Firmwide BIM Lead
som · New York · United States · On-site
Pay: USD 140,000 – 160,000 a year
Posted Sep 24, 2026
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At SOM, we are a collective committed to shaping a better future for our clients, communities and planet. We aspire to create the most sustainable, impactful work through creative, interdisciplinary teams with all the resources and diversity of a global firm. We value those who are passionate about excellence, innovation, integrity, inclusivity, and collaboration. Together we can achieve great things.
Success at SOM Means
Ideas: We believe in a meritocracy of ideas. We look to everyone to actively contribute to the discourse in the firm.
Knowledge: We believe that expertise is the result of lifelong learning. We are not expected to know everything, but rather to passionately pursue answers, develop new skills and deepen our knowledge.
Product: We strive for excellence in the concept, quality, and delivery of our work.
Individual: We value individuals who bring the highest standards of professionalism and personal integrity in the way they work. Each person can develop and contribute their wealth of attributes, skills and knowledge to support the overall health of the firm.
Team: We value the power of interdisciplinary integration. A positive team culture in which everyone collaborates openly towards common goals is essential.
Firm: We have a history of making transformative contributions to the profession and our communities. We are constantly innovating and attempting to bring new approaches, solutions and processes to our work.
Position Responsibilities
You will be responsible for the development and firmwide implementation of BIM workflows, custom applications, and integrations across our architecture and structural engineering disciplines’ digital ecosystem.
Explores, defines, and helps oversee the firmwide implementation of SOM’s BIM workflows across the full project lifecycle for our architecture and structural engineering disciplines, working with the firmwide Design Technology team.
Works with the BIM Standards Lead to establish standards, assets, guidelines, and best practices for BIM workflows, collaborating with SOM’s firmwide Design Technology team, BIM leaders, and computational design experts.
Develop, test, and deploy automation and agentic tools and standardized workflows for delivery phases to streamline documentation and reduce manual effort. This may include automated sheet creation, model data organization, automated dimensioning and tagging, and model health checking.
Implement automated QA/QC protocols and data-validation pipelines to ensure models meet required Level of Development (LOD) standards, internal modeling and drawing standards, and contain accurate asset and material parameters required for downstream construction coordination, cost and embodied carbon tracking.
Design and support digital workflows for coordination and Construction Administration, including model-based issue tracking, coordination clash resolution, digital submittal reviews, and tracking of field changes to maintain…