Senior CAD Manager

About Bodwé Group

Bodwé is the Professional Services Group of Mno-Bmadsen, the investment enterprise and a wholly owned instrumentality of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi. We are architects, planners, consultants, designers, engineers, scientists, and federal contractors, committed to growing the economy and legacy of the Pokagon Band and supporting its more than 6,000 citizens. We provide value by integrating expertise across the natural and built environment lifecycle—from pre-development and planning to design, procurement, construction, and operations. By integrating expertise across architecture, engineering, construction, and facility management, we deliver holistic, end-to-end solutions that drive efficiency and deliver distinctive outcomes.

Position Summary

The Senior CAD Manager’s role is to be the thought leader, visionary, and executor in developing and implementing the virtual design and construction concepts and processes into enterprise-wide processes and systems to leverage consistent project workflows, deliverables, and project management. In collaboration with different disciplines within the branch, and in coordination with the Senior BIM Manager, develop virtual design and construction (VDC) execution plans for civil design to support the overall project execution. The primary responsibility is to manage and coordinate infrastructure VDC standards development, implementation, automation, and enforcement on all related projects, files.

Accommodation Requests

We are committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, contact our HR Director (April Hawkins) at 269-927-0144 or careers@bodwegroup.com

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The following list of duties represents a sample of work routinely performed by this role: 

Leadership  

• Assess and evaluate the firm’s current workflow and strategies to develop, and execute new and/or modified deployment strategies for VDC and Civil3D (including successor platforms and related applications) implementation efforts  
• Lead the firm’s Civil3D user group and ensure regular communication and coordination among Civil3D users 
• Oversee the use of Civil3D software firm-wide, coordinating installing, configuring, maintaining, and supporting all Civil3D installations as well as analyzing and solving Civil3D user issues 
• Develop a work plan/roadmap for the development, implementation, and quality assurance checks needed for full VDC/Civil3D integration with all applicable company projects  
• Report on the company’s current and projected state regarding VDC/Civil3D implementation 

 Standards 

• Support project start-up coordination, helping teams develop strategies for effective delivery of quality documents, and set-up each project, thereby ensuring that each one is set up correctly  
• Support project teams by managing and creating/refining content library files and templates, refining and enforcing standards, and evaluating project models 
• Responsible for refining and implementing VDC/Civil3D workflows and driving standard usage of VDC/Civil3D within and outside the firm 
• Responsible for VDC/Civil3D standards development, refinement, implementation, and enforcement 
• Creation and maintenance of the template files and styles to assure standards 
• Provide support for plotting and electronic file submissions  
• Automate routines in VDC/Civil3D to support standards and productivity 
• Assist in developing and enforcing VDC/Civil3D documentation and workflow process standards 
• Train and oversee the day-to-day activities of Civil3D users to ensure standards are maintained in the creation of Civil3D models  

Software 

• Coordinate with the VP of Civil Engineering, CAD Specialist and Business Operations Director regarding the selection of VDC software products, including but not limited to licensing compliance, incorporating new version releases, maintaining legacy software, and customizing software for specific firm needs 
• Manage the implementation of supporting soft