Digital / BIM Lead, EMEA

Job Brief

A capable, experienced and collaborative leader to work in the EMEA D&C design management team to develop our business in Digital & BIM delivery. Working closely with the D&C Design Management and SLT team to provide leadership & implementation of digital solutions through all phases of our projects to become seamless in delivery, highest in quality, using intelligent data and systems to meet our objectives of making our product to market repeatable, dependable and predictable.

There is a gap in the D&C EMEA team for a person that will be able to bring the skills and know-how in Digital delivery and help build our products and delivery processes to be fully integrated, intelligent, and technologically driven, and be best-in-class in our position within the Hyperscale Data Centre sector. The increasing use of AI and digital technologies & data drives us to look toward integrating these into our approach through all parts of our business and in all phases of our projects as Developer and Operator.

 
The Digital /Design lead for EMEA is an exciting opportunity to help shape our future, and work to bring to life the aspirations of our business within a supportive and collaborative team.
The role is both strategic as well as hands-on. Whilst the drive toward the future shape of digital, data and BIM using new technologies, methods (Generative AI, CAFM, etc).is one aspect of the role, the candidate will be aware that the current projects & current activities need to be supported through the Digital & BIM processes that are currently in place.

Therefore the core role requires the candidate to have the skills to manage and support our current project portfolio and business support activities within our D&C & Development teams. It is key that the role supports our aims and approach as a developer, not a GC – but should understand and appreciate the roles & requirements of the GC, OFCI, Tenant & design supply chains.

This role includes ensuring the BIM/Digital expectations are clear and compliant, & that the outputs from Designer, GC and Supply Chain fully meet the format, classification, LOD/LOI, and that the outputs are structured to meet our own and our tenant requirements. The candidate will also be responsible for supporting the Development and D&C team in the block-fit for future sites as part of the role.

 

Roles & Responsibilities

Main R&R requirements of the role

/ Set and control and implement BIM and Digital strategies for D&C projects and overall portfolio in alignment & collaboration with the Design Director and SLT D&C team

/ Ensure that the BIM and Digital deliverables for the D&C EMEA Team are aligned fully to the Yondr Global BIM and Digital requirements, and regionalise as required for EMEA

/ Data collation and integration – create ways to bring the data/information from our projects into dashboards/platforms which support better and clearer and more integrated reporting and risk management.

/ Collaborate with Yondr internal teams across the business to support our digital development and growth and need to integrate better and align between teams and functions.

/ Block-fit & test fit – initial block-fit planning in collaboration with Design Manager (D&C) and Development team to support site selection and validation process

/ Support current projects with implementation of BIM & Digital processes on day-to-day basis

/ Analyse data and create ways to use tools that enable data to make better informed decisions and shape our processes to become more effective and efficient.

/ Understand the importance power and requirement for properly structured data that feeds-in from precon to building in-use and beyond – and contribute through the function of the BIM and Digital role including information management – collaborating across IM/ PM and Operational teams in Yondr.

Strategic Input

/ Create the Digital/BIM Strategy to support the new Product (Ultrabloc) / BIM Strategy Execution & Assurance – Portfolio & Region-wide

/ Client Digital Requirement & Enablement and Preconstruction digital input

/ Employer Requirements (ERs) and Information Requirements (EIRs)

/ Cross-Project Data Reporting (Power BI, Digital Dashboards)

/ 4D/6D Modelling and Integration  

/ Asset Data Validation and Digital Handover Strategy

/ Requirement and technologies for Reality Capture, VR/AR Deployment & Drones

/  Standardisation of Consultant/GC Outputs Operational Delivery

/ Resource Planning, Allocation & Recruitment

/ Project BIM Leadership (Precon /Con/ Handover)

/ Information Governance & Compliance (ISO 19650) for projects and portfolio

/ Support and promote innovation in aspects of design, sustainability & C2P/modularisaion

/ Technical Excellence and R&D Initiatives

/ Assist and input into YondrOne - telemetry and data platform for operational DCs

Direct project / role input

/ Create project BEP and EIR framework and documentation, ensure implement and validate the outputs on our projects  - regular input to each project and support to the DM/Project teams to ensure consistency and compliancy of outputs

/ Periodic regular audits of projects in respect of BIM models output against LOD/LOI and structured data working with Design and GC teams where necessary to implement actions

/ Chair BIM related project meetings on regular basis to ensure alignment of expectations to deliverables

/ Contribute to the design programme in collaboration Design/project management teams to ensure that BIM deliverables, MIDP/TIDPs and MPDT are in place and integrated to support the project milestones clearly and integrate into the various processes

/ Support in the set-up and specification for project Common Data Environments/ EDMS tools

/ Work with the Development team and D&C DM teams in providing direct input to Block/Test fit processes, including working with GISMO platform

/ Structure and implementation of data and information from projects to align fully to YondrOne requirements (CAFM) system

Experience & knowledge required (Systems & platforms)

The following experience/knowledge of systems and platforms is desired and outlined below – the candidate should have at least substantial awareness and in many instances direct experience of working with the following -  as described here:

/ Autocad – Fully conversant and able to use Autocad to support test-fit process 

/ Revit (including – Interoperability tools/ Classification Manager) - Ability to use at least at basic level

/ Navisworks BIM 360 (including Next Generation) & ACC – Detailed understanding and ability to use all Navis and ACC tools and platforms

/ Solibri Model Checker –Conversant and able to use, to advise /create checking & reporting sets

/ Synchro Pro (4D) or similar timeline BIM tool – experience of using tools such as Synchro or similar, to timeline the BIM model.

/ AR in the field (Gamma, XYZ, Pix4D, Avvir etc) and field scanning technologies (Leica Cyclone 3d) – experience and understanding of using AR technology and Scanning/point-cloud technologies in the field

/ VR Enscape VR Twinmotion Reality Capture - understanding and use of VR preferred

/ 360⁰ Capture technologies/platforms – Experience of using 360 field capture whether as part of an overall AR integrated tool or as capture supporting projects – i.e. Holoport/ Openspace/ Lobstervision etc.

/ Power BI Power Apps – Ability to use power apps and power BI to integrate data input/output to create and inform dashboards and visualise clear data

/ Microsoft SharePoint & Microsoft standard suite – fully conversant user of all Microsoft common applications - to create consistent and structured data & information for sharing

/ BIM Clash reporting/tools -  eg. BIM Collab / Revizto – use of BIM model issue management platforms outside of the ACC suite is preferred

/ Project CDEs and EDMS - eg. Procore/ Aconex/ Dalux/ Viewpoint/ Transportal - Full understanding and working knowledge of systems to enable secure data exchange, collaboration and compliance across project information.

/ Scheduling integration – knowledge of platforms such as Asta BIM for 4d integration into powerproject for linking 3d components to 4d components

/ Digital Twinning systems - Matterport / Holobuidler – Understanding of AI/Automation to drive property intelligence through digital twinning - appreciation of how this can be applicable to our portfolio and how we can integrate
SnagR /SnagMaster

/ Rendering softwares/ tools – such as Lumion or Enscape or similar - familiarity with platforms/technology for providing 3d rendering for project imagery

/ CAFM – understanding of integrated Facilities management systems