BIM Coordinator

BIM Coordinator, Design-Build

Overview

Westside Build is a Santa Monica–based home builder that specializes in helping homeowners rebuild high-quality, resilient homes after disasters such as fires, guiding clients from initial concept through to move-in. Our process starts with a deep discovery phase to understand clients’ needs and preferences, followed by custom design, permitting, construction, and a final hand-over of the finished home.

Because we’re a design-build-development firm rebuilding homes after catastrophic wildfire loss, the stakes are real, the pace is fast, and the payoff is tangible: you’ll watch families move from loss to a rebuilt home you helped bring back to life.

The Role

This one moves construction.

The BIM Coordinator serves as the connective tissue between design, preconstruction, and construction teams, ensuring models are accurate, coordinated, and constructible.

We run projects like a modern production system:

·         Digital twins + prefab thinking + field-first execution + automation everywhere.

You are the person who makes BIM stop being a department and start being the operating system.

If you’ve ever thought:

·         “Why are we still doing this manually?”

·         “Why isn’t the model driving the work?”

·         “Why is BIM treated like paperwork instead of leverage?”

You’ll fit in immediately.

Key Responsibilities

BIM Coordination & Model Management

·         You will have Ownership over BIM standards, workflows, and tooling across the company

·         Coordinate BIM models across architecture, structural, and MEP disciplines.

·         Maintain model accuracy, version control, and adherence to BIM standards.

·         Perform clash detection and lead coordination reviews using federated models.

·         Ensure models reflect design intent, constructability, and field conditions.

Standards, Processes & Quality

·         Enforce BIM execution plans (BEPs), naming conventions, and modeling standards.

·         Support continuous improvement of BIM workflows and coordination processes.

·         Assist with implementation of new BIM tools, templates, and best practices.

Construction & Field Support

·         Support field teams with model-based drawings, details, and visualizations.

·         Coordinate model updates based on RFIs, submittals, and field changes.

Core Ownership

·         BIM That Builds: You aren’t just making pretty pictures. You are coordinating models for field logic—sequencing, tolerances, and the reality of installation.

·         Computational Thinking (Dynamo): This is a Non-negotiable. You use Dynamo and development skills to automate manual tasks, drive efficiency, and ensure we aren't doing the same thing twice.

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Why Westside Build?

·         Impact: We aren’t just building houses; we are rebuilding lives.

·         Innovation: We are small enough to be nimble but ambitious enough to redefine how homes are built.

·         Culture: A high-performance, low-ego team that values speed, precision, and automation.

Qualifications

·         Technical Mastery: Expert-level proficiency in Revit and Navisworks.

·         The Automation Edge: Strong experience with Dynamo (or similar computational tools) to streamline workflows.

·         Field-First Mindset: You understand how buildings actually go together. You can look at a model and see the construction sequence, not just the geometry.

·         Systemic Thinker: You don't just solve one clash; you solve the process that allowed the clash to happen.

·         Experience: 3+ years in BIM coordination, preferably within a design-build or high-end residential environment.

·         Proficient in Revit, Navisworks, Dynamo, BIM 360 / ACC, Bluebeam and Procore

·         Grasshopper and coding is a plus

·         Degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or equivalent construction/Architecture experience

Benefits & Perks

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Paid time off
• Retirement savings plan

This role is Hybrid working onsite 4 days a week.

Salary range is $85,000 – 115,000 commensurate with experience