VDC Construction Project Manager - BIM & Fabrication

Harris; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 89,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision, and life ins.

401K with company match

Vacation and holidays

Paid Parental leave

Short-Term Incentive Plan

Job summary

Harris is seeking a seasoned VDC Manager to oversee end‑to‑end delivery, from scope definition to final installation. You will own the VDC budget, schedule, and quality while coordinating with Design Studio, Operations, and Fab Shops to ensure timely, on‑budget results.

You will drive BIM Execution Plan adoption, manage resources, and align VDC deliverables with project requirements across design, construction, and fabrication phases. Strong leadership and communication are essential.

Responsibilities

• Define VDC scope and align with ops team what deliverables the VDC teams will complete
• Develop a project's VDC budget and resource plan, including estimating at the beginning of a project and weekly/monthly forecasting throughout the project lifecycle
• Recommends and directs the use of appropriate platforms to manage and collate the correct project information. Ensures use and latest information is readily available.
• Drives and manages overall delivery of VDC deliverables and is the VDC point of contact for ops teams
• Drives and owns quality of deliverables
• Drive and coordinate VDC workflow through all phases (design, construction, fabrication, and install).
• Directs VDC team members through assigning necessary priorities of deliverables.
• Liaise resources as needed to ensure sufficient team size to complete high‑quality deliverables on time and on budget.
• Leverages expertise as needed for the project such as engineering, VDC Constructability, etc..
• Ensure software/tools are available to team by coordinating with the HDS Technology team
• Notify and coordinate with HDS Operations and VC Leadership to identify and select resources that have the right skills and availability for the project
• Drive and ensure understanding of accountability of VDC Constructability Manager early in the process to ensure the correct trade and technical requirements are adopted and rolled out throughout the project templates through the necessary detailed reviews.
• Drive and ensure understanding of accountability of HDS VD & Model Management team to ensure models are set up, databases are created, and set up ACC hub per the project's requirements
• Drive and ensure understanding of accountability of HDS Preconstruction Engineer Leads, HDS Virtual Fabrication Leads, and ops teams to drive, prepare, and coordinate prefabrication
• Gather Harris construction schedules (and design schedules for Design‑Build projects) and Key Plan/Work Package groupings from ops team and develop a VDC milestone schedule to meet these needs.
• Negotiate and communicate changes to external schedules as needed to align on deliverable deadline expectations
• Frequently communicate any constraints or issues from the VDC team to the ops team. Be a leader in resolving, documenting, and communicating issues/solutions to all stakeholders.
• Prepare and document potential change orders (PCOs), change orders (COs), and requests for information (RFIs) to manage the VDC budget and in the best interest of the projects.

Job description

Harris is seeking a seasoned VDC Manager to oversee end‑to‑end delivery, from scope definition to final installation. You will own the VDC budget, schedule, and quality while coordinating with Design Studio, Operations, and Fab Shops to ensure timely, on‑budget results.

You will drive BIM Execution Plan adoption, manage resources, and align VDC deliverables with project requirements across design, construction, and fabrication phases. Strong leadership and communication are essential.