BIM Lead – Building Services

WSP in the Middle East is currently hiring for a "BIM Lead – Buildings Services" to join our growing team in Sharjah, UAE. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced BIM professional to take the lead in delivering high-quality Building Information Modelling (BIM) services for major building projects across the region.

As a BIM Lead, you will play a key role in managing and coordinating BIM processes, ensuring technical excellence, and working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions.

• Manage and coordinate the overall BIM Implementation within the Building Services Discipline team and support the multidisciplinary project delivery.
• Ensuring successful Client liaison by acting as a Point of Contact within the Building Services Team to analyze the BIM-related client requirements and implement the BIM Execution Plan for BIM deliverables production and BIM process management throughout the project lifecycle in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary projects BIM Lead.
• Act as a key role contributor in the organization’s BIM advancement and upgrade plan within the Building Services Team
• Lead the implementation of the BIM Standards, Modelling workflow & methodologies during the design lifecycle.
• Take responsibility for planning Building Services discipline project BIM deliverables and managing their effective delivery in accordance with the project plan and BIM Execution Plan.
• Leading and/or assisting in the creation of BIM deliverables, Clash Detection Processes, and Reports, BIM Quality Control Plans, and BIM Design Review Procedures.
• Configure and maintain the project Common Data Environment to enable the effective management of engineering design deliverables.
• Managing the projects BIM Coordinator(s) and BIM / CAD technicians including input to Quality Assurance and Quality Control of models and drawings and other related BIM deliverables.
• Coordinate BIM issues with design teams and support the resolution actions and monitor their implementation into the BIM authoring environment.
• Manage the Spatial Design Coordination process within the Building Services team and ensure that clash avoidance, detection, analysis, and mitigation are well reported.
• Monitoring and guiding the model utilization, health check, and maintenance process for future handing over to Design 3rd parties or construction Team.
• Identify and detect in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary projects BIM Lead any potential opportunity/risk for the Project or the Team.
• Integrate leading-edge BIM applications including Scheduling, Cost, Asset Management, and O&M programs into the BIM models.
• Reporting the project’s Building Services delivery BIM status to the Project Management team covering but not limited to: BIM Issue tracking, Audit Reports from Native BIM solutions, Clash Analysis status, progress, and completed tasks against upcoming projects submissions.
• Assist in the upskilling of existing CAD/BIM, Engineering & Project Management staff.
• Support the assessment and evaluation of new resources as part of the Building Services team expansion plan.
• Lead the resource management and tasks assignment within the BIM Authoring and Coordination Team
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting for escalated software functionality issues
• Support interoperability of BIM authoring and coordination tools with Building Services Design Analysis tools
• Support the Automation process and highlight aspects and areas of productivity and quality optimization.

Support the identification of learning and development requirements within the project supply chain, facilitating continuous improvement and professional growth among team members

• Bachelor’s degree in MEPF Engineering or equivalent with a proven track record of successfully undertaking BIM responsibilities within the Building Services design delivery team.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience and background in Design and BIM Management (inclusive but not limited to BIM modeling, Coordination, collaboration, data management, Quality Assurance, and Control) on large-scale multi-disciplinary projects within the Middle East region.
• Mandatory experience and proven track record of successful Client liaison and supply chain management.
• Outstanding Communication and presentation skills
• Knowledge and proven awareness about standard-compliant BIM best practices.
• Proven ability and leadership skills to lead, monitor and support a team of BIM Coordinators and BIM Modelers as well as supporting Building Services design team members already in use of the BIM authoring and coordination solutions.
• Mandatory proficiency and Hands-on on Autodesk Revit and AutoCAD Civil 3D BIM authoring tools.
• Mandatory proficiency in Autodesk Navisworks Manage.
• Mandatory proficiency in BIM360/ACC Environment.
• Proficiency in Dynamo scripting tools with a background in automation of BIM Authoring and interoperability with Building Services design tools would be of advantage.
• Preferable candidates should demonstrate proficiency and good command/knowledge of Building Services design analysis tools.
• Extensive knowledge of BS 8536, PAS 1192, and ISO 19650.
• Strong knowledge of COBie implementation/delivery and 4D to 7D deliverables at LOD 350.
• Proficiency in MS SharePoint and ACONEX platforms would be an added value
• Experience working in a multi-national working environment within Project Developer, PMC, or Lead Consultant’s team would be beneficial.
• Ability to effectively prioritize tasks and solve problems.
• High level of creativity and forward-thinking with an analytical mindset.

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