Fire & Safety BIM Specialist

Fire & Life Safety Specialist

HDR's Building Engineering Services Group (BES) provides industry leading mechanical, electrical, plumbing, site civil, structural, and specialty design services for a wide variety of buildings that include public, municipal, private, and government project types. Projects are a balance of local as well as across the region and the globe. With a team of experienced staff in specific market areas such as Healthcare, Datacenters, Science and Technology, Commercial Real Estate, Finance, Hospitality, Industrial, Municipal, Manufacturing, Transportation, and Federal facilities;

we provide engineering excellence for our clients.

We believe building engineering is more than systems and structures, it's about powering progress and enabling innovation. As part of HDR's Building Engineering Services Group, you'll help design the critical infrastructure that supports the digital age and shapes the spaces where people work, connect, and thrive. From high-performance data centers driving the future of AI to dynamic commercial environments, your work will directly support technological advancement, sustainability, and human experience.

We bring together mechanical, electrical, structural, and civil engineering experts to solve complex design challenges with precision, creativity, and collaboration. Whether you're optimizing energy efficiency, integrating resilient systems, or engineering the backbone of next-generation facilities, your contributions will help define the future of the built environment. This isn't just a job, it's a chance to lead innovation, engineer impact, and build a legacy of excellence.

We are searching for a Fire & Life Safety Specialist at our global headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska.

The Fire & Life Safety (FLS) team continues to expand our market sector expertise across our client base. Due to this growth, we are seeking a highly motivated Fire & Life Safety BIM Specialist to join our BES Business Group in Omaha, NE. This individual will work closely with fire protection engineers, fire protection specialists, fire protection designers, project managers, and multi-discipline design teams daily.

They will be responsible for leading the BIM design and production of FLS construction documents developed from BIM models.

This position will collaborate closely with the FLS Digital Design Lead to further develop BIM content and standardize production practices for the FLS team. This includes ensuring quality production development, coordination, monitoring, and continuous improvement of deliverables to meet client needs.

Additional responsibilities may include planning and guiding BIM model production, model development, and coordinating with element authors to ensure compliance with project requirements.

In the role of Fire & Life Safety Specialist, you will have the opportunity to:

• Collaborate in a team environment with a positive and helpful attitude.
• Be highly motivated, constantly seek improvement in how we do things, and be willing to take on new challenges.
• Be able to manage multiple projects immediately and facilitate successful BIM production and delivery of projects both through independent work and engaging other FLS teammates.
• Be responsible for their discipline model and will generate the BIM elements, based on the Level of Development (LOD) outlined in the Digital Delivery Plan (DDP) and project scope.
• Create and maintain the discipline model, systems, content, and overall digital delivery output for that discipline.
• To be skilled with the software used to produce the designs identified in the Digital Delivery requirements.
• Have an advanced understanding of architectural/engineering documentation, plan presentation for specific discipline design, and how it interacts with other discipline models.
• Accurately model BIM elements in the correct special constraints of the modeling environment, using the current 3D software.
• Prepare detailed drawings, layouts, & diagrams of the design within the project scope, schedule, and budget, using the current 3D software.
• Maintain the discipline model including project information, coordinates, scales, orientations, scope boundaries, match-lines, views, and sheets.
• Produce discipline specific documentation with accurate annotations on all modeling output.
• Monitor, improve, and maintain company standards and model health. Coordinate the design with other discipline models through Design Reviews and 3D Coordination processes.
• Execute all Digital Delivery requirements identified on the project.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of procedures for production of design developments and construction documents, a thorough knowledge of engineering planning, drafting, and detailing.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and PDF creation software (Bluebeam and Adobe).
• Navisworks, Micro Station and Autodesk product experience is a plus.
• Exposure to fire and life safety system design is preferred.
• Preference given to local…