Description:
The Director, VDC leads the strategic direction and execution of VDC processes for projects in Toronto. This role oversees a team of VDC Designers, drives innovation in modeling and ensures seamless integration between design, fabrication and field operations.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead VDC Strategy for the Toronto construction division by aligning with overall operational and business goals
- Integrate VDC across all phases of design, preconstruction, fabrication and field execution
- Support the Area Manager in building, managing and mentoring the VDC team including VDC designers, subject matter experts and leads
- Oversee the creation and coordination of 3D models for MEP systems
- Ensure clash detection, model accuracy and constructability reviews are completed efficiently
- Work with the operations team to establish deliverables and schedules for each project and ensure timely execution
- Coordinate with general contractors and other trades to resolve design issues and to ensure adherence to VDC project requirements (BIM Execution Plans)
- Build relationships with general contractors and conduct business development to align on new projects
- Budget VDC projects for tenders and pursuits
- Support preconstruction, estimating and operation teams by providing models and quantity takeoffs
- Monitor and report on project budgets and production status
- Responsible for data integrity of the department which will feed into other data sources for data driven decisions
- Align and support quality assurance and quality control on all projects
- Innovative software development in the industry, drive new tech and software within the organization
- Proposal support – interviews with clients for executing projects
Qualifications and Job Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
- 8+ years experience in VDC/BIM within MEP contracting
- Strong knowledge of mechanical systems
- Proficient in Revit, Navisworks
- Familiarity with project management software solutions, such as Procore
- Proven track record in a leadership position supporting a regional team