Director, Virtual Construction

National Association of Women in Construction; Arlington, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 239,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life ins.

401K with company match

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

Harris seeks a Director of Virtual Construction to lead teams transforming mechanical design and construction through technology and collaboration. You will develop people, enhance BIM/VDC practices, and drive coordinated, fabrication-ready solutions across projects.

You will shape quality standards, adopt industry practices, and align staffing with project needs, forecasting, and delivery expectations, while representing Harris in client interactions and proposals.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Extensive leadership experience on mid-sized to large mechanical construction projects.
• Advanced knowledge of BIM/VDC workflows and mechanical systems.
• Proven ability to lead teams, manage change, and make decisions in complex environments.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with senior leaders and clients.
• Willingness to travel 25%–50% for projects and training.

Responsibilities

• Lead Virtual Construction teams and supervisors, focusing on development, quality, and delivery.
• Shape scalable BIM/VDC processes for fabrication-ready solutions.
• Collaborate across project leadership, operations, preconstruction, fabrication, sales, and marketing.
• Evaluate new technologies to improve productivity and project outcomes.
• Coach VDC managers and leaders, supporting training and succession planning.
• Ensure adherence to BIM execution plans, project specs, and budgets.

Skills

Leadership experience

BIM/VDC proficiency

Strong communication

Travel availability

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Autodesk Revit

Navisworks Manage

AutoCAD

Autodesk Fabrication

Bluebeam

Microsoft Office

Job description

Director, Virtual Construction

Job Description:

Summary

Harris is seeking a Director of Virtual Construction to lead teams that transform mechanical design and construction through technology, collaboration, and consistent delivery standards. In this highly visible leadership role, you will develop people, improve BIM and VDC practices, and help project teams deliver coordinated, fabrication-ready solutions.

Role Overview

• Lead Virtual Construction teams and their supervisors, with responsibility for team development, operational leadership, quality, and delivery.
• Shape and implement scalable BIM and VDC processes that support the fabrication and installation of mechanical systems.
• Partner across project leadership, operations, preconstruction, fabrication, sales, and marketing to improve how virtual construction supports the business.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and industry practices that can improve productivity, coordination, prefabrication, and project outcomes.

What You'll Do

You'll guide Virtual Construction leaders and teams as they solve complex coordination, detailing, fabrication, and project-delivery challenges. You'll spend your time developing future leaders, reviewing project needs and deliverables, and partnering with teams across Harris to improve quality and consistency.

You'll also help shape the future of virtual construction by introducing practical standards, technologies, and processes. Whether you are supporting a project team, aligning resources with upcoming work, collaborating with fabrication partners, or presenting to customers, your leadership will help turn virtual design into successful field execution.

• Coach and mentor VDC managers and leaders while supporting training, professional development, and succession planning.
• Establish and reinforce quality standards for BIM, VDC, detailing, coordination, fabrication support, and mechanical trade deliverables.
• Guide the adoption of company and industry practices, including industrialized construction concepts, COBie, and ISO 19650.
• Align staffing and technical capabilities with project requirements, forecasts, backlog, and delivery expectations.
• Collaborate with fabrication and construction teams to increase prefabrication and improve design-to-installation workflows.
• Support BIM execution planning, project specifications, proposals, estimates, budgets, productivity tracking, and technical risk assessment.
• Represent Harris in customer presentations, proposal efforts, marketing activities, and industry conversations.

Why This Role Matters

• You'll develop the leaders and technical teams responsible for delivering high-quality virtual construction work.
• You'll influence standards and technology decisions that improve project execution across Harris.
• You'll connect design, coordination, fabrication, and installation to create more efficient construction outcomes.
• You'll help teams anticipate project needs, manage complexity, and implement improvements that can scale across the organization.

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Extensive experience in the architecture, engineering, construction, or mechanical trades, including leadership responsibility on mid-sized to large mechanical construction projects.
• Advanced knowledge of BIM and VDC workflows, mechanical building systems, construction drawings, project documents, design principles, and applicable mechanical building codes.
• Demonstrated experience leading teams, developing other leaders, managing change, resolving conflict, and making sound decisions in complex environments.
• Ability to connect project requirements with staffing, quality, productivity, estimating, budgeting, and technical delivery needs.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with project teams, senior leaders, customers, and other business partners.
• Ability to travel 25% to 50% for projects, training, conferences, and other business needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate or bachelor's degree in BIM, VDC, mechanical construction, or a related technical discipline.
• Experience with HVAC, piping, plumbing, fabrication, facilities management, quality control, construction coordination, task estimating, or document interpretation.
• Advanced working knowledge of tools such as Autodesk Revit, Navisworks Manage, AutoCAD, Autodesk Fabrication, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Autodesk Point Layout, Bluebeam, and Microsoft Office.
• Professional credentials or knowledge related to Autodesk Revit, COBie, OSHA 30, or LEED.

Your life at Harris

As one of the country's leading mechanical contractors, Harris offers you the best of both worlds: the stability, resources and opportunities of a national company, and the team culture, creative spirit and customer loyalty of a local business. If you thrive on variety and new challenges, we want to meet you!

From stadiums to manufacturing facilities, power plants to hospitals, concert halls to classrooms, we handle projects of all sizes and complexity from multiple regional locations across the country.

Harris Benefits + Compensation

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401K with company match
• Vacation time, sick time, and paid holidays
• Paid Parental leave
• Short-Term Incentive Plan

Visit our Careers Page for additional benefit details: https://www.harriscompany.com/careers/employee-benefits-at-a-glance

Pay Range:

$165,025.00 - $239,286.25

The actual salary offer will vary by candidate based on a wide range of factors such as specific skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

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