Virtual Design & Construction Operations Manager

Colonial Group; Escondido (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Colonial Group seeks an experienced VDC Operations Manager to lead the VDC team and deliver constructible electrical work. You will manage staffing, budgets, schedules, and coordination with PM, field, prefabrication, and procurement to ensure delivery success.

Responsibilities include controlling scope, managing model development, and driving continuous improvement in VDC processes and standards. Bachelor's degree and 10+ years in related fields preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in construction-related field preferred.
• 10+ years in electrical construction, VDC/BIM, or related ops.
• Proven leadership of people and multi-project workloads.
• Strong knowledge of constructability and field integration.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop VDC team members and set clear expectations.
• Plan staffing/workload across current and upcoming projects.
• Kickoff VDC projects to confirm BIM requirements and milestones.
• Own VDC delivery from startup to closeout with budget and schedule oversight.
• Evaluate scope changes for VDC, labor, and schedule and report risks.
• Oversee model development, clash management, and constructability reviews.
• Coordinate with project management, prefabrication, procurement, and field leadership.
• Support field execution with look-ahead planning and installation readiness.

Skills

Team Leadership

VDC / BIM Expertise

Project Management

Coordination & Clash Management

Field Integration

Prefabrication Coordination

Technical Documentation

Revit

Navisworks

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Construction Technology, or related field

VDC/BIM experience or equivalent

Tools

Revit

Navisworks

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Microsoft 365

Job description

SUMMARY:

The Virtual Design & Construction (VDC) Operations Manager leads the people, processes, and project delivery that turn design and model information into coordinated, constructible, and field-ready electrical work. Partnering closely with project management, field operations, prefabrication, and procurement, this role manages VDC resources and workload and is accountable for team performance, project delivery, quality, and continuous improvement.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Team and Project Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop VDC team members; set clear expectations, hold the team accountable for performance, and support training, succession, and career growth.
• Plan staffing and workload across current and upcoming projects, identifying hiring, training, or reassignment needs early.
• Facilitate VDC project kickoffs to confirm contract and BIM requirements, deliverables, responsibilities, milestones, and escalation paths.
• Own VDC project delivery from startup through closeout, managing scope, hours, budget, schedule, forecasts, and recovery plans.
• Evaluate scope changes for VDC, labor, prefabrication, schedule, and commercial impact, and report portfolio performance, risks, and needed decisions to leadership.

Coordination and Constructability

• Oversee model development, coordination, clash management, constructability reviews, and issue tracking using current contract documents, approved submittals, and Baker Electric standards.
• Provide technical direction on complex coordination and installation issues, documenting assumptions, design gaps, and unresolved conflicts.
• Route engineering, code, and contractual decisions to the appropriate responsible party.

Prefabrication

• Coordinate with project management, prefabrication, procurement, and field leadership to align VDC deliverables with material needs, fabrication capacity, and delivery timing.
• Ensure work packages clearly define scope, quantities, fabrication details, sequence, and installation intent; use prefab and field feedback to drive corrective action and improve standards.

Field Integration

• Support field execution through look-ahead planning, sequencing, layout, logistics, constraint removal, and timely resolution of field issues.
• Ensure field teams can access current approved models, drawings, and layout data, and integrate safety and installation risk into field-readiness reviews.

Quality

• Establish readiness reviews and acceptance criteria before VDC deliverables are released to procurement, prefabrication, or the field.
• Maintain and enforce VDC standards, SOPs, checklists, templates, and document-control practices; coordinate changes with affected teams.
• Drive continuous improvement in VDC technology and processes that increases productivity, quality, and predictability without unnecessary administrative effort.
• Protect confidential client, employee, project, and commercial information.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION:

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Construction Technology, or a related field preferred.
• Equivalent combinations of electrical trade experience, VDC/BIM experience, technical training, and progressive leadership experience will be considered.

• 10+ years of progressive experience in electrical construction, VDC/BIM, design-build, project delivery, or related construction operations preferred.
• 5+ years of experience leading people, projects, programs, or multi-project VDC/BIM workloads preferred.
• Strong electrical construction knowledge with field, prefab, design-build, or specialty-contractor experience highly valued.

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE

• Working knowledge of Revit, Navisworks, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Microsoft 365, and similar construction technology platforms.
• Knowledge of electrical systems, construction documents, BIM/VDC coordination, constructability, layout, shop drawings, work packages, and prefabrication.
• Ability to interpret drawings, specifications, submittals, schedules, BIM requirements, and project performance data.