What are the responsibilities and job description for the VDC Engineer position at Clayco?
About Us
Clayco is a full-service, turnkey real estate development, master planning, architecture, engineering, and construction firm that safely delivers clients across North America the highest quality solutions on time, on budget, and above and beyond expectations. With $5.8 billion in revenue for 2023, Clayco specializes in the "art and science of building," providing fast track, efficient solutions for industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential related building projects.
The Role We Want You For
The Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) Engineer will become a strategic asset within a growing business unit and the key member of our project teams. As part of VDC team you will be involved in a range of activities throughout the design build cycle that are essential for a successful project delivery. These activities include support and implementation of Clayco’s Digital Practice Technology in a variety of tasks as they relate to design analysis, design process, pre-construction, construction, and the facility handover. This is a critical support role with opportunity to become one of our VDC industry experts.
The Specifics of the Role
- Provide assistance to design-build team to facilitate 3D and 2D coordination.
- Liaison with the design team and project subcontractors through multitude of BIM centric activities.
- Provide technical support for a range of application used in-house.
- Assist Pre-Con with quantities extraction and scheduling.
- Assist and coach the project teams in the use of companywide BIM best practices.
- Coordinate 3D content modeled by others and model any content not provided.
- Perform 4D virtual building analysis on model working closely with scheduling, project managers, and superintendents.
- Perform 5D virtual building analysis in close collaboration with the estimating team.
- Perform and document clash detection on virtual building model as well as assist in conflict resolution.
- Perform material quantity take-off of building model for conceptual estimating purposes utilizing leading edge BIM technologies.
- Manage model changes through design updates and as built conditions.
- Serve as the information manager and content gatekeeper for the duration of project.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, Engineering, or Construction Management.
- 1-3 years of experience in AEC industry, in particular MEP coordination.
- Minimum 1 year of experience with VDC/BIM related processes.
- Solid knowledge of construction principles/practices required.
- Advanced proficiency with Autodesk Building Design Suite (Revit, Assemble Systems, AutoCAD, Navisworks), Structionsite, DroneDeploy, and BIM 360/ACC cloud-based technology.
- Willing to travel and relocate to a job site.
Some Things You Should Know
- This position will service our clients in Chicago, IL
- Our clients and projects are nationwide – Travel will be required.
- No other builder can offer the collaborative design-build approach that Clayco does.
- We work on creative, complex, award-winning, high-profile jobs.
- The pace is fast!
Why Clayco?
- Best Places to Work – St. Louis Business Journal, Los Angeles Business Journal, Phoenix Business Journal.
- ENR – Top Midwest Contractors (#1), Top Design Build Contractors (#4), Top 400 Contractors (#20), ENR – Top Green Builders (#5).
Compensation and Benefits
- Competitive Annual Salary based on qualifications, skills, training, and experience.
- Discretionary Annual Bonus: Subject to company performance and individual contribution.
- Comprehensive Benefits Package Including: medical, dental and vision plans, 401k, generous PTO and paid company holidays, employee assistance program, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability coverage, learning & development programs and more!
