BIM Manager
Job Title: BIM Manager
Location: Brighton, CO / Hybrid
Department: Drafting & Detailing
Position Type: Full-Time
Salary: $95,000 – $125,000 per year
Reports To: Vice President of Operations
About SteelCon Inc.
SteelCon Inc. is a leading fabricator of utility substation steel, heavy structural steel, and utility-scale transmission line poles. We are looking for a hands-on BIM Manager to manage our detailing environment, checking standards, Tekla models, and shop production drawings across our active projects and multi-facility operations.
Position Summary
The BIM Manager oversees the detailing, modeling, and checking pipeline to ensure 100% buildable, error-free fabrication packages. This role bridges project management and multi-facility manufacturing, enforcing checking protocols, managing internal detailers and third-party drafting vendors, and maintaining Tekla Structures / PowerFab templates across our production facilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Detailing & QA/QC Oversight: Direct shop drawing production, model checking, and assembly mark validation across Tekla Structures and PowerFab.
- Checking Protocols: Establish and enforce strict checking processes for shop drawings, anchor bolt layouts, fit-up tolerances, plate burn profiles, and galvanizing vent/drain requirements across all fabrication sites.
- External Vendor Management: Coordinate, review, and manage outsourced detailing partners and contract checkers to meet project schedules.
- Fabrication Optimization: Work directly with plant management to refine plate nesting, connection details, and slip joint vs. flange fit-up parameters for efficient multi-facility production.
- Standardization: Maintain SteelCon's Tekla seed files, global labor modifiers, custom components, and automated bill-of-materials (BOM) export tools.
Required Qualifications
- Experience: 7+ years of structural steel detailing/checking experience, with at least 3 years in utility substation steel or transmission structures.
- Software Proficiency: Advanced mastery of Tekla Structures and Tekla PowerFab. Exposure to IFC / XML data integration.
- Code Knowledge: Deep understanding of AISC, AWS D1.1 tolerances, and OSHA erection safety requirements.
- Shop Knowledge: Practical understanding of CNC plate burning, press brake limits, welding prep, and hot-dip galvanizing workflows in multi-plant environments.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Drawing Precision: Shop drawing error rate resulting in shop/field rework < 0.5% rework cost.
- Schedule Adherence: On-time delivery of IFC drawing packages to production > 95% on-time.
- Checking Throughput: Average review turnaround for third-party drawing submittals < 3 business days.