National BIM Leader, Mechanical Engineering

DLR Group is an integrated design firm with a promise to elevate the human experience through design. This fuels the work we do around the world and inspires our mission to improve the lives of our clients, our communities, and our planet. If this sparks your interest, you're in the right place.

Our Engineering team has an opening for a National BIM Leader for our Mechanical Engineering discipline. We operate within a hybrid work model, supporting flexibility between office time and work from home.
Considering this model, this role could be based in the following cities:

• Dallas
• Denver
• Des Moines
• Lincoln
• Los Angeles
• Omaha
• Orlando
• Overland Park
• Phoenix
• Portland
• Seattle

Position Summary

The top priority of National BIM Leader, Mechanical Engineering is to ensure that our BIM utilization is industry leading and highly efficient. Responsibilities include the growth and direction for the BIM team.

What you will do:

• Accept input from the user group and curate the Power User Group
• Coordinate training for DLR Group standards and best practices within the discipline
• Provide leadership in both existing and emerging technologies
• Curate Revit Skills Assessment questions and develop training for the DLR Group-specific portion
• Partner with Technology, Design, and Practice forums to ensure full alignment
• Lead the industry in BIM by driving increased utilization and efficiencies
• Oversee BIM best practices and implement process improvements
• Assess users' capabilities and develop training strategies to support BIM growth
• Oversee improvements in family content creation and management
• Lead the team to develop and implement innovative strategies, techniques, and design tools
• Provide guidance and structure to the BIM team, fostering professional growth
• Raise awareness of DLR Group's involvement in integrated design and sustainability by participating in conferences, forums, and panels
• Research and implement new approaches to BIM management to maintain industry leadership
• Continuously assess and improve the current BIM environment

Required Qualifications:

• Previous experience leading a BIM team across multiple locations
• Familiarity with industry-leading software, design tools, and processes
• Knowledge of mechanical systems
• Collaborative management style with strong people skills
• Willingness to travel as needed
• Experience developing and implementing a BIM strategy (preferred)
• Bachelor's degree in architecture, engineering, interior design, or a related construction field

DLR Group is an integrated design firm delivering architecture, engineering, interiors, planning, and building optimization for new builds, renovations, and adaptive reuse projects.

We are 100% employee-owned: every employee is literally invested in our clients' success. At the core of our firm are interdisciplinary teams engaged in every step of project lifecycles. Our teams champion true collaboration, open information sharing, shared risk and reward, value-based decision making, and proficient use of technology to deliver exceptional design. We are pursuing the goals of the 2030 Challenge, the ME2040, and the SE2050, and are an initial signatory of the China Accord and the AIA 2030 Commitment.

Through our values - commitment, creativity, environmental stewardship, fun, integrity, ownership, sharing, teamwork - we elevate the human experience through design, together.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/M/F/Veteran/Disabled employer.