BIM Manager, Airports

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Job Description:

Parsons is looking for a talented BIM Manager, Airports to join our team! In this role you will get to work on projects at the Austin, TX Airport.

We are seeking a visionary BIM Manager specialized in aviation infrastructure to lead the overarching digital design, delivery, and lifecycle data strategy for our large-scale airport developments. Aviation project environments require managing complex, multi-billion-dollar portfolios containing active airfield runways, immense passenger terminal expansions, automated baggage handling systems, and highly sensitive landside security matrices. In this senior leadership role, you will define the enterprise-level BIM execution roadmap, align technology investments with corporate business goals, enforce data governance across multi-firm joint ventures, and spearhead the lifecycle data handover strategy to transition the physical airport assets into an intelligent, operational digital twin.

What You'll Be Doing:

Strategic Leadership & Governance

• Author, implement, and enforce the Airport Authority's Master BIM Standards, digital asset delivery specifications, and corporate BIM Execution Plans (BEP) for massive, multi-phased programs.

• Serve as the primary digital technology conduit between airport executives, airline stakeholders, design consortia, general contractors, and federal regulatory bodies.

• Oversee the budget, system architecture, software licensing, and access controls for global-scale Common Data Environments (CDE) utilizing Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC).

• Establish strict quality metrics and automated model audit protocols for all third-party design and engineering firms to guarantee data compliance.

Aviation System Integration & Advanced BIM Lifecycle

• Architect the technical data framework transforming design geometry into operational assets, linking deep Level of Development (LOD 500) parameters directly to Asset Management systems.

• Define, map, and enforce metadata schemas and COBie standards across thousands of aviation assets, seamlessly marrying indoor BIM layouts with broader Geographical Information Systems (GIS).

• Oversee the coordination and clearance paths of highly specialized multi-disciplinary systems, including Baggage Handling Systems (BHS), advanced security screen zones, and complex subterranean airside utilities.

• Champion the development of comprehensive 4D animations and 5D cost simulations to guarantee major infrastructure installations do not disrupt active flight lines or passenger flow.

Team Leadership & Mentorship

• Manage, mentor, and elevate a dedicated internal team of specialized Aviation BIM Coordinators, Modelers, and VDC data analysts.

• Guide software development and script creation (via Dynamo, Python, or Forge API) to automate heavy model validations and repetitive data scrubbing workflows.

• Design upskilling curricula and comprehensive training paths to ensure all field personnel and layout teams can fully exploit digital model parameters.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Civil/Structural Engineering, Construction Management, or an aligned high-level digital technology degree.

• 15+ years including 6+ of professional AEC experience, with at least 4 years explicitly leading large-scale aviation programs, multi-terminal airport developments, or complex transit hubs.

• Deep platform knowledge across the Autodesk Suite (Revit, Navisworks, Civil 3D), combined with administrator-level command over Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC).

• Demonstrated history of architecting data schemas for asset handovers, incorporating asset data lifecycle frameworks, and successfully outputting large-scale COBie datasets.

• Must successfully clear a rigorous federal background screening process to secure full airport access badges (e.g., SIDA badge).

• Valid Driver License

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Master's degree in Virtual Design & Construction (VDC), Building Information Modeling Management, or business infrastructure administration.

• Advanced working knowledge of international standards, global framework methodologies, and open BIM practices (e.g., ISO 19650 series).

• Familiarity with spatial databases, automated data analytics tools (e.g., Power BI), or scripting environments to run cross-model analysis.

Security Clearance Requirement:

None

This position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.

For more than 80 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world. We work in collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure. We take special pride in projects and solutions that improve communities as well as people’s quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resiliency. Powered by our people, we provide the imagination necessary to support our customers’ visions—and to help them see what's next!

Salary Range: $112,200.00 - $196,400.00

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!

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