BIM Designer

Joining Arup  Arup’s purpose, shared values, and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 80 years, guiding how we shape a better world. As a Structural BIM Designer, you will play a crucial role in the digital development, coordination, and documentation of structural building projects. Working closely with structural engineers, you will translate engineering calculations, sketches, markups, and design information into accurate, coordinated, and data-rich structural Building Information Models (BIM) and documentation.

Your expertise will contribute to the successful delivery of complex projects. This role can be based in our Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, New York, or New Jersey offices. A Structural BIM Designer helps establish project standards and workflows, maintains model and data quality, and enables the structural teams to produce coordinated drawings and deliverables in accordance with contractual requirements and standard principles.

Take responsibility for assigned structural models and drawing packages, maintaining model health, data quality, documentation consistency, and delivery readiness throughout the project lifecycle.

If you're passionate about pushing the boundaries of design and engineering to create impactful solutions for the built environment, we invite you to join our team and be part of our journey towards shaping a better world.

Specific

Duties and Responsibilities:

Collaborate with structural engineers and BIM designers to develop accurate, data-rich structural BIM models and coordinated structural plans, sections, elevations, details, schedules, and drawing packages derived from engineering calculations, sketches, markups, and design information.

Assist with project startup, including model configuration, project origins and shared coordinates, linked models, templates, naming conventions, and information exchange procedures.

Review project information requirements and support the implementation and maintenance of BIM execution plans and model production standards for the structural team.

Perform model and drawing reviews, visual audits, model health checks, and data validation; document issues, communicate priorities, and track items through resolution.

Apply project QC/QA procedures to models and data before formal review or submission.

Maintain model performance, content quality, interoperability, and reliable model data across project platforms.

Support submission planning by coordinating model and drawing status, required reviews, and delivery readiness with structural project leads.

Coordinate with other discipline models within federated environments and work with structural teams to confirm that design information is aligned across disciplines.

Support construction-phase model and documentation activities, including incorporating reviewed design changes, maintaining consistency through revisions, and coordinating with contractors or fabricators where required.

Participate in BIM kickoff meetings, coordination workshops, and design reviews.

Provide day-to-day technical guidance to less experienced BIM team members on agreed workflows, model standards, and documentation practices, and share lessons learned within the structural BIM team.

Qualifications and

Experience:

Associate or bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction technology, architecture, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of technical certification and practical industry experience.
4+ years of experience working in the building design/construction industry.

Demonstrated experience producing and coordinating structural BIM models and complete construction-documentation packages for multidisciplinary building or infrastructure projects through multiple design stages.

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