VDC Manager II

DLB Associates is a premier engineering and consulting firm specializing in innovative, mission-critical solutions across hyperscale data centers, advanced infrastructure, and high-performance building systems. With over four decades of expertise, we partner with some of the world’s most influential companies to design and optimize environments that demand precision, scalability, and resilience.

Join us and be part of a team where your voice matters, your work makes an impact, and your growth is a shared priority.

Position Title: VDC Manager II 

Position Location: Location varies by assignment.  75–100% travel across the U.S. unless assigned to an extended project.  Must be located near a major US airport. 

Job Summary

The VDC Manager II is a developing professional who serves as a key project resource supporting digital coordination, model quality, and multidisciplinary trade alignment across mission-critical construction projects. Acting as the owner’s and/or contractor’s representative for virtual design and construction workflows, this role helps ensure models, coordination processes, and field execution remain aligned with project scope, schedule, constructability, operability, and quality expectations. 

The VDC Manager II will support model-based coordination from design through construction and turnover, working closely with project management, design teams, trade partners, field staff, and client stakeholders. This position is responsible for facilitating coordination meetings, managing clash detection workflows, supporting model population efforts, validating model status against field conditions, and helping drive issue resolution later in the construction process through trade engagement and field checks. 

The VDC Manager II will receive limited direction on day-to-day work and general instruction on new projects, tasks, or assignments. Will execute and assist team leadership on projects, tasks, or assignments of complex scope. Will work independently or under limited supervision. 

The VDC Manager II will communicate and operate in line with organizational and client goals and values, as well as departmental objectives. 

Essential Functions

VDC / BIM Coordination and Digital Delivery 

• Support development, management, and implementation of VDC execution workflows for mission-critical construction projects. 
• Manage and maintain federated models to support trade coordination, clash detection, issue tracking, and construction planning. 
• Facilitate BIM coordination efforts using Navisworks, ACC/BIM 360, and related digital tools to improve project visibility and team alignment. 
• Track model progress, coordination actions, and outstanding issues to help maintain schedule adherence and resolution accountability. 
• Coordinate model exchanges, file organization, version control, and digital documentation across internal and external stakeholders. 

Trade Coordination, Project Management Support, and Field Integration 

• Partner closely with project management and trade partners to support coordination meetings, action tracking, and resolution of constructability and installation conflicts. 
• Work directly with trades during later-stage coordination and installation phases to validate model alignment with field conditions and planned execution. 
• Perform field checks to identify discrepancies between model content, design intent, and installed work; communicate findings and support corrective action planning. 
• Support coordination of above-ceiling routing, access clearances, equipment placement, sequencing, and maintainability considerations. 
• Help drive communication between design, project management, field teams, and trade contractors to reduce rework and improve readiness. 
• Supporting coordination readiness reviews and contributing to area or system signoff discussions by validating model completeness, clash resolution, and field alignment. 
• Design Interface and Model Population Awareness 
• Review drawings, models, and design information to identify gaps, interferences, and coordination risks early in the project lifecycle. 
• Support model population planning by understanding scope maturity, trade inputs, and timing required for accurate and usable model development. 
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