Olson Kundig is a Seattle and New York City-based design practice founded on the idea that buildings can serve as a bridge between nature, culture, and people. Inspiring surroundings positively affect people’s lives. Led by five owners, the firm’s work can be found across the globe, with projects as wide-ranging as huts to high rises, homes-often for art collectors-to academic, cultural, and civic projects, museums and exhibition design, places of worship, creative production, urban design, and interior design.
We are seeking design professionals that have experience and a passion for problem-solving, innovation, project delivery, and technology strategies. As a Design Technology Lead you will work closely with project teams to understand goals, develop strategic plans, lead implementation, and foster + support BIM best practices. Reporting to the Director of Technology, you will use your soft skills, technical expertise, and relationship building to engage with projects, champion digital transformation, lead process innovation, and foster optimization and efficiency through change management. Candidates should have experience leading teams, communicating with external consultants, developing, and implementing BIM Execution Plans, and collaborating with internal subject matter experts.
Main Responsibilities
- Identify, communicate, and resolve opportunities around project strategy, model management, and project delivery workflows.
- Develop, educate, and maintain BIM Execution Plans internally and with project external partners.
- Champion Design Technology to support Olson Kundig’s projects and team members.
- Collaborate and strategize with our Visualization, Building Performance, Construction, Master Planning, Landscape, and Interiors teams.
- Comprehend project complexities and either develop right-size solutions or raise awareness and articulate challenges regarding project impacts with a focus on finding a solution with the DT team and project team
- Develop relationships with project and design leaders through communication, transparency, and thoughtful engagement throughout the duration of the project.
- Research, develop, and training of improved workflows, new tools, and updated standards.
Must Haves –
- Minimum 10 years of AEC firm experience, with preference given to those with Architecture & Interiors backgrounds.
- Minimum 3 years‘ experience leading and/or managing project focused Revit/BIM workflows from start to finish.
- Expertise with Autodesk Revit, ACC / BIM360, and related software add-ins (Ideate, CTC, BIM Interoperability Tools, etc.).
- Strong knowledge and experience with the Project Delivery process (Concept/Programming, SD, DD, CD, CA, etc.) including familiarity with contracts, Scope of Work, and BIM Execution Plans.
- Expertise or strong knowledge of multi-model Revit projects, complex design scope, and/or unique delivery methods.
- Working knowledge of other model authoring tools: Sketchup, Rhino, Autocad, FormIt, etc. and ability to assess, research, and/or train interoperability workflows.
- Expertise with creating project or technology initiative documentation. This may include experience or familiarity with InDesign, PowerPoint, Miro, Vizio, Prezi or other tools used to convey strategies, presentations, or use-cases, etc.
- Experience collaborating and coordinating with consultants and/or contractors.
Nice to Haves –
- Experience collaborating with AOR’s, scan to BIM/Point Clouds, outsourced modeling, and/or multi-office modeling across time zones and continents.
- Working knowledge of BIM Level 2 (ISO19650, CIC BIM Protocols, etc.), IFC, COBie, or other industry and international BIM standards
- Experience with multiple project types and sectors – Residential, Commercial, Institutional, Hospitality, Exhibit, Campus (multi-building), etc.
- Working knowledge or experience with parallel Architecture, Interior Design, and Visualization workflows
- Familiarity with computational tools like Dynamo, Grasshopper, PyRevit or others.
- Experience with Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA), prototyping, and/or other fabrication workflows.
Personal Attributes
- Strong interpersonal skills: articulate communicator, ability to listen, relationship building, and high degree of integrity
- Highly collaborative by nature, with the willingness to approach every project creatively.
- Detail and task-oriented with a passion for excellence.
- Proactive and dynamic in their skills and leadership.
- Ability to exercise discretion and set priorities, manage competing demands, and embrace change
What can you expect from us?
- A creative work environment and colleagues who are collaborative, creative, and challenging
- Opportunity to grow professionally with excellent projects
- Check our culture page to learn about life at Olson Kundig
In addition to a dynamic and creative culture, Olson Kundig provides a generous benefits package that includes 16 days of paid time off, paid holidays, health plan, 401k match, bonuses, profit-sharing plans for qualified positions, a monthly travel subsidy for public transportation, and more.
As a firm, we are committed to pay practices that are fair, competitive, and reflect internal pay equity. At the time of posting this job, the hiring range for this position in Seattle is between $100,000 and $125,000 annually. Final salary decisions are made based upon the extent and relatedness of the candidate’s education and experience and considering internal equity and external market factors.
COVID-19 considerations: Full COVID-19 vaccination required or an approved medical or religious exemption.
All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship and must already possess long-term work authorization.