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VDC/BIM Manager
\nFull-Time | Hybrid – Sacramento, CA area | Direct Hire

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About the Opportunity

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Our client is a long-established, highly respected union specialty contractor in plumbing, mechanical, and HVAC, serving Northern California and Northern Nevada. With 85+ years in business, they work as a subcontractor on complex MEP design-build and design-assist projects across commercial, healthcare, hospitality, education, government, historic preservation, and industrial markets. The bulk of their business comes from repeat clients who value their collaborative, preconstruction-through-closeout approach. Despite deep roots, they operate with a distinctly new-school mindset — a strong appetite for technology, digital transformation, and innovation — and their BIM modelers bring real field/plumbing knowledge directly into the design process. The culture is team-first, family-oriented, non-corporate, and built on authenticity and accountability.

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The Role

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This is a newly defined leadership role focused entirely on the people and quality side of the VDC/BIM department. You'll own the output, scheduling, coordination, and quality of a modeling team of 10–20 — accountable for making sure everything the team produces is accurate, on schedule, and installation-ready. This is a pure people-management and QA/QC seat: you'll lead, coach, and develop the team rather than being heads-down in the software yourself. There's real potential for this to grow into a Director-level seat as the department expands.

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What You'll Do

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Own the VDC/BIM department from a people and resource-management standpoint
Manage, coach, and develop 10–20 internal BIM coordinators, modelers, VDC specialists, fabrication detailers, and layout technicians; manage third-party modeling vendors at peak capacity
Own VDC project scheduling — resource forecasting, workload balancing, and deadline adherence across all active projects
Conduct model audits and QA/QC reviews from coordination through fabrication- and installation-ready deliverables
Lead constructability reviews, clash detection, and multi-trade coordination meetings
Oversee spool sheet production, hanger detailing, and prefabrication strategy with the fab shop
Attend job site walks 2–3x/month to verify models reflect real field conditions
Manage departmental and BIM labor budgets; participate in monthly job reviews
Partner with the software/technology lead on BIM standards and tooling
Serve as the VDC department's people and quality lead with GCs, owners, and design teams

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What You Bring (Must-Haves)

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8+ years of BIM/VDC experience in construction
3+ years leading/managing a team of modelers, coordinators, or detailers
Mechanical or plumbing construction background (from an MEP contractor, or a GC/CM who managed MEP coordination)
Prefabrication and coordination experience — you understand how models translate to spool sheets and field installation
Revit and Navisworks Manage proficiency (non-negotiable), plus Autodesk Construction Cloud, Bluebeam, and MS 365
Genuinely energized by leading people and reviewing work — not by doing the modeling yourself
Degree in Construction Management, BIM Technology, Engineering, or related field preferred (equivalent field-grown experience considered)

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Nice to have: Revizto, Dynamo, Trimble Layout Systems, Power BI, or Reality Capture experience; building or scaling a VDC department from the ground up; managing third-party modeling vendors; union labor environment familiarity; multi-office coordination.

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Compensation & Benefits

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Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package

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