Digital Construction Manager

ALEC Engineering and Contracting L.LC. (ALEC), part of the Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD), is a large construction company with related businesses operating in the GCC with a presence in Africa. ALEC has consistently evolved and grown over the last 20 years to become a trusted partner for the execution of complex and iconic construction projects. The company builds and provides construction solutions to exceed our clients’ expectations for quality, safety, functionality, and aesthetics.

ALEC has extensive experience in complex projects across diverse sectors including airports, retail, hotels & resorts, high-rise buildings, themed projects as well as construction management, design management, estimating, cost planning and procurement.

ALEC also possesses a Design and Build capability, which enables us to provide integrated construction solutions to our clients.

ALEC offers its clients a complete turnkey solution with construction, MEP, fit-out, energy efficiency solutions and solar opportunities, facilities management capabilities, heavy equipment rental as well as technology systems.

We are looking for highly motivated and experienced Digital Construction Manager (BIM) to join our team.

The individuals will be responsible for (but not limited to):

Overview: The Digital Construction Manager will lead information management using BIM for the project whilst overseeing the support of stakeholders across the project team to play their part in the information management process to meet requirements and digital deliverables.

The remit may cover supporting wider digital construction scope/techniques such as digital scanning, drones, data capture in the field, robotics etc., but the primary focus will remain on information management using BIM.

The Digital Construction Manager is the main point of contact for BIM between the project management team and external stakeholders, including but not limited to the client, consultants, sub-contractors, and other project stakeholders. This role reports directly to the Senior Digital Construction Manager, and at a departmental level to the Head of Digital Construction.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for understanding and managing Client expectations for BIM scope and deliverables.
• Accountable for the communication of information requirements both internally and externally.
• Responsible for ensuring the Client’s exchange information requirements are responded to and delivered against.
• Accountable for the creation and iterative development of information management resources such as the BIM execution plan, detailed responsibility matrix, (LAP) exchange information requirements and master information delivery plan.
• Responsible for ensuring the delivery team’s electronic document management system (EDMS) is configured to fulfil the workflow and rules of the common data environment (CDE).
• Accountable for the setup of BIM workflows for the entire project from contract-award stage until handover and approval of BIM deliverables.
• Responsible for 3D spatial coordination in a coordination software/platform and report/assign issues (inc. clashes) to project stakeholders.
• Accountable for providing leadership, direction and coaching for specific BIM processes, use-cases and associated technologies to various departments on the project.
• Accountable for providing training and support for specific BIM processes, use-cases and associated technologies to various departments on the project.
• Accountable for estimating the required resources for direct works as well as sub-contract packages required to achieve information deliverables.
• Accountable for ensuring model and process QA/QC is in place for direct works models and for sub-contract packages.
• Accountable for the correct representation of BIM & Digital at project management meetings.
• Accountable for project level reporting for compliance and progress regarding information management using BIM.
• Contribute input/support to tendering activities where required.
• Contribute to the development of processes, procedures, templates supporting the Head of Digital Construction.

Requirements:

• Detailed understanding of the ISO 19650 series, with experience working to the 1192 suite of standards.
• Understanding of BIM authoring software such as Revit / Tekla / Archicad etc.
• Experience using BIM coordination software such as Navisworks, Revizto, etc.
• Appreciation and understanding of openBIM standards such IFC, COBie, etc.
• Experience (and/or willingness) to drive automated model checking and data validation via tools such as Solibri.
• Experience using cloud-based collaboration platforms to fulfil CDE workflows, such as Aconex, BIM 360, etc.
• Familiar with standard scheduling software, such as MS Project or Primavera P6.
• Experience with programming or visual programming languages (Dynamo) preferred.
• Experience in setting up and reviewing 4D/5D processes and outputs.
• Experience in data management and reporting tools such as MS Power BI.