[Hiring] BIM/VDC Manager @Shimmick Construction Company

Role Description

Shimmick, through our subsidiary, Axia Electric, is seeking a highly talented BIM Manager with data center experience to oversee digital modeling, coordination, and clash detection for complex, mission-critical construction projects. This challenging position offers an excellent growth opportunity supporting the delivery of sophisticated data center projects. You will play a key role in project success by:

• Leading BIM coordination efforts
• Driving clash detection and resolution
• Ensuring high-quality digital project delivery from design through construction

Responsibilities

• Team Leadership: Direct, mentor, and schedule daily tasks for a team of BIM coordinators and modelers.
• BIM Execution: Establish, implement, and enforce project-specific BIM Execution Plans (BxP) and modeling standards.
• Clash Resolution: Lead multi-discipline coordination meetings to identify and resolve spatial conflicts between structural and hyper-complex MEP systems.
• Mission-Critical Focus: Ensure precise modeling of data center infrastructure, including containment systems, high-density cable trays, cooling pathways, and backup generators.
• Model QA/QC: Audit models regularly to guarantee data integrity, proper naming conventions, and compliance with strict LOD (Level of Development) 350/400 requirements.
• Cross-Functional Liaison: Collaborate directly with project managers, field superintendents, design engineers, and client stakeholders to resolve technical challenges.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree + 6 years of relevant BIM/VDC experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
• Strong understanding of heavy industrial MEP systems, including chilled water loops, medium-voltage distribution, and structural layouts.
• Ability and willingness to travel to project sites and client locations as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience dedicated specifically to data centers or complex mission-critical facilities.
• Advanced proficiency in Autodesk Revit, Navisworks Manage, and Autodesk Construction Cloud (BIM 360).
• Exceptional communication and leadership skills required to run high-stakes coordination meetings and drive accountability.

Requirements

• Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.
• This position does not include sponsorship for United States work authorization.

Benefits

• Salary range: $120,000 to $175,000 depending on experience and/or education.
• Comprehensive benefits plan includes medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Options to participate in an FSA or HSA.
• Employer paid STD, LTD, basic life and AD&D, and an Employee Assistance Program.
• Additional voluntary benefit offerings include pet insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness insurance, legal, and identity theft protection.
• Benefits available to all employees working more than 20 hours per week.
• Employees working less than 20 hours per week are eligible for medical, dental, and vision coverage as well as EAP services.