BIM Lead

Job description / Role

Overview

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration through conceptualization to realization of planning, design, or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years, we've led with vision, contributing to many of the world's most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences, and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51st largest global architecture firm and the #1 firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.

We invite you to join us. Why?

When you join KEO, you'll discover more than just a job - you'll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counseling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun runs, in-house sports teams, and beach cleanups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits, you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, and employee referral rewards.

Responsibilities

We envisage success in this role to include:

• Guiding and managing BIM at operational level to ensure consistency of BIM uses and processes to support all stages of projects.
• Supporting, mentoring, and coaching team members to further develop proficiencies and provide opportunities to learn and develop.
• Providing formal supervision to employees within a single functional or operational area. Planning and monitoring appropriate staffing levels and utilization of labor.
• Developing and implementing the proposed BIM strategy and standards for clients.
• Providing hands-on training to internal disciplines, i.e., Revit, Dynamo, Revit add-ins, Navisworks, BIM360.
• Chairing BIM review meetings/workshops with clients including consultants and/or contractors.
• Managing the BIM/design process such that the highest quality of design deliverables is submitted for project team reviews.
• Carrying out BIM validation reviews, i.e., BIMs, documentation files (schedules and drawing sheets), model checkers, design clash detection, visual checks, BIM360, QAQC checklists, RDS, Dynamo, COBie, or any other applicable.
• Ensuring and validating that coordination with other design discipline review teams are carried out.
• Creating and maintaining project tracking documents for design outputs and reviews.
• Monitoring the submissions of BIM design deliverables to ensure that all review actions have been responded to and/or integrated.
• Forecasting and monitoring progress for design actions that are on the critical path of design.
• Monitoring consultants' compliance with BIM strategy and standards.
• Assisting the procurement team in tender development and award, i.e., BIM capability assessment, execution plan, level of development matrix, models, registers, dummy TQs, service agreements, and appointments.
• Providing BIM updates into monthly reports on the status of design.
• Identifying and assisting in creating content to enhance our digital asset and detail libraries.
• Guiding the 'I' in BIM to leverage data collection and query for purposes of design intelligence, optimization, automation, simulation, and downstream exploration for artificial intelligence.

Qualifications

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that you will bring a minimum of 10 years of experience partnered with a Bachelor's degree in Architecture or equivalent field.

Advanced proficiency in a range of computer-aided design tools including Autodesk Revit, Navisworks, and various Revit add-ins such as Dynamo, and integration tools with specification, energy analysis, cost control, and engineering analysis.

Advanced proficiency in BIM360 Docs and Design (ACC).

KEO's performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety, and our people. We embrace diversity and recognize its contribution to client success wherever we work.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.

About the Company

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 57 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is ranked by ENR in the Top 225 International Design Firms; in the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms; and by World Architecture as 50th largest global architecture firm and #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2021 WAS 100 Survey.

We invite you to join us.