BIM Innovation Lead

<p><b>Overview / Responsibilities </b><br />
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Wood is currently recruiting for a BIM Innovation Lead within its UK Water Engineering business unit.<br />
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This is a key role focussed on enhancing Wood&
39;s already leading work in delivering digital solutions and BIM offerings through its engineering teams to the client base. You will be working in a high-performance team solving client problems which achieve industry recognition (e.g. the ICE TechFest and the Construction Excellence Digital Delivery Lifecycle awards).<br />
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The BIM Innovation Lead will be at the forefront of identifying and implementing new and emerging digital tools across Wood&
39;s Water Engineering group working alongside the BIM Delivery Lead.<br />
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The role also includes taking a lead position in the Water Engineering Digital Steering Group to promote and understand key issues and set plans to deliver future digital priorities and be part of Wood&
39;s Global Technical Experts Network (GTEN) collaborating on digital innovation across the world.<br />
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<b>Key Accountabilities:</b></p>

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<li>Identify the &
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39; needs for project information within Water Engineering, as well as other stakeholders within Wood, and their information requirements for project and client delivery</li>
<li>Establish and maintain regular interfaces between the projects, clients and other REI and Wood stakeholders in respect of all matters concerning the delivery, production and exchange of project information and asset data to meet the identified requirements</li>
<li>Provide education, training and support relating to the digital delivery of project and asset information to both internal and external teams, and clients in alignment with ISO 19650 and the project / company standards</li>
<li>Provide leadership and support in the application of digital innovation to the Water Engineering team and wider REI and Wood delivery teams</li>
<li>Support the development of Digital Consultancy services within Wood REI and across Wood Globally</li>
<li>Lead the Asset Data Delivery capability for Water Engineering and the wider Wood REI team</li>
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<b>Key Responsibilities:</b></p>

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<li>Plan and implement digital innovation in alignment with Wood&
39;s strategies</li>
<li>Support the BIM Delivery Lead (who provides day to day management of existing digital tools)</li>
<li>Provide support to the Wood Information Solutions team across Wood REI</li>
<li>Identify new digital vendor software capabilities and assess in line with the group&
39;s requirements</li>
<li>Develop applications and business plans for funding for proposed digital investments</li>
<li>Develop and maintain a training plan for new digital tools &amp; skills requirements</li>
<li>Lead development of AR/VR and advanced modelling solutions to project teams and clients</li>
<li>Delivery of 4D modelling and innovation solutions to project teams and clients and growing the capability of project teams to create, manage and maintain those outputs</li>
<li>Delivery of Asset Information Requirements and delivery implementation for hand over and support for future digital twins</li>
<li>Support the digital requirements of engineering projects and identify opportunities to develop digital solutions for clients</li>
<li>Deliver innovative and agile approaches to delivery that help to make Wood industry leaders</li>
<li>Once deployed hand over newly implemented digital solutions to the BIM Delivery Lead for ongoing management</li>
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<b>Skills / Qualifications </b><br />
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<b>Skills / Experience: </b><br />
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Essential:</p>
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<li>Implementation/development of BIM into Multi-Disciplinary Engineering Consultancy</li>
<li>Expert knowledge of software products, their application and use, from vendors such as Autodesk and Bentley</li>
<li>Strong communication and interpersonal skills</li>
<li>Ability to communicate at all levels and influence decision makers</li>
<li>Capacity to develop training material and to teach and support use of Digital products and processes</li>
<li>Ability to articulate the benefits of Digital tools to a technical/non-technical internal and external audience</li>
<li>Experience of establishing a Common Data Environment (CDE) including processes and procedures aligned with PAS 1192 (and ISO19650) to enable reliable information exchange between project team members, the Employer, and other parties</li>
<li>Experience of establishing, agreeing, and implementing the information structure and maintenance standards for the Information Model</li>
<li>Experience of initiating, agreeing, and implementing a Project Information Plan and Asset Information Plan</li>
<li>Experience in delivering asset data for operators and establishing Asset Information Requirements and Product Data Templates</li>
<li>Experience in 3D and 4D modelling and in particular the ability to use Synchro and Navisworks for model federation and programming</li>
<li>Experience in developing AR &amp; VR solutions and capturing benefits for the end user and client</li>
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Desirable:</p>

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<li>Seeking, developing, and implementing innovative Digital and BIM services/products for existing and new clients</li>
<li>Experience of developing Digital and BIM marketing information</li>
<li>Multi-disciplinary consultancy experience</li>
<li>Engineering design experience</li>
<li>5D experience</li>
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<b>Qualifications: </b><br />
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Essential:</p>

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<li>Degree in relevant discipline</li>
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Desirable:</p>

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<li>Certified BIM professional through BRE, RICS, ICE, etc. or equivalent training</li>
<li>Masters in Engineering, BIM or related subjects</li>
<li>Professional Member of relevant Institution (or working towards membership )</li>
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<b>Company Overview </b><br />
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Wood is a global leader in engineering and consultancy across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world&
39;s most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 40,000 people. www.woodplc.com<br />
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<b>Diversity Statement </b><br />
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We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.</p>
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