Concrete Self-Perform Senior VDC Specialist, Mission Critical

Best People + Right Culture. These are the driving forces behind JE Dunn’s success.

By hiring inspired people, giving them interesting and challenging work, enabling them with innovative tools, and letting them share in the company’s rewards, we’ve found a sustainable way to grow in our industry for the last 100+ years.

Our diverse teams around the country strive to enrich lives through inspired people and places everyday, and we need inspired people like you to join us in our pursuit of building perfection.

JE Dunn’s Advanced Facilities Group (AFG) combines Mission Critical, Advanced Industries, and Industrial & Manufacturing into one high-performing team focused on cutting-edge work to serve innovative clients on large Industrial & Manufacturing, Data Center, and Semiconductor projects. As part of the Advanced Facilities team, you'll work on some of the most advanced construction projects across the country, growing your career alongside our diverse team of industry professionals.

Role Summary

The Senior Virtual Design Construction Specialist will provide routine Business Information Modeling (BIM) administration and coordination to assigned projects. This primary focus will be on Tekla Structures and self-perform modeling workflows. This position will be responsible for supporting the development of Tekla company standards, training, and technical support to ensure a consistent and repeatable process is established. All activities will be performed in support of the strategy, vision, and values of JE Dunn.

Key Role Responsibilities - Core

VDC SPECIALIST FAMILY - CORE

• Provides Tekla models (concrete, steel, rebar, tilt-up, and formwork) and documents necessary to complete scope as determined with VDC/BIM leadership and project teams.
• Assembles 3D content modeled by others and models any content not provided.
• Learns and maintains a productive and efficient BIM process.
• Supports operation with self-perform model management and layout.
• Assumes responsibility for learning the VDC processes and standards; applies them to assigned projects.
• Reads and comprehends construction documents and applies them to VDC processes.
• Provides models and documents necessary to complete scope determined by VDC leadership and project teams/internal clients. Those tasks are:
• Base model 
• Tekla Concrete model
• Steel model
• Rebar model
• Tilt-Up model.
• Formwork model
• Develops composite model by assembling 3D content provided by designers and trade contractors; creates models for any content not provided.

Key Role Responsibilities - Additional Core

SENIOR VDC SPECIALIST

In addition, this position will be responsible for the following:

• Provides BIM technical support to design team/project team to facilitate the use of BIM in self-perform.
• Independently conducts and maintains a productive and efficient VDC process
• Supports the development of Tekla Company standards (Templates, standard drawings sheets, graphical standards, dimensional standards, etc.)
• Supports customization of Tekla parts, components, reports, and attributes to support JE Dunn’s vision.
• Provides training to project teams and VDC experts on utilization of Tekla Structures.
• Gains exposure to the field layout processes.
• Gains exposure to self-perform VDC processes.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

 

• Knowledge of Lean process and philosophy.
• Knowledge of BIM technologies and apply to overall VDC processes and application in the AEC industry.
• Apply JE Dunn VDC/BIM proc