Building Information Modelling (BIM) Manager

This contract with our central government client is for a Building Information Modelling (BIM) Manager for 4 months based in Glasgow, Newcastle, Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Birmingham, Blackpool, Cardiff or London, Hybrid – 40% onsite. The pay rate to candidate is £400 PD umbrella (+ expenses paid for travel anywhere apart from local hub).  

Key accountabilities:  

Building Information Modelling (BIM) Manager  

• Work with the Soft Landings Manager on a strategic roadmap for Asset Management activities addressing the full lifecycle of facility assets, ensuring a seamless end to end process across the entire team.  

• Advanced understanding of BIM standards (UK BIM Framework, ISO19650 + supporting documents) with the requirement to prepare and implement BIM Execution Plans, strategies, protocols, and processes at a project level, whilst developing and delivery of core documentation e.g., EIR’s, BEP’s, RACI, MIDP etc.  

• Responsible for the Project Common Data Environment BIM assurance, liaise with and distribute project related information with all levels of the project team and external parties, facilitating collaborative work, time, and cost effectiveness of the chosen CDE system, along with model sharing between parties, ensuring setup of complex project models, including team briefings and inductions to complement workflows.  

• Assist the Project Team Members to establish Information Exchange processes, including the definition and agreement of procedures for convening, chairing, attendance and responsibility for recording “Information Exchange process meetings.  

• Consult and liaise with other suppliers on the Project Team to ensure that the Services provided by the Supplier are fully coordinated with the services provided by those suppliers and in accordance with the Schedule of Services for each, the Project Roles Table, the Design Responsibility Matrix and the Technology Strategy.  

• Attend and contribute to workshops and exercises with other suppliers to carry out value engineering, value management, environmental performance improvement initiatives and risk management. Contribute to recommendations for the organisation's approval based on the results of these exercises to deliver the best overall value for money.  

• Undertake complex content evaluation, including carrying out clash detection and more general model health checks, whilst supporting project teams (internal & external) with advice, trouble-shooting, identify and help resolve issues that impact scope, programme, quality, or other commercial matters, and lead on BIM change management processes.  

• You will be enthusiastic about the potential of BIM and influencing asset management and be able to champion its benefits across the department, whilst progressing efficiencies, standards, through use of BIM within the Department. Responsible for the analysing of assurance KPI’s via the Departments PACE system, feeding back findings/trends, providing suggested solutions to im-prove the BIM process and associated documentation.  

• Work closely with the supply chain and all stakeholders to foster a partnering culture. The culture will embody the principles of mutual trust and co-operation with an overall aim of delivering a successful project to the Project Brief, Project Budget and the Project Programme.  

• Engage with procurement of services and systems, utilising your experience to again as close to best practise to budgetary limitations.  

• Assist the organisation's commercial teams with all activities in connection with workstreams which are un-der your management and are provided by an external supply chain member.  

• High level of competency in using BIM software through daily interaction and formal training, including excellent Revit and Navisworks skills, with developer knowledge of Dynamo, or related Auto Desk functionality and capabilities.  

General: Desirable Skills, Knowledge & Experience:  

• Relevant experience in a project delivery role.  

• Good supplier relationship, contract, and commercial management outcomes.  

• Proficient in MS Office applications Visio, PowerPoint, Project, Power BI.  

• Experience in building modelling activities (4D & 5D).  

• Capable of problem solving and process management (development & implementation).  

Essential Skills, Knowledge & Experience:  

• Experienced in the application of the UK BIM Framework as a minimum (including ISO19650 suite of documents, protocols and standards), development of required documents along with sub-sequent assurance of responses ensuring data requirements and agreed outcomes are met.  

• Extensive experience of developing and/or assessing 3D models and project associated data through all RIBA stages using industry recognised software (e.g. Revit, Navisworks, Bluebeam etc).  

• Experience of delivering COBie information, with demonstrable understanding of the possibilities and limitations of file formats (rvt, dwg, ifc etc.).  

Desirable Skills, Knowledge & Experience:  

• High level of competency in BIM software through continued use and formal training, along with proven experience working with 3D environments.  

• Demonstrate a personal commitment to the health and safety framework with experience in utilising BIM/3D models as a form of Construction Design Management tool.  

• Proven success with API’s and assistive automation/integration with Autodesk products.  

• Document control experience, along with document control process management.  

• Understanding of Asset management Planned Preventative Management regimes (e.g. SFG20, FMS002), with knowledge of how Soft Landings approach can assist cost saving.  

• Knowledge of property data management systems, computer aided facilities management systems and Government Digital Standards.  

• Asset Management Specification & validation.  

Leadership attributes and behaviours:  

• Deliver high quality outcomes within agreed timeframes – both personally and through your teams and stakeholders  

• Personally engage with and lead through change – demonstrating a positive practical outlook that focuses on ways to make things work better  

• Reflect on own work, continuously seek and act on feedback to improve own and team’s performance. Ensure development objectives are set and achieved to address any gaps and improve delivery of current and future work.  

• Have clear understanding of their role, responsibilities, and accountability within the team  

• Support continuous improvement of relevant standards, policies, processes, and governance relating to the role, identifying improvement opportunities and owning their implementation where applicable.  

• Collaborate with team members and cross functional colleagues to identify and implement improvements in ways of working, policy, process and governance.  

Top 3 Criteria:  

1. Plenty of industry knowledge and experience  

2. Experience in developing and assuring BIM documentation – 3d models  

3. Digital security within iso19650