Overview
Shimmick, through our subsidiary, Axia Electric, is seeking a highly talented BIM Manager with data center experience to oversee digital modeling, coordination, and clash detection for complex, mission-critical construction projects.
This challenging position offers an excellent growth opportunity supporting the delivery of sophisticated data center projects. You will play a key role in project success by leading BIM coordination efforts, driving clash detection and resolution, and ensuring high-quality digital project delivery from design through construction.
At Axia, we are problem solvers. Creative thinkers. Innovators. We approach each project with fresh ideas and big thinking in pursuit of better answers, better outcomes, and better experiences for our clients. We are resourceful, nimble and resilient. We work hard together—and with our clients—to deliver high-quality projects that are on time, on budget and beyond expectations.
Axia Electric
Axia Electric headquartered in Riverside, California, is a leader in heavy civil and industrial electrical construction, serving public and private owners across water/wastewater, transportation, transit, renewable energy, and power generation markets. Over the past decade, Axia team has grown tremendously, securing major projects, including the $350 million North City Pure Water Facility in San Diego and the $235 million EVMWD Regional Water Reclamation Facility Expansion Project in Lake Elsinore, CA.
We specialize in complex, large-scale systems requiring deep expertise in power distribution, instrumentation & controls, and integrated commissioning. We are rapidly growing into the Mission Critical workspace and seeking to grow a team knowledgeable in Data Center construction.
Responsibilities
The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to the following:
Team Leadership: Direct, mentor, and schedule daily tasks for a team of BIM coordinators and modelers.
BIM Execution: Establish, implement, and enforce project-specific BIM Execution Plans (BxP) and modeling standards.
Clash Resolution: Lead multi-discipline coordination meetings to identify and resolve spatial conflicts between structural and hyper-complex MEP systems.
Mission-Critical Focus: Ensure precise modeling of data center infrastructure, including containment systems, high-density cable trays, cooling pathways, and backup generators.
Model QA/QC: Audit models regularly to guarantee data integrity, proper naming conventions, and compliance with strict LOD (Level of Development) 350/400 requirements.
Cross-Functional Liaison: Collaborate directly with project managers, field superintendents, design engineers, and client stakeholders to resolve technical challenges.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements:
BA/BS degree + 6 years of relevant BIM/VDC experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
Strong understanding of heavy industrial MEP systems, including chilled water loops, medium-voltage distribution, and structural layouts.
Ability and willingness to travel to project sites and client locations as required
Preferred Qualifications:
3+ years of experience dedicated specifically to data centers or complex mission-critical facilities.
Advanced proficiency in Autodesk Revit, Navisworks Manage, and Autodesk Construction Cloud (BIM 360).
Exceptional communication and leadership skills required to run high-stakes coordination meetings and drive accountability.
Additional Information:
Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.
This position does not include sponsorship for United States work authorization.
The salary range for this position is between $120,000 to $175,000 depending on experience and/or education.
Axia’s comprehensive benefits plan includes medical, dental and vision coverage; as well as options to participate in an FSA or HSA. The Company also provides employer paid STD, LTD, basic life and AD&D, and an Employee Assistance Program. Additional voluntary benefit offerings include pet insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness insurance, legal and identity theft protection.
These benefits are available to all employees working more than 20 hours per week. Employees working less than 20 hours per week are eligible for medical, dental and vision coverage as well as EAP services.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:Please note that Shimmick does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, Shimmick will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Shimmick explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Shimmick.AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYERAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Shimmick, through its subsidiary Axia Electric, is a heavy civil and industrial electrical construction company headquartered in Riverside, California. The company serves public and private owners across water/wastewater, transportation, transit, renewable energy, and power generation markets, specializing in complex, large-scale systems requiring expertise in power distribution, instrumentation & controls, and integrated commissioning. Axia has secured major projects including the $350 million North City Pure Water Facility in San Diego and the $235 million EVMWD Regional Water Reclamation Facility Expansion Project in Lake Elsinore. The company is rapidly expanding into the mission-critical data center construction workspace, leveraging its deep expertise in hyper-complex MEP systems and sophisticated project delivery.
