Virtual Design & Construction; VDC) Manager

Job Description

VDC Manager | BIM Coordination Leader | Multi-Trade Experience Required | Prefab Preferred | Garland, TX

• 100% in office
• Salary range: $100,000–$114,000 annually, depending on experience and qualifications.

Mechanical Partners, Inc. (MPI) is seeking an experienced Virtual Design & Construction (VDC) Manager to lead BIM strategy, model coordination, and prefabrication support across plumbing, HVAC, electrical, and hydronic piping projects throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth market. This role is centered on multi-trade BIM coordination. Experience supporting prefabrication and fabrication-shop workflows is a significant advantage, especially for candidates who have driven coordination from design through field installation.

THE OPPORTUNITY:
Own the BIM/VDC process from design coordination through fabrication and field turnover, driving clash-free models, maximizing prefabrication, and ensuring seamless handoff to project and field teams.

What You Will Lead:

• VDC/BIM strategy and execution across multiple concurrent projects, from design assist through model-based fabrication and field installation.
• Coordination models spanning plumbing, HVAC, electrical, structural, and architectural trades, ensuring compliance with contract documents and constructability standards.
• BIM kickoff and coordination meetings, including modeling standards, level-of-development (LOD) requirements, coordination schedules, and issue tracking.
• Prefabrication planning and execution in partnership with project management, the fabrication shop, and field teams.

Model Development & Coordination:

• Review contract drawings, specifications, addenda, and shop standards to establish modeling scope, LOD requirements, and coordination sequencing.
• Develop, manage, and QA discipline-specific and combined coordination models, resolving clashes across all trades and tracking issues to closure.
• Maintain BIM execution plans, coordination schedules, and model-update logs aligned with the general contractor's master schedule.
• Extract and manage fabrication data, spool sheets, point files, and installation drawings for shop and field use.
• Administer model-sharing environments (BIM 360/Autodesk Construction Cloud), file management protocols, and version control across the project team.

Field & Fabrication Support:

• Partner with General Superintendents, Superintendents, Foremen, and the fabrication shop to translate coordinated models into accurate prefabrication packages and installation sequencing.
  • Support layout and field verification of installed conditions against the coordinated model, including point-file preparation for robotic total-station layout.
• Promptly escalate significant coordination, schedule, design, or constructability concerns.
• Train and support field and project staff in the use of VDC tools and model-based workflows.

Customer & Project Communication:

• Serve as MPI's primary VDC point of contact with general contractors, design teams, and other trade partners during coordination.
• Lead coordination meetings and present model status, open issues, and resolutions clearly to internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• 5+ years of field experience in commercial construction, with direct exposure to plumbing, HVAC, electrical, or piping trades.
• Proficiency with Autodesk Revit, Navisworks, and AutoCAD MEP.
• Strong working knowledge of construction drawings, specifications, contracts, and coordination schedules.
• Strong organizational, analysis, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent coordination efforts and identify constructability risks early.
  • Valid driver's license and ability to travel regularly…