Senior CAD & BIM Technician

About Pell Frischmann is a specialist advisory and technical consultancy operating across the built and natural environment, helping to shape a better future for the communities in which we work. We offer consultancy services with access to specialist sister companies and partners to support public and private‑sector clients across buildings, infrastructure and regeneration.

Based in any of our UK offices we are looking for a Senior CAD & BIM Technician to join our busy team in the Water & Environment sector. You will support the delivery of a range of projects to the required industry and client requirements.

• Liaise with project managers and project teams to ensure continuity of workload and robust coordination.
• Responsible for CAD & BIM standards development, management, implementation and application.
• Responsible for creating, editing and developing 3D native models using Revit and other digital delivery tools.
• Provide CAD & BIM deliverable outputs, aligned to the relevant specifications and industry standards such as BS EN ISO
  19650 (BIM Stage
  2).
• Provide 3D geometrical data for appending into clash detection, model validation and stakeholder liaison workshops.
• Support the CAD & BIM Team Lead Technician with digital delivery tool best practice and training initiatives, both within the Water & Environment Business Unit and with the wider business.
• Provide the CAD & BIM Team Lead Technician with support for delivering federated models, both geometrically and non‑geometrically.
• Create and maintain CAD & BIM software digital delivery tool template files.
• Be comfortable to lead BIM review/coordination meetings on behalf of the CAD & BIM Team Lead Technician.
• Understanding of multiple BIM software formats (dwg, dgn, rvt, xml, ifc, nwf etc.) as well as their possibilities and limitations.
• Competent with saving, sharing and updating product data in a common data environment.
• Strong 3D modelling, data analysis and manipulation skills.
• Understanding of 4D (time) and 5D (cost) workflows.
• Comply with Pell Frischmann's Business Management System (BMS) procedures.
• Manage own time in order to deliver to project programmes.
• Good communication skills, written and verbal.
• Self‑motivated, enthusiastic and able to take on responsibility.

• HNC or higher in Civil Engineering/similar or relevant experience.
• HND.
• Member of a relevant professional institute.

Preferred qualifications and experience are not listed explicitly.

• Proven building/civil sector experience in design and drafting (2D & 3D) with Revit as the main software tool.
• Practical experience of adhering to BIM standardised working and best practice.
• Previous experience working within an engineering and/or consultancy organisation.
• Demonstrable examples of how to resolve 3D design issues.
• Good knowledge in various software tools applicable to the water & environment sector.
• Ability to develop BIM standards relevant to building & civil sectors.
• Capability to quality‑control and audit others' work.
• Ability to resolve CAD & BIM related design issues.
• Acting as BIM coordinator in multi‑discipline environments.

• Ability to conduct internal training and mentoring of staff.
• Creation and maintenance of BIM software templates.
• Experience in setting up of BIM projects.
• Good knowledge in 3D modelling tools applicable to chosen discipline.
• Handling information flows between different software in a project, i.e. communication between software.
• Experience in the creation of Revit parametric families.
• Experience in creation and management of Revit templates.
• Working knowledge of Autodesk Construction Cloud and use of BIM Collaborate Pro.
• Experience using Navisworks for federated model analysis.
• Experience using Dynamo with Revit for greater automation of tasks/functions.
• Good knowledge in several other software modelling tools or similar:
  AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Plant 3D.
• Competent knowledge of visualisation software tools or similar:
  Twinmotion, Enscape, Unreal Engine, Unity.

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