BIM Coordinator

Woolpert Africa, based in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa, offers extensive high accuracy lidar, imagery and remote sensing experience, as well as airborne topographic, hyper spectral, and thermal survey and mapping. We provide mapping services for engineering, infrastructure, mining, mapping, agriculture, and environmental sectors in more than 45 African countries. 

In this dynamic role, you will experience a fast-paced yet well-organized work environment under the guidance of our exceptional BIM Management team. Alongside your designated BIM Manager, you will support a wide range of project teams focused on mission critical, industrial & civic projects. You will play a key role in developing and maintaining our company's BIM standards, leveraging our cutting-edge design technology platforms and tools. We take pride in staying ahead of AEG industry trends concerning technology, selectively phasing out underperforming applications. Our technology stack incorporates both proprietary and third-party platforms along with several advanced Autodesk Revit plug-ins. Our team maximizes the use of current Autodesk Cloud services and engages our production teams with Autodesk ACC/BIM360 technology.

These range from new construction and mixed-use/renovation building projects, reality capture point cloud data management for Scan-to-BIM conversions and extend to construction administration support for clash detection and VDC management.  You will collaborate closely with our industry-leading architecture and engineering teams. This position would support full-time in-person and hybrid working arrangement.

If you are eager to start the New Year with a vibrant and energetic technology team, Woolpert has a spot waiting for you.

• Advocate for BIM best practices, ensuring adherence to Project BIM Execution Plans and standards.
• Review BIM files for consistency and accuracy, proposing model adjustments when necessary and coordinating with relevant team members for implementation.
• Utilize advanced collaborative tools such as the Autodesk Cloud Services, Revit, Rhino and other advanced technologies to foster multi-disciplinary coordination in a BIM-centric environment.
• Provide coaching and guidance to personnel on BIM implementation and applications.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external consultants to align BIM modeling strategies, model exchanges, quality control, and delivery protocols.
• Works closely with project managers and other technicians to complete project task. Performs other duties as assigned.

• Architectural Degree/ Honours / Masters or Professional Architectural Technologist National Diploma or Btech
• At least 2 years of BIM experience
• Proficiency in Autodesk Revit required.
• Understanding of Revit Family creation needed.
• Advanced Revit troubleshooting capabilities needed.
• Familiarity with Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC Project Setup, ACC Template Management, Build).
• Additional proficiency with Revit Add-ins (Ideate, Avail, Guardian, PyRevit, Enscape) is considered an asset.
• Familiarity with Rhino, Sketchup, AutoCAD, 3ds MAX, and other software will be needed.
• Coding skills are advantageous and would be used in more advanced projects in-house but not required.

About Woolpert:  

Woolpert is committed to a vision to become the premier architecture, engineering and geospatial (AEG) firm, and one of the best companies in the world. It’s a vision we’ve been fine-tuning for decades. It guides our decisions and investments, provides our clients with optimal solutions, and offers our employees unrivalled opportunities. Woolpert is recognized as a Great Place to Work by its employees with more than a century of experience, over 1,000 employees and 30 offices worldwide. 

For more information, visit woolpert.com and connect with us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.   

Our vision: http://woolpert.com/about-us/

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