Architecture BIM Lead in Glasgow

At Jacobs, we are challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact at Jacobs involves designing advanced facilities that simplify our everyday lives and enable technology to connect us. We push the limits of what’s possible to make the world smarter, more connected and more sustainable. Jacobs is recognised globally as one of the leading design firms for advanced technology industrial projects, including semiconductor manufacturing, data centres, and other state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities.

As a BIM Lead with Jacobs Advanced Facilities – Electronics group, you will help our team design state-of-the-art microelectronics facilities and other advanced industrial and commercial facilities. You will be responsible for preparation of models and architectural construction documents using Revit and related BIM software. You will oversee and implement practices to affect the functionality of complex BIM models and assist the Architecture team with best practice BIM solutions, actively promoting overall quality of the design and project deliverables.

As part of the design team, you will use strong communication and interpersonal skills to work closely with architects and engineering disciplines, performing conceptual, layout, and detailed design tasks, coordinating design and construction activities, studies, and various analyses. You will also have the chance to utilise your technical expertise coaching junior team members.

Duties and responsibilities include:

• Modelling, preparing drawings and sketches using Revit and applicable software, applying suitable design criteria.
• Architecture project set up in Revit.
• Onboarding of new team members to project technology workflows, standards, and quality expectations.
• Maintaining reliable work practices for a team to meet schedule, budget, and quality requirements.
• Highly proficient in coordinating with a project team, including engineering disciplines to resolve design and BIM content.
• Engage with emerging technologies and how they can benefit workflows and Architectural design.
• Proactively advancing workflows, systems, and tools, including design automation skills.
• Familiarity with emerging technologies and BIM workflows.
• Manage and incorporate redlines from others.
• Being highly focused on quality, ensuring content audits and conformance with established architecture standards, project standards, and project delivery processes.
• Able to provide quality reviews of models and documents prepared by others to assure design and project standards are met.

Here’s what you’ll need:

• 4-6 years architectural experience required.
• Minimum 5 years of experience and proficiency in Revit modelling.
• Experience with Sketch Up, Adobe Suite, InDesign, BlueBeam, and Navisworks.
• Experience facilitating coordination between team members.
• Experience meeting and maintaining quality standards in BIM tools, and leading others to do the same.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills.

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• Bachelor’s in architecture.
• Experience with Enscape, Forma, Rhino, AI Image generators, and MS Suite.
• Experience with building codes and specifications.
• Experience with semiconductor or general industrial facilities.
• LEED accreditation.

Joining Jacobs connects you locally and globally. Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and belonging. We put people at the heart of our business, and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.

With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximise your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits, and opportunities, from well-being benefits to our global giving and volunteering programme, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place.

We aim to embed inclusion and belonging in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected and creative. We accept people for who they are, and we champion the richness of different perspectives, lived experiences and backgrounds in the workplace, as a source of learning and innovation.

As a disability confident employer, we will interview disabled candidates who best meet the criteria. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.