Group BIM Manager

EDC - Engineering Design Consultants

Group Head of BIM leading engineering design integration into BIM delivery at EDC. Responsible for end-to-end workflow quality, efficiency, and compliance across EDC's offices and teams.

Posted 4/29/2026full-time🇮🇪 IrelandMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

EDC is preparing for a future where engineering and BIM are increasingly integrated.
To lead this, we are seeking a Group Head of BIM—a senior leadership role with business-wide accountability for how engineering design is translated into BIM delivery.
This role owns the end-to-end workflow from engineering design intent through to Revit-based BIM delivery, ensuring quality, consistency, efficiency, and compliance across all EDC offices and remote teams.
You will lead BIM as a core business function, ensuring that delivery is standardised, commercially robust, and aligned with engineering outputs.
The Group Head of BIM is responsible for:
Owning and governing BIM delivery across EDC
Designing and continuously improving the engineering-to-BIM workflow
Ensuring BIM delivery is standardised, compliant (ISO 19650), and commercially robust
Driving measurable efficiency and quality improvements through BIM processes
Leading people, standards, systems, and performance across offices
Owning BIM delivery performance, including resource utilisation and commercial outcomes (hours vs fee)
Owning BIM input into tenders and external positioning of EDC’s BIM capability
This is a hands-on leadership role combining technical credibility, people management, and operational accountability.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Honours degree in a relevant engineering discipline
MBA or postgraduate qualification in Strategic Management or Project Management desirable
Minimum 6+ years’ experience in engineering (technical) roles
Minimum 4+ years’ experience in team management
Minimum 2+ years’ experience in strategic or corporate management
Proven experience with accountability for business unit or office-level performance, including revenue, margin, and delivery outcomes
Strong BIM delivery expertise within a multidisciplinary engineering environment, including Revit workflows and Common Data Environments (ACC/BIM 360)
Working knowledge of ISO 19650 and BIM governance, QA, and compliance frameworks
Proven ability to design, standardise, and improve end-to-end engineering-to-BIM workflows
Strong commercial awareness, including resource utilisation, project performance, and tender input
Demonstrated ability to lead teams across multiple locations, set clear expectations, and drive accountability
Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge and escalate where required
Data-driven approach to performance management, with the ability to identify issues and implement corrective actions
Awareness of digital, automation, and AI trends within BIM and the wider AEC industry

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salary
Paid Overtime / Time In Lieu / Flexitime
Performance & Development Management, including Annual salary reviews and Annual Performance related Bonus Payment
Annual Wellbeing Payment
Company Matched Pension Scheme & Death in Service
Industry leading 28 Days Leave
Educational & Masters Support
1 extra week’s paid leave on reaching your 5th Anniversary
Chartership Pathway & Paid Membership Fees
Engineering Excellence Weekend (Weekend with Team EDC)
Employee Assistance Programme
Annual Health Checks
Flexible & remote working all year round
1 month of continuous remote working from any location, once a year. (Work from anywhere for 1 month, once a year)
Highly accredited People Experience Promise (Engineering Excellence, Together) focusing on Winning, Growth, Innovation, Leadership and People Focus.
Bike to Work Scheme
Employee of the Quarter & Year - Financial reward and public recognition

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Hard Skills & Tools

BIM deliveryRevitengineering-to-BIM workflowISO 19650Common Data Environmentperformance managementresource utilisationproject performancetender inputdata-driven approach

Soft Skills

people managementleadershipstakeholder managementinfluencing skillsaccountabilitysetting clear expectationsdriving accountabilitycommunicationproblem-solvingteam management

Certifications

Honours degree in engineeringMBApostgraduate qualification in Strategic Managementpostgraduate qualification in Project Management