4D BIM Lead

Job description / Role

4D Planning and Modeling (primary responsibility):
• Develop and maintain 4D models using tools like Synchro or Fuzor, integrating inputs from design, construction, and planning teams.
• Lead the 4D sequencing program by linking BIM models with project schedules to support construction simulation, progress tracking, and reporting.
• Coordinate and review 4D planning activities, including program reviews and activity plans, ensuring alignment with project timelines.
• Report regularly on 4D model status, highlighting progress, issues, and corrective actions; support context modeling and digital engineering integration.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement in 4D systems, workflows, and data environments.
• Develop and implement strategies for integrating 4D modeling, visualization, and digital construction solutions to optimize project execution.
• Support the PMIS team with presentations and training to promote effective use of 4D modeling for project outcomes.
• Train and guide end users on interpreting and applying 4D outputs to support decision-making and delivery.
• Assist with management of the project the Common Data Environment (CDE), including model federation, quality control of 2D/3D deliverables, and issue resolution with stakeholders.
• Develop processes for model-based quantity take-offs to enable construction quantity reporting and forecasting.
• Oversee and coordinate BIM activities across design and construction subcontractors, ensuring alignment in coordinate systems, templates, clash management, and model coordination.
• Train and support project teams on BIM workflows and CDE tools (e.g., ACC, Aconex, Revizto, ArcGIS).
• Conduct regular assessments of BEP implementation, capturing lessons learned and driving workflow improvements.
• Act as a liaison between the customer, project teams, and IT to resolve BIM-related challenges and ensure smooth execution.
• Provide operational support to BIM Coordinators, including BIM Leads from third-party engineering firms and subcontractors.
• Support design and construction reviews, managing issue/action logs and ensuring alignment with project goals.
• Work strategically with stakeholders to align objectives, mitigate risks, and ensure high-quality deliverables.
• Prepare and present reports, documentation, and project updates to senior leadership.

BIM Management (secondary responsibility):
• Develop, implement, and maintain BIM standards and protocols.
• Supervise and manage BIM model development for all disciplines (including sub-consultants and vendors) to LOD 300, with structured data for future progression to LOD 400/500.
• Supervise and manage BIM model development for all disciplines (including sub-contractors and vendors) to LOD 400, supporting engineering activities, and final delivery at LOD 500.
• Assist with seamless information handover from Lead Design Consultants (LDC) to contractors, including:
• Review of design stage gate deliverables.
• Coordination to ensure LOD 300 models are clash-free and constructible.
• Assist with federation of large BIM datasets
• Deliver training and support to team members on BIM tools and workflows.
• Support BIM-based progress reporting and schedule validation for customer updates.

Education and Experience Requirements:
• Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 10-13 years of relevant experience or 14-17 years of relevant work experience
• Minimum 5 years’ experience as BIM/CAD Manager/BIM lead leveraging or managing technology in design and construction(preferred).

Required Knowledge and Skills:
• Prior experience in a similar role, ideally on infrastructure projects.
• Strong leadership, supervision, and stakeholder coordination capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Expert-level proficiency in 4D planning tools, especially Synchro, and other BIM/GIS software for 4D implementation.
• Solid technical expertise in a core discipline, with broad understanding of related disciplines—ideally in airport terminals or similarly complex facilities.
• Proficiency in tools such as Revit, InfraWorks, Twinmotion, Unity, AutoCAD, and Civil 3D.
• Experience developing BIM templates, standards, classification systems, class libraries, and master data models on large-scale projects.
• Familiarity with project delivery methods: Design-Bid-Build, Design/Build, Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), and LEAN.
• Knowledge of Common Data Environment (CDE) platforms like ACC/BIM 360, ProjectWise, and Aconex.
• Working knowledge of collaboration and data management tools such as Navisworks, Assemble, and CostOS.
• Cultural awareness and ability to work effectively in diverse, multicultural teams.
• Problem-solving mindset with a focus on integrated project delivery and industry best practices.
• Self-driven with strong leadership and the ability to influence without formal authority.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and adapt to evolving responsibilities.
• Collaborative team player with the capacity to guide and train engineering and construction staff.

About the Company

Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world's infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place.

Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers’ objectives to create a lasting positive impact.

We serve the Infrastructure; Nuclear, Security & Environmental; Oil, Gas & Chemicals; and Mining & Metals markets. Our services span from initial planning and investment, through start-up and operations. Core to Bechtel are our values – ethics, safety, quality, people, culture, relationships, innovation and sustainability, and our covenants – integrity, respect, collaboration, trust, and delivery. They are what we believe, what customers can expect, and how we deliver.