BIM & Digital Estimating Engineer

Location: Hull

Salary: Competitive plus Benefits

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

Company: SV Installations Ltd (SVI)

Role Overview

SVI is looking to recruit a BIM & Digital Estimating Engineer to support the continued development of our BIM, digital engineering and estimating capability.

This is a hybrid role working across BIM, design, estimating and fabrication. A key focus will be developing how SVI uses BIM models and structured project data to generate quantities, support cost estimates and improve the efficiency and consistency of our estimating processes.

The longer-term objective is to help SVI move towards a more model-led estimating approach, where information within BIM models can be effectively translated into quantities, assemblies, labour requirements, material costs and ultimately project estimates.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and interrogate Revit and BIM models provided at tender and preconstruction stages.
• Extract quantities, schedules and other structured information from BIM models.
• Work alongside the estimating team to convert model information into detailed cost estimates.
• Develop efficient model-based quantity take-off processes for ductwork, steelwork, supports and associated fabricated systems.
• Help develop standard BIM parameters, classifications, schedules and data structures suitable for estimating purposes.
• Review the quality and completeness of tender models and identify missing information, assumptions and commercial risks.
• Support the estimating team with measurement and interpretation of technical drawings, specifications and schedules.
• Develop standard components, assemblies and estimating rules for repeatable fabricated items.
• Assist with improving links between BIM information, estimating software, rate libraries and other business systems.
• Support SVI's wider development of BIM, DfMA, modularisation and digital engineering processes.
• Work collaboratively with estimating, design, procurement, production and project teams to improve the flow of information from tender through to manufacture.
• Identify opportunities to automate repetitive BIM, quantity take-off and estimating activities.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Good working knowledge of Autodesk Revit.
• Practical experience working with and interrogating BIM models.
• Ability to create and extract schedules, quantities and structured model data.
• Good understanding of construction drawings and technical information.
• Understanding of construction estimating and quantity take-off principles.
• Strong Excel and general data-handling skills.
• Good analytical and problem-solving ability.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and commercial teams.

Desirable Experience

Experience or knowledge in any of the following would be particularly beneficial:

• HVAC and ventilation ductwork.
• Sheet metal fabrication.
• Structural or secondary steelwork.
• Pipework and support systems.
• Modular MEP or DfMA.
• Fabrication and offsite manufacturing.
• Navisworks.
• Autodesk Construction Cloud.
• Dynamo or other BIM automation tools.
• Estimating software and cost databases.
• Power BI, SQL or other data tools.
• IFC / openBIM workflows.

Direct experience of both BIM and detailed ductwork or steelwork estimating would be advantageous, but is not essential. We are equally interested in candidates with a strong BIM/Revit background, good construction knowledge and the aptitude to develop the estimating side of the role.

Candidate Profile

We are looking for someone who is technically capable but also interested in how BIM information can be used commercially.

The right candidate will:

• Be confident working with BIM models rather than simply producing drawings.
• Have an interest in estimating, fabrication and how construction components are actually manufactured.
• Be comfortable working with quantities, data and structured information.
• Be naturally interested in improving and automating processes.
• Be able to challenge incomplete or inaccurate model information.
• Be comfortable working across different departments within the business.
• Have the ambition to help develop a capability rather than simply operate an existing process.

About SVI

SVI is a specialist contractor delivering HVAC ventilation systems, in-house fabrication, modular DfMA solutions and project delivery across technically demanding construction sectors throughout the UK.

Our focus is on combining specialist engineering, fabrication and installation expertise with increasingly efficient digital and offsite manufacturing processes.