Firmwide BIM Lead

som; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

SOM in New York seeks a senior BIM Specialist to lead the development and firmwide implementation of BIM workflows, custom applications, and integrations across our architecture and structural engineering disciplines. You will collaborate with the Design Technology team to advance BIM standards and ensure consistency across projects.

Responsibilities include developing automated workflows, establishing guidelines, and driving data-management strategies to support project delivery and lifecycle

Responsibilities

• Develop and firmwide implementation of BIM workflows, custom applications, and integrations across our architecture and structural engineering disciplines' digital ecosystem.
• Explores, defines, and oversees the firmwide implementation of SOM's BIM workflows across the full project lifecycle with the Design Technology team.
• Establish standards, assets, guidelines, and best practices for BIM workflows in collaboration with BIM leaders and computational design experts.
• Develop, test, and deploy automation and standardized workflows to streamline documentation and reduce manual effort (e.g., automated sheet creation, model data organization, automated dimensioning and tagging, model health checking).
• Implement automated QA/QC protocols and data-validation to ensure models meet Level of Development standards and contain accurate asset/material parameters for downstream coordination.

Skills

BIM workflows

Automation

QA/QC protocols

Data management

Scripting

Job description

At SOM, we are a collective committed to shaping a better future for our clients, communities and planet. We aspire to create the most sustainable, impactful work through creative, interdisciplinary teams with all the resources and diversity of a global firm. We value those who are passionate about excellence, innovation, integrity, inclusivity, and collaboration. Together we can achieve great things.

Success at SOM Means

• Ideas: We believe in a meritocracy of ideas. We look to everyone to actively contribute to the discourse in the firm.
• Knowledge: We believe that expertise is the result of lifelong learning. We are not expected to know everything, but rather to passionately pursue answers, develop new skills and deepen our knowledge.
• Product: We strive for excellence in the concept, quality, and delivery of our work.
• Individual: We value individuals who bring the highest standards of professionalism and personal integrity in the way they work. Each person can develop and contribute their wealth of attributes, skills and knowledge to support the overall health of the firm.
• Team: We value the power of interdisciplinary integration. A positive team culture in which everyone collaborates openly towards common goals is essential.
• Firm: We have a history of making transformative contributions to the profession and our communities. We are constantly innovating and attempting to bring new approaches, solutions and processes to our work.

Position Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for the development and firmwide implementation of BIM workflows, custom applications, and integrations across our architecture and structural engineering disciplines' digital ecosystem.
• Explores, defines, and helps oversee the firmwide implementation of SOM's BIM workflows across the full project lifecycle for our architecture and structural engineering disciplines, working with the firmwide Design Technology team.
• Works with the BIM Standards Lead to establish standards, assets, guidelines, and best practices for BIM workflows, collaborating with SOM's firmwide Design Technology team, BIM leaders, and computational design experts.
• Develop, test, and deploy automation and agentic tools and standardized workflows for delivery phases to streamline documentation and reduce manual effort. This may include automated sheet creation, model data organization, automated dimensioning and tagging, and model health checking.
• Implement automated QA/QC protocols and data-validation pipelines to ensure models meet required Level of Development (LOD) standards, internal modeling and drawing standards, and contain accurate asset and material parameters required for downstream construction coordination, cost and embodied carbon tracking.
• Design and support digital workflows for coordination and Construction Administration, including model-based issue tracking, coordination clash resolution, digital submittal reviews, and tracking of field changes to maintain design integrity through construction.
• Develops and implements BIM data management strategies for projects of various types, phases, and scales to fulfill client deliverables and directly feed our internal data lakehouse of project design information.
• Maintains comprehensive documentation of standard assets and workflows.
• Develops training plans and materials for SOM's BIM best practices. In support of training the trainers, organizes and conducts initial training sessions to promote BIM workflows and best practices as part of program roll-outs.
• Contributes to tools and processes related to project specifications, tracking of material lists, energy, water and carbon use intensities on Projects.
• Leads organization, management and maintenance of BIM technologies and other related resources in collaboration with the Office of Technology.
• Keeps informed of industry standards, trends and developments related to BIM practices.
• Performs quality assurance testing of new tools related to BIM or asset management.
• Manages planning, development and advancement of innovative ideas/solutions to support BIM workflow. Coordinates such development with other Design Technology subject matter experts.
• Manages external parties to develop standard content or custom tool development within the framework and infrastructure defined by Office of Technology; Manages change, adoption and integration of new standard or workflow into existing BIM workflows.
• Additional expertise in one or more of the following specialities is highly beneficial: computational design, environmental performance analysis, visualization, AI-driven automation and design, scripting and software development, digital fabrication, DfMA / industrialized construction, and construction-phase BIM efforts.

Leadership Responsibilities

• Fosters collaborative relationships with BIM Leads, discipline subject matter experts, and knowledge leaders to align BIM standards and workflows with project delivery goals and SOM's overall technology vision.
• Drives strategic in