Senior BIM Manager - ISO 19650 & IM Specialist

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Permanent, Office/Home Hybrid Working

Overview

To strengthen our Digital Delivery team, we are seeking an experienced Senior BIM Manager with a solid background in overseeing complex, multidisciplinary infrastructure projects. This role focuses on ISO 19650 implementation across procurement and delivery phases and scaling practices based on client requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support the application of ISO 19650 principles across infrastructure projects, ensuring information management is embedded from procurement through delivery.
• Support the Discipline Management Team to evolve Information Management (IM) governance, compliance frameworks, exemplar documents and templates, and best-practice guidance.
• Apply IMI (Information Management according to ISO 19650) to shape practical implementation strategies that improve project delivery efficiency and quality.
• Provide subject matter leadership across the UK project portfolio and connect with the global network of digital and information management professionals.
• Define, implement, maintain, and improve digital delivery processes, ensuring consistent governance across projects.
• Support internal audits of ISO 19650 projects on a quarterly basis ahead of Accreditation.
• Participate in bid development and support the capture team during tender responses, providing input on pre-appointment IM and BIM aspects (risks, capability and capacity, mobilisation).
• Assist the Bid/Project Manager with BIM requirements during contract negotiations (forecasts, costs, team structures for IM/BIM scope).
• Develop and implement BIM information and data management standards and processes for infrastructure projects in line with the ISO 19650 Framework.
• Manage BIM data, including models, drawings, and other project deliverables, ensuring accuracy and compliance of the digital product.
• Provide input in selecting and setting up an appropriate CDE in collaboration with Project Management and Document Controllers.
• Develop and maintain project-specific BIM Execution Plans according to client EIRs and ISO 19650, including coordination workflows and process maps.
• Create QA procedures for BIM deliverables and ensure their implementation.
• Set up issue management platforms and ensure templates are ready for project delivery.
• Create and maintain the federated project information model (PIM).
• Conduct coordination meetings with stakeholders and project teams to ensure alignment with client requirements.
• Monitor project progress using BIM tools and metrics (e.g., MIDP) and ensure adherence to schedules.
• Train the Digital Delivery Discipline Team and develop colleagues across the business on BIM information and data management best practices and technologies.
• Evaluate and recommend BIM technologies and software tools to improve project efficiency and quality.
• Stay up to date with industry best practices and technology trends related to BIM and identify opportunities for process improvements.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in BIM Management, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related field.
• Over 10 years of experience leading large multidisciplinary infrastructure projects as a BIM Manager or BIM Lead.
• Proficiency with BIM coordination tools such as Navisworks, Solibri, or Bentley iTwin.
• Strong project management skills and organizational abilities.
• Experience with modelling in Revit, Tekla, Civil 3D, Bentley OpenBuildings Designer, and interoperability between tools.
• Knowledge of quality and document management processes.
• Certification in ISO 19650 is an advantage.
• Extensive experience with CDEs, specifically ProjectWise and ACC.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and integrating supply chain, design, and interface requirements.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.
• Demonstrable experience working with IMI (ISO 19650) and UK BIM project delivery roles.

What we offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Flexible and hybrid working conditions
• Private healthcare for you and your dependents
• Group pension scheme and life assurance
• Formal development plans and yearly promotion opportunities
• Subscription fees paid for two professional institutions

Equal Opportunity and Contact

As part of our commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion, we partner with wisecampaign.org.uk to recruit for a better gender balance in our teams. COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age, or disability.

If you have questions about the role, contact our Talent Acquisition Specialist, Abhinav Khanna, at ABKN@COWI.COM.

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