Project Lead - Digital Construction (Internal Applicants Only)
CadMakers, Canada

We are looking for a dynamic and experienced Project Lead - Digital Construction who will lead a team of AEC Integration Specialists and Drafters/Detailers, to execute the delivery of digital construction projects. The Project Lead will be responsible for leading activities focused on delivering customer projects, internal knowledge-sharing and mentoring their team. CadMakers offers a dynamic and fast-paced environment where you will constantly be challenged and progressing in your career with its many opportunities to gain experience.

Requirements

The Project Lead - Digital Construction will be primarily responsible for:

• Executing project plans provided by the Project Manager (PM) helping with project scope, schedule and deliverables including customer needs and expectations.
• Building preliminary project schedules with PM and maintaining project schedules throughout the project lifecycle while helping them organize efforts and prioritize task required to generate project deliverables.
  
• Hosting meetings and modeling review sessions with customer, delivering reports to customers, helping manage large projects, and assisting as a point of contact for project inquiries.
  
• Assisting with creating proposals (defining scope, estimating hours, proposing outputs, suggesting integration of cmBuilder where appropriate).
  
• Providing updates to PMs and hosting team meetings to showcase weekly accomplishments and identify areas of improvement.
  
• Leading the core team to ensure that you are the first point of contact for all teammate construction/modeling related inquiries, employee training and that you are helping them develop their own skills.
  
• Conducting regular project check-ins with team members, ensuring they are conforming to company best practices, understand applicable construction and 3DX processes such as modeling techniques, tool usage/project automation.
  
• Discussing core team workload challenges with PM to ensure project requirements are being met.
  
• Process improvements - recognizing potential improvements and escalating it to PMs.
  
• Opportunity to help interview new candidates for AEC Integration Specialists and Drafter/Detailer roles.
  
• Other responsibilities as discussed with PM to meet team objectives and for continuous development.

Desired Skills:

Communication

• Effective communication in external meetings amp; presentations.
• Efficient communication in internal meetings regarding project details as well as direction of efforts/purpose of certain activities.
• Communicate sensitive matters regarding business as well as direct report-related issues.

Technical Knowledge

• Construction, 3DExperience, cmBuilder and performing virtual construction studies.
• Continue to learn the design and construction of buildings and to develop an understanding of where the risks are in any given project.
• Apply lessons learned approach to each project as an opportunity to learn.

Business Development - Sales

• Provide input to PM when estimating hours for proposals.
• Help PM to describe possible scope of work for proposals.

Marketing

• Develop customer relationships.
• Take initiative in every opportunity to demonstrate our value to the customer (site superintendent to developer).

Minimum Requirements and Qualifications

• 12-18 months experience as an AEC Integration Specialist
• Experience modeling multiple construction disciplines
• Advanced knowledge in at least one of the construction disciplines
• Worked on an LoD 400 project and running existing Automation tools

Job Rewards and Benefits