Remote BIM Designer & Coordinator - Industrial Facilities

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking a BIM Designer & Coordinator to support planning and design of large-scale industrial facilities. You will develop, coordinate, and maintain multidisciplinary BIM models across Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Architectural, and Structural disciplines for early design validation and clash detection.

The role emphasizes coordination with internal teams, consultants, and contractors to improve design quality, reduce risk, and enable efficient execution across OpenAI’s global

Qualifications

• 3+ years of BIM modeling, BIM coordination, drafting, or design technology experience.
• Experience developing 3D models using Revit, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Navisworks, Inventor, SolidWorks, or comparable BIM/CAD platforms.
• Experience supporting multidisciplinary coordination for complex industrial, infrastructure, or building projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain conceptual and schematic BIM models for large-scale industrial and MEP-intensive facilities.
• Coordinate BIM models across Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Architectural, and Structural disciplines.
• Create and maintain federated models used for design reviews, spatial coordination, constructability analysis, and clash detection.
• Model major building systems including equipment layouts, utility corridors, electrical rooms, mechanical rooms, structural framing, site infrastructure, and architectural constraints.
• Coordinate equipment clearances, maintenance access, routing zones, shafts, risers, utility entrances, and major MEP pathways.
• Translate engineering sketches, basis-of-design documents, equipment lists, one-line diagrams, and planning documentation into coordinated BIM models.
• Support early design activities including test-fit studies, routing evaluations, phasing plans, utility coordination, and design option analysis.
• Maintain BIM standards including model organization, file naming conventions, worksets, shared coordinates, view templates, and model health.
• Support multidisciplinary coordination using Navisworks, Autodesk Construction Cloud, BIM 360, Revizto, or similar collaboration platforms.
• Prepare model views, coordination packages, exports, and documentation for design reviews and stakeholder meetings.
• Support model-based quantity takeoffs, equipment tracking, asset information, room data, and design progress reporting.
• Review consultant and contractor BIM deliverables for quality, coordination, completeness, and compliance with project BIM standards.
• Help maintain digital design assets that support planning, design development, construction coordination, and operational handoff.

Skills

BIM modeling

Coordination

Revit

Navisworks

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Civil/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, or related field

Tools

Revit

Navisworks

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

BIM 360 / Autodesk Construction Cloud

Revizto

Job description

OpenAI is seeking a BIM Designer & Coordinator to support planning and design of large-scale industrial facilities. You will develop, coordinate, and maintain multidisciplinary BIM models across Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Architectural, and Structural disciplines for early design validation and clash detection.

The role emphasizes coordination with internal teams, consultants, and contractors to improve design quality, reduce risk, and enable efficient execution across OpenAI’s global