bim manager opening - company using archicad - cape town

ArchiCAD Job Opening - ArchiCAD BIM Manager, Cape Town

Company Name: Cape Town based company using ArchiCAD
Contact Person: (make use of form below - no telephone contact)

Field or Industry: BIM, Projects & Architecture
Start Date: Immediate
City / Town / Area: Cape Town
Experience (years): min 5 years
ArchiCAD level :  Level 5, min of 5 years

Salary offered / Payment required: Commensurate with experience

Position Terms: Full Time

A design orientated, award-winning architecture firm, based in Cape Town, working across a range of projects in the residential, leisure, education and commercial sectors are seeking a BIM Manager who will be supporting a team of 10-15 architects on various projects to create and maintain systems that support efficient information management.

Qualifications and Skills:

• 5+ years production experience in design, drafting or engineering
• Must have an in-depth working knowledge of current BIM versions with emphasis on project sheet setup
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Must have a professional appearance
• Ability to take on additional responsibilities as needed as well as determine and manage priorities with minimal guidance
• Must possess and maintain exceptional work ethic as well as uphold company values and demand the highest standard of conduct from self and others
• Must have basic PC experience in windows environments, working knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets, email, Web-enabled applications, and database software
• Must be a self-starter and possess the drive to pursue continued education on BIM
• Possess the ability to work well as part of a team and independently

Duties & Essential Job Function
Software

• Manage software products including but not limited to incorporating new version releases and customisation of ArchiCAD
• Mange the implementation of supporting software for BIM
• Stay informed on best practices for use of ArchiCAD and BIM
• Stay informed on other BIM related software and how they work with ArchiCAD
• Installation and support of related BIM software

Standards

• Responsible for BIM standards development, implementation and enforcement
• Creation and maintenance of the software template files to assure standards
• Provide support for plotting and electronic file submissions
• Automate routines in BIM to support standards and productivity of all shop drawings produced
• Assist in developing and enforcing BIM documentation and workflow process standards

Management

• Assess: evaluate the firms current workflow, strategies, projects, staffing etc.
• Plan: create a plan for implementation.  Who are the team members, what is the project, what are the goals etc.
• Solve: Execute the plan, install the software, get templates created, get training, do the pilot project, etc.
• Confirm: Be able to demonstrate the company’s BIM success by evaluating goals that were established in Assess Phase.

Training

• Internal Training: Provide ArchiCAD fundamental and Intermediate training to staff
• Conduct internal continuing education on ArchiCAD training sessions
• Provide technical orientation to New Hires regarding BIM tools
• Test new hires skills in BIM
• Maintain high level of competency of software through continued use and training
• Attend conferences, seminars and workshops for BIM; bringing back learning and disseminating the information to appropriate teams

Project Interface

• Assist on project work – modelling and detailing
• Assist project teams in BIM project setup
• Create ArchiCAD families in response to project need
• Help resolve BIM design issues
• Coordinate needed hardware upgrades with IT Communicate with subcontractors to receive, coordinate and update all electron models
• Linking BIM to the project Construction Administration Phase for submissions, construction models, shop drawings and schedules

Liaison for BIM process with:

• Future planning for potential uses of BIM
• Sustainable Design
• Planning
• 3D Renderings
• Facilities Management
• Cost Estimating
• Specification Management
• Integrated Project Delivery
• Digital Prototyping and Digital Fabrication
• Modularization

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