Studio BIM Leader

NBBJ; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

NBBJ is seeking a Studio BIM Leader to join our Digital BIM team in Columbus, providing leadership, standards, and technical enablement across multiple project teams to improve quality and productivity through BIM.

The successful candidate will mentor Project BIM Leaders, lead training initiatives, and help develop tools and workflows that enhance efficiency and project outcomes in a fast-paced, collaborative studio.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of architecture experience in design or delivery.
• Bachelor or Master level BIM related degree preferred.
• Proven experience delivering large projects with Revit.
• Strong knowledge of BIM standards and workflows.
• Ability to mentor and lead BIM teams across projects.
• Collaborative, proactive problem solver with strong communication.

Responsibilities

• Maintain oversight across all studio projects in collaboration with the Digital BIM Team.
• Develop and align firm BIM standards, policies and workflows across projects.
• Lead staff training and onboarding to meet project needs.
• Coordinate software versions and BIM best practices across teams.
• Mentor Project BIM Leaders and project team members in BIM delivery.
• Provide BIM leadership and troubleshooting to project teams.
• Deliver BIM quality checks and model health across projects.

Skills

8+ years architecture

Bachelor of Architecture or BIM degree

Advanced Revit capability

Dynamo / PyRevit expertise

BIM standards development

Mentorship and leadership

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Architecture, Building Information Modelling or equivalent

Master of Architecture, BIM Management or equivalent

Autodesk Certified Professional in Revit

Tools

Dynamo

Revit

Navisworks

3DS Max

BIM 360

Rhino/Grasshopper

Job description

NBBJ is an award-winning design firm recognized as a TIME100 Most Influential Company, a Fast Company Most Innovative Architecture Firm and a two-time 2025 AIA National Honor Award recipient. These recognitions reflect our purpose-driven approach that, fueled by ideas and a culture of collaboration, creates healthy buildings, strong communities and a resilient environment. That’s where you come in. With leading clients, diverse colleagues and offices in creative capitals around the globe, a career at NBBJ will inspire you to be extraordinary. You can learn more about our firm, see what it’s like to work here and explore recent projects and ideas at NBBJ.com. Join us to make an impact today!

The Role at a Glance:

NBBJ is seeking a Studio BIM Leader to join our Digital BIM team, based in Columbus, providing leadership, implementation support and technical enablement across multiple project teams to improve quality, consistency and productivity through Building Information Modelling (BIM).

The successful candidate will operate at a more senior, strategic level, working with the Digital BIM Team to define, evolve and implement BIM standards, tools and workflows. They will bring advanced Revit capability, strong technical judgement and the interpersonal skills needed to support adoption across the studio.

This is a studio-wide role, not tied to a single client or project team. It focuses on standards development, rollout, training, model quality, workflow consistency and the delivery infrastructure that enables effective project outcomes. The Studio BIM Leader will act as a resource across teams, supporting systems, processes and high‑impact BIM delivery where needed.

The role will also mentor and upskill Project BIM Leaders and project teams, lead training initiatives, and help develop advanced tools and processes that improve efficiency and project performance.

This position offers opportunities to grow within the team and across the firm, with exposure to an innovative, fast‑paced and collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic

• Work in partnership with Digital BIM Team members to maintain oversight across all projects in the studio
• Contribute to the development of firm standards, policies and best practices and lead in their alignment and adoption across projects
• Work with the Digital BIM Team in delivering communication to immediate connections across the firm e.g. studio(s), collegial group(s) project team(s)
• Implement staff training and education to meet project team needs
• Coordinate with Digital Operations to maintain oversight of staff machines to meet project and system requirements
• Assist the Digital Delivery team in the deployment of BIM software
• Act as a studio-wide resource for improving consistency, model quality, project delivery infrastructure and BIM‑enabled workflows
• Work with the Digital BIM Team in delivering Digital Onboarding to new staff

Management

• Provide BIM leadership, mentorship and guidance on projects
• Mentor and upskill Project BIM Leaders and project team members in effective BIM delivery and workflow improvement
• Support Project Managers with project staffing and BIM Leader allocations
• Deliver Digital Process Design on assigned projects
• Lead project setup, including models, infrastructure and content from digital libraries
• Manage performance and model health on projects
• Lead adoption of agreed BIM processes that comply with project standards
• Oversee BIM‑related production partnering, including communication, quality checks and management of activities
• Provide support and troubleshooting to project teams
• Deliver project onboarding for new staff and/or team members
• Coordinate software version and builds across project team member machines

Production

• Support Project Managers in organizing tasks within the BIM environment, including production, standards compliance and model maintenance
• Ensure key project BIM activities are performed, including information exchange, design coordination and model maintenance
• Contribute to project work, including modelling, data management and documentation

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Minimum8yearsofArchitectureexperience
• BachelorofArchitecture,BuildingInformationModellingorequivalent
• ProvenexperiencedeliveringlargeandcomplexprojectsusingRevit
• AdvancedlevelknowledgeofAutodeskRevitArchitecture
• Enjoyworkinginacollaborativeteamenvironment
• Provenexperienceinprojectcoordinationincludingcollaborationwithteammembersandexternalconsultants,usingindustry-renownedsoftwareplatforms
• Abilitytoidentifyandcommunicateareaswhereskills,toolsandprocessescouldbeimproved
• Passionforsharingknowledgeandademonstratedabilityforclearlycommunicating complex technical ideas to designers, managers and clients
• Abilitytomulti-task,workwellunderpressureandmeetdeadlines
• StrongworkingknowledgeofDynamoandpyRevit,includingtheabilitytosupportordevelopback-end scripting and tool-based workflow improvements
• ExperienceimplementingorsupportingBIMquality,standardsandmodel-checkingtools
• Abilitytoworkindependentlyandwithminimalsupervision

Additional Skills and Qualifications

• Licensure(Architect)
• MasterofArchitecture,BuildingInformationModellingManagementorequivalent
• AutodeskCertifiedProfessionalinRevit
• Experienceandpassionfor‘ComputationalBIM’throughusingDynamoorother scripting and programming languages
• WorkflowknowledgeinassociatedAutodeskproductsincluding:Navisworks,3DSMax, BIM360, AutoCAD etc.
• ExperiencewithRhinoandGrasshopper