BIM Manager, Electrical
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VIATechnik
Chicago, IL, US
Summary
The BIM Manager will audit and optimize Revit models, develop automation scripts, and establish technical standards for electrical VDC projects. They will also coach team members on model health and implement new technologies to improve project delivery efficiency.
Job Description
This is a remote role within the United States. US work authorization is required.
About VIATechnik:
VIATechnik is on a mission to lead the built environment in creating a better future, today. We are one team of over 500 digital experts around the globe. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed architects, engineers, tradespersons, researchers, and business leaders. Together, we empower clients through high-quality, high-velocity experiences that consistently improve outcomes across the design, construction, and operations of buildings and infrastructure. Our clients include Amazon, Mars Wrigley, and National Geographic, the firms shaping the world's most ambitious projects.
Role Overview
Roots Electrical is looking for a BIM Manager, Electrical to strengthen how our VDC teams model, optimize, and automate electrical projects. This role exists to ensure the technical success of our VDC team by maintaining strong BIM/VDC workflows, optimizing models and tools, and identifying opportunities to improve how our teams work. This person will help ensure our current processes and technology are being used effectively while also looking ahead to new tools, automation, and solutions that can improve efficiency and project delivery.
Success in this role means our VDC teams have the technical standards, workflows, tools, and support they need to approach projects effectively. This person will identify technical challenges, develop and implement solutions, and help plan the best technical approach for projects while continuously looking for ways to improve how the team works.
What You'll Do
- Audit Revit models across active Roots Electrical projects against company modeling standards, working independently to prioritize findings by risk and impact.
- Assess the current state of models and workflows, identify quick wins in performance and efficiency, and pilot an optimization strategy on a selected project.
- Build a consistent method for auditing model health, performance, and workflow efficiency, and use it to catch issues before they slow down delivery.
- Design and roll out a model health scoring system that tracks quality over time and keeps technical standards consistent across the team.
- Diagnose the root causes of model inefficiency, from bloated files to poor family management to non-standard workflows, and fix them directly alongside VDC Managers.
- Write, test, and document Revit API, Dynamo, or RevitPy scripts that automate repetitive modeling work, using AI and LLM tools where they genuinely speed things up.
- Build and maintain the templates, families, and shared assets that VDC Managers rely on every day, balancing speed with long-term consistency.
- Publish and maintain a Roots Electrical BIM standards and best practices document, keeping it current as Revit functionality evolves, and get sign off from studio leadership.
- Coach VDC Managers each quarter on model optimization techniques, and track measurable improvement in model quality across coached projects.
- Keep an eye on Revit release notes and emerging BIM optimization techniques, and bring forward the ones worth adopting.
What You'll Bring
- A genuine interest in the technical craft of modeling and problem solving, and satisfaction in seeing a model run faster or a script eliminate hours of manual work.
- Hands-on experience with Revit API, Dynamo, RevitPython, or similar tools, and an appetite to go deeper into automation and AI-driven workflows.
- The ability to run a technical investigation for weeks at a time without close oversight, and to document your conclusions clearly enough for others to act on them.
- A knack for translating technical findings into feedback that VDC Managers and team leads can use, even if they do not share your scripting background.
- A track record of building tools, templates, or standards that a team actually adopts, not just documentation that sits on a shelf.
Why VIATechnik
This role gives you direct exposure to Revit API, Dynamo, and RevitPy development, with room to grow from auditing and coaching into building a broader automation practice for the studio as those tools mature. You will have real latitude to investigate problems your own way, and your work will carry visible influence across every electrical project the studio runs, not just a single job.
Roots Electrical trusts its BIM Managers to set their own priorities and back that trust with clear, well documented results. This role is a strong fit if you thrive with autonomy and want to solve open-ended technical problems. It is not a fit if you prefer close direction or predefined task lists.
Compensation and featured benefits:
- The pay for this position is $85,000 – $125,000, and the role is eligible for bonuses. The actual salary offer may be different as we carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, location, and experience
- Health insurance with the choice of five plan options. We cover 70-95% of premiums for VIATechies and 65% of the premiums for dependents (depending on the plan chosen)
- Dental and vision insurance. We cover up to 75% of the monthly insurance premiums for VIATechies and up to 50% of the premiums for dependents (depending on the plans chosen)
- Open and flexible time off
- A 401(k) plan that is fully vested immediately
- Home office setup costs
- Paid holidays
As a minority and woman owned and led company, VIATechnik seeks to build a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. VIATechnik is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.
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VIATechnik is a digital transformation leader in the AEC industry. Our firm seeks to transform the analog world of design and construction into a digital platform, enabling efficient design, industrialized construction, and a digital real estate service model. We are transforming the built environment by capitalizing on digital twin technology, by using real-world data to create simulations that can predict how a product or process will perform.
Founded by Stanford engineering graduates, VIATechnik leverages a highly-educated, experienced, and professional workforce with global experience.
We believe in acquiring an in-depth knowledge of the customer’s context and needs, and design solutions fine-tuned to those needs, delivering quality services our customers can trust.
Our digital transformation services include BIM, computational BIM, virtual reality and augmented reality, prefabrication, digital construction management, 4D, and software development. We've worked on over 2,000 projects globally, with the largest ones including Apple's new headquarters, the Tesla Gigafactory, LaGuardia Airport, Hudson Yards, the Atlanta Falcons Stadium, and Chase Arena.
Founded
2012
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Construction
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
VIATechnik is a digital transformation leader in the AEC industry. Our firm seeks to transform the analog world of design and construction into a digital platform, enabling efficient design, industrialized construction, and a digital real estate service model. We are transforming the built environment by capitalizing on digital twin technology, by using real-world data to create simulations that can predict how a product or process will perform.
Founded by Stanford engineering graduates, VIATechnik leverages a highly-educated, experienced, and professional workforce with global experience.
We believe in acquiring an in-depth knowledge of the customer’s context and needs, and design solutions fine-tuned to those needs, delivering quality services our customers can trust.
Our digital transformation services include BIM, computational BIM, virtual reality and augmented reality, prefabrication, digital construction management, 4D, and software development. We've worked on over 2,000 projects globally, with the largest ones including Apple's new headquarters, the Tesla Gigafactory, LaGuardia Airport, Hudson Yards, the Atlanta Falcons Stadium, and Chase Arena.
Founded
2012
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Construction
Org type
Privately Held
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois