BIM Manager

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Role accountabilities:

• Lead BIM and information management delivery across single-discipline and multidisciplinary projects, ensuring outputs meet agreed scope, programme, budget, quality and client expectations. 

• Develop, implement and maintain project BIM strategies, BIM Execution Plans, procedures, model production and delivery arrangements, information requirements and associated project controls.

• Coordinate project setup, model federation, clash detection, design reviews, data exchanges, drawing production, document control and the issue of coordinated project information.

• Interpret client requirements and translate them into clear responsibilities, workflows, deliverables, acceptance criteria and production schedules for project teams.

• Work closely with project managers and technical leads to select, plan and manage appropriately skilled BIM resources, including Arcadis global delivery teams, suppliers and subconsultants.

• Provide direction to BIM coordinators, modellers, designers and engineers, ensuring team members understand the project brief, standards, interfaces and delivery priorities.

• Undertake or coordinate checking, verification and assurance of models, drawings and related information in accordance with Arcadis management systems, project procedures and applicable standards.

• Lead interdisciplinary coordination and resolve model, information and workflow issues, including differences between designers, coordinators and checkers.

• Monitor BIM delivery performance, risks, assumptions, decisions, changes and dependencies, escalating material issues and implementing corrective actions where required.

• Promote health, safety and wellbeing, Safe by Design principles, CDM compliance and effective hazard identification and risk management throughout digital design delivery.

• Build effective relationships with clients and key stakeholders, communicate delivery status, manage expectations and support the timely resolution of technical and project issues.

• Support project commercial management through accurate scope definition, resource forecasting, progress monitoring, change control and input to invoicing and financial reporting.

• Contribute BIM and digital delivery content to bids, proposals, presentations and client engagement, helping Arcadis produce high-quality, competitive submissions.

• Champion consistent BIM standards, templates, common data environment practices, automation and improved methods of working, including appropriate use of scripting and emerging technology.

• Coach and mentor BIM and engineering professionals, support structured development and CPD, and promote knowledge sharing across teams, disciplines and locations.

• Maintain awareness of industry, technical and legislative developments and contribute to the continued development of Arcadis BIM capability and professional reputation.

Qualifications & Experience:

• A degree, HNC/HND or equivalent qualification in engineering, architecture, construction, BIM, digital design or a related discipline, supported by relevant industry experience.

• Demonstrable experience managing BIM and information delivery on multidisciplinary design or engineering projects, preferably within infrastructure, energy, utilities or the wider built environment.

• Strong working knowledge of BIM processes, coordinated model delivery, clash detection, model assurance, drawing production, document control and common data environments.

• Experience preparing and implementing BIM Execution Plans, project standards, information delivery plans, procedures and digital delivery workflows.

• Proficiency in relevant BIM authoring, coordination and review applications, with the ability to develop capability across more than one software platform.

• Knowledge of applicable UK BIM and information management standards, client requirements, Arcadis management systems and relevant health and safety and CDM obligations.

• Experience leading and developing project teams, coordinating global delivery resources and working effectively across technical disciplines and organisational boundaries.

• Proven project management capability, including planning, resource management, risk and change control, quality assurance, programme and commercial awareness.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to engage clients, senior stakeholders, technical specialists, suppliers and delivery teams.

• Strong analytical, coordination and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, resolve complex interfaces and deliver practical solutions.

• A collaborative and inclusive leadership style, a growth mindset and a commitment to continuous improvement, innovation and knowledge sharing.

• Professional membership or progress towards an appropriate chartered or incorporated status is desirable.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.