing a model run faster or a script eliminate hours of manual work.
• Hands-on experience with Revit API, Dynamo, RevitPython, or similar tools, and an appetite to go deeper into automation and AI-driven workflows.
• The ability to run a technical investigation for weeks at a time without close oversight, and to document your conclusions clearly enough for others to act on them.
• A knack for translating technical findings into feedback that VDC Managers and team leads can use, even if they do not share your scripting background.
• A track record of building tools, templates, or standards that a team actually adopts, not just documentation that sits on a shelf.

Why VIATechnik

This role gives you direct exposure to Revit API, Dynamo, and RevitPy development, with room to grow from auditing and coaching into building a broader automation practice for the studio as those tools mature. You will have real latitude to investigate problems your own way, and your work will carry visible influence across every electrical project the studio runs, not just a single job.

Roots Electrical trusts its BIM Managers to set their own priorities and back that trust with clear, well documented results. This role is a strong fit if you thrive with autonomy and want to solve open-ended technical problems. It is not a fit if you prefer close direction or predefined task lists.

Compensation and featured benefits

• The pay for this position is $85,000 – $125,000, and the role is eligible for bonuses. The actual salary offer may be different as we carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, location, and experience
• Health insurance with the choice of five plan options. We cover 70-95% of premiums for VIATechies and 65% of the premiums for dependents (depending on the plan chosen)
• Dental and vision insurance. We cover up to 75% of the monthly insurance premiums for VIATechies and up to 50% of the premiums for dependents (depending on the plans chosen)
• Open and flexible time off
• A 401(k) plan that is fully vested immediately
• Home office setup costs
• Paid holidays

As a minority and woman owned and led company, VIATechnik seeks to build a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. VIATechnik is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

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