Join Buro Happold’s Award-Winning Structural Engineering Team!
At Buro Happold, our structural engineering and specialist teams’ partner with world-renowned architects to deliver iconic building projects across a diverse range of clients. Our portfolio includes:
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The 80,000-seat Mercedes-Benz Stadium for the Atlanta Falcons NFL team
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Harvard University’s 500,000 ft² Science and Engineering Complex
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The 144,000 ft² toroidal glass and steel enclosure at Singapore’s Jewel Changi Airport
These award-winning projects exemplify the complex engineering challenges our collaborative, multidisciplinary teams solve every day.
We’re seeking a Senior BIM Technician to join one of the top engineering teams in the U.S., working alongside innovative and award-winning colleagues on high-profile projects.
Here at Buro Happold, expect the exceptional.
From the projects you will work on to the clients we work with. From career-defining opportunities to an inclusive and diverse practice where we all contribute to a more equitable world. From our reputation to our relationships. Wherever your Buro Happold career takes you, it’ll be anything but ordinary.
Your key duties
As a key part of the team, your responsibilities will be varied but will broadly include:
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Producing BIM models, drawing, and details from Engineers’ sketches and from scratch using architectural drawings and or concepts.
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Managing drawing issuances and maintaining digital project files, ensuring daily housekeeping and organization.
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Coordinating with project teams in delivery of Structural and Facades drawing work to agreed deadlines.
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Developing and maintaining Revit content libraries through creation of families, documentation of standards, and maintenance and development of our typical details libraries.
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Setting up project models according to company standards, including coordination setup, model linking, copy/monitoring of key elements (e.g., grids, slabs), and creation of views and sheets.
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Training staff and developing curriculum on the use of Revit, Rhino, visual programming, and computational modelling.
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Coordinating internal BIM Kick-off meetings for projects.
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Coordinating detailed model changes between structural and architectural models.
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Managing clash detection processes between multiple disciplines and the structures models.
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Providing document control including printing, exporting to DWG/PDF, and PDF file maintenance.
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QAQC BIM produced design documents to ensure they uphold Buro Happold’s design standards throughout the project lifecycle.
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Tracking industry trends, attending industry events, and bringing techniques to improve our internal processes.
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Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across a global practice.
Your skills and experience
As a Senior BIM Technician, it will be helpful if you are able to demonstrate:
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3+ years of relevant industry experience as a BIM technician working on a range of projects.
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A strong interest in building systems, construction, and design.
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Good communication skills, experience in dealing with other employees, experience working as a member in project teams, and experience delivering to external clients.
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Proficiency in Revit, with experience modelling structural systems and façades detailing.
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Familiarity with parametric and computational tools such as Grasshopper, Dynamo, and scripting languages like Python or C#.
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A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
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We encourage candidates to apply even if they don’t meet every qualification
What we offer
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Salary range of $85,000 to $110,000. This will be determined based on factors such as skills, education, and/or experience
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Generous benefits package
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Annual discretionary bonus
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Generous PTO (4 weeks) in addition to 10 paid holidays
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401k with company match
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Reimbursement for certain professional licenses and associated renewals and exam fees
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Connection to global network of experts on the forefront of industry initiatives
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Access to wide ranging learning and development opportunities
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Be a part of supporting our diverse company culture through open engagement with our Young Employees Forum, Diversity and Inclusion Forum, Buro Happold Women's Network, and/or our Black at Buro Happold Employee Resource Groups
A place for everyone
Buro Happold values an individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of how you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers.
Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds, and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive.
We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing differences allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.
Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact [email protected] so we can work with you to support you throughout your application.
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