BIM Manager

The Project

The project comprises a Grade A super high-rise mixed-use development in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

The Role

The BIM Manager audits and verifies the EPC contractor’s models and BIM processes on behalf of the Employer, working under the Senior Design Manager — Architecture and alongside the Design Managers and the Document Controller / EDMS Manager. Design responsibility rests with the EPC contractor; the BIM Manager’s job is assurance — confirming that models meet the contracted level of development at each stage, that clash detection across structure, architecture, HVAC, plumbing, fire protection, electrical, ICT and vertical transportation is genuinely performed and documented, and that no construction documentation is released without a demonstrated clash-free status.

In addition to standard model review and coordination responsibilities, the role carries a digital twin readiness mandate, meaning the BIM model, associated data structures and asset information are to be reviewed to support future handover into a digital twin platform for long-term facility operations.

Key Responsibilities

Model assurance and coordination

• Review and audit the EPC contractor’s BIM models at each design stage against the contracted level of development (LOD100 through LOD400 for the relevant packages) and the Employer’s Requirements.
• Verify the contractor’s multidisciplinary clash detection process and outputs, chair or attend clash-resolution reviews, and confirm documented clash-free status before construction documentation is released.
• Review the 4D BIM construction sequencing model and its alignment with the works programme.
• Establish the Employer-side BIM review procedures, model exchange protocols and federation approach, coordinated with the project EDMS / common data environment and ISO 19650 practice.
• Manage model version control, review comments and resubmission tracking through the design collaboration platform.

Standards, reporting and handover

• Review and comment on the contractor’s BIM execution plan and monitor compliance through the project.
• Verify native model deliverables and formats, including structural and geotechnical analysis models and drawing files, as required by the contract deliverable schedules.
• Support the design managers, construction managers and cost team in extracting reliable information from the models, including quantity take-off checks.
• Report monthly on BIM compliance, clash status and model quality as part of the design section of the Employer’s report.
• Manage the BIM aspects of handover, including as-built model requirements.

Person Specification — Essential

• Degree in engineering, architecture or a related discipline.
• At least 8 years’ BIM coordination and management experience on major building projects, including at least 3 years as BIM Manager or BIM lead.
• Prior relevant experience on projects in Kazakhstan.
• Prior experience on projects delivered by Chinese EPC contractors.
• Expert working knowledge of Revit and Navisworks (or equivalent authoring, federation and clash-detection tools) and of staged LOD frameworks.
• Working knowledge of ISO 19650 information-management principles.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Willingness to be resident in Almaty, Kazakhstan for approximately 4 years.

Critical Attributes

• Professional independence and objectivity when reviewing and commenting on contractor submissions, with the confidence to hold a position under commercial pressure.
• Disciplined record-keeping and correspondence habits, with a working awareness of notice and time-bar obligations under FIDIC-based contracts.
• Clear, concise written English suitable for formal contractual correspondence and reporting.
• Cultural awareness and the ability to work effectively across Kazakh, Chinese and international teams.
• Resilience and commitment for a long-term resident assignment in Kazakhstan.
• An assurance mindset — comfortable verifying another party’s work systematically rather than producing models personally.

Desirable

• Conversant in Russian, Kazakh and/or Mandarin.
• 4D planning experience (Synchro, Navisworks TimeLiner or similar).
• Experience on high-rise projects and/or projects in seismic regions.
• Experience auditing another party’s BIM deliverables in a client-side assurance role.

What AIS-Hill Offers

• An exciting role on a landmark project of regional and international significance
• A competitive professional package
• The structure and backing of an established international consultancy, with access to AIS-Hill’s broader network of project, programme and cost management professionals.