Global BIM Manager

• You will collaborate with stakeholders across the business to define the vision, roadmaps, and related features to be delivered for selected BIM uses, ensuring alignment with BIM strategy and business goals.
• You will continuously improve tools and processes by fostering support bases and developing sustainable initiatives.
• Beyond technology, the focus of this role extends to business alignment, partnership, and driving roadmap synchronization. You will report to the BIM Office Director.
• This role requires a strong understanding of Building Information Modelling in various industries, global standards, concepts, tools and techniques.
• You will be responsible for optimizing and enhancing solutions and processes that support BIM capabilities on customer projects and making best practices to support standardisation and re-usability.

• Defining BIM strategy / vision / mission and BIM standards along with BIM Office members.
• Implementing BIM with required maturity level as per customer requirements in organisation - projects and teams globally.
• Building the BIM team and BIM competence (hiring, reviewing, developing talent) within organisation globally
• Participating / leading as an expert in discussions related to BIM requirements with customers, consultants, architects and others.
• Leading as consultant for sales, engineering, installation, service teams on BIM related topics.
• Providing Vanderlande compliancy statement against customer BIM requirements.
• Setting BIM standards and striving to achieve adherence with consistency.
• Driving change management within organisation for BIM ways of working towards required maturity level and BIM dimensions.
• Ensuring interoperability of different software used in the project implementation within Vanderlande, with suppliers and external parties.
• Working as a trainer for BIM Managers, BIM Coordinators, BIM Modelers, and Software solutions such as Revit, ACC and related workflows.
• Supporting & connecting with developers of engineering suite of tools and content builders to assure libraries are set-up and maintained in a BIM compliant way.
• Interfacing with customer’s design team - BIM and IT Managers, and Vanderlande BIM Business Architect and IT team to ensure required software is available and customized properly where necessary.
• Acting as a Vanderlande authority to agree on deviations/non-compliances in project sales phase against Vanderlande BIM standards.
• Handling escalations of BIM relevant topics where other BIM professionals cannot decide.
• Setting-up and maintaining Vanderlande BIM Standards (choice of software, LOD templates, specs, etc…)
• Reviewing contracts, BEP, EIR, RFP, customer BIM Protocols, customer BIM standards during bid phase.
• Creating and maintaining preBEP, BEP, EIR, MIDP, TIDP, Risk Register, Mobilisation Plan templates. Supporting creation and review of such documents on the projects.
• Creating BIM implementation roadmap along with BIM Office team.
• Implementing solution (best practices) for prioritised BIM uses.
• Acting as end point of escalations on technical topics related to BIM.
• Keeping on the top of latest BIM technologies. Identifying and recommending adaptation and improvements in solutions and process to comply with BIM uses (e.g. reality capture, 4D, 5D, CDE, issue management)

• The Global BIM Manager is part of the BIM office within the Continuous Improvement (CI) organisation governed by Enterprise Design Board.
• The purpose of BIM Office is to achieve enhanced BIM capabilities, compliancy to customer BIM requirements, BIM maturity level 2 and adherence to ISO 19650 processes.
• The team consists of BIM Office Director, Global BIM Manager, Global BIM Coordinator and BIM Business Architect.
• BIM office works with various SMEs and BIM professionals within Vanderlande Customer Centers and Business Units who work as BIM office regional representatives.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Engineering, Architect, Construction).
• Minimum 10 years equivalent industry experience in roles such as BIM 3D modeler or coordinator out of which minimum 5 years of experience working as a BIM Manager / BIM Lead.
• Experienced in 3D information modelling and BIM related software, e.g. Revit, AutoCAD, NavisWorks, Tekla, BIM Collab, BIM 360, Autodesk Construction Cloud, and other CDEs (Aconex, ProjectWise, Dalux, Procore, Connect, etc.),
• Experienced in working as a BIM Coordinator and BIM Manager in complex and large-scale BIM projects.
• Broad understanding of IT hardware, software solutions and processes. Affinity with software development and implementation. Advanced knowledge and experience with the Autodesk software ecosystem. Experienced in automation & productivity improvement (e.g. various add-ins, Dynamo, Python, etc.)
• Competent in correct and accurate creation and maintenance of BIM documentation, e.g. EIR, preBEP, BEP, etc.
• Strong BIM knowledge, codes, regulation and norms: expert in ISO 19650 standards, NBIMS-US, PAS, LOD standards, IFC, BCF, Uniformat, Master format, BIM protocols, BIM uses and industry best practices.
• Able to quality control and quality assurance processes related to BIM workflows and deliverables.
• Is up to date with current technological innovations and has an outlook on future developments with a natural drive for continuous improvement.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with creating custom training plans. Seasoned trainer who creates and maintains custom training material. Ability to propagate knowledge and skills with capacity to ‘train the trainer’. Adept at coaching project teams and individuals in project-specific challenges.
• Experienced in working in a cross-functional, international team environment.
• Strong project management and stakeholder management skills. Capable in managing client, other contractors, subcontractors and suppliers on BIM matters.
• Flexibility to travel internationally.
• Strong writing skills.
• Fluent in English (additional languages are a plus).

• 40 vacation days (20 statutory days and a flexible budget worth 20 days).
• Flexible working hours.
• A hybrid workplace (40% working from home and 60% in the office).
• A Health & Wellbeing budget worth €300,- per calendar year.
• Commuting allowance, including full reimbursement of travel by public transport.
• Working from home allowance.
• Collective pension scheme and discount on additional health insurance.
• On-site company health centres with a gym, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
• Vanderlande Academy and training facilities to boost your skills.
• A variety in Vanderlande Network communities and initiatives.
• And a great company restaurant and coffee bar with barista.

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