Digital Construction Coordinator

ABOUT KIER GROUP

At Kier, it’s our people, the culture we foster and the values we work to that makes us unique.

As a leading infrastructure services, construction and property development group, every person is working to our purpose to sustainably deliver infrastructure which is vital to the UK.

Our industry continues to be resilient, offers opportunity for people to belong, contribute and thrive and is also committed to leaving lasting legacies for communities.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The opportunity

This digital construction coordinator role within our digital construction function focuses on enabling the use of appropriate tools and technologies to support project delivery from inception to in use.

The digital construction co-ordinator will be aware of the information management process across projects, ensuring compliance with industry / Kier standards and helping to deliver against client requirements.

The digital construction co-ordinator will report ongoing progress and highlight any risk to the project team and / or their line manager to ensure support is given to achieve accelerated and consistent adoption of digital construction techniques.

The department

Our digital construction function was borne out of the ‘old’ Building Information Modelling (BIM) function, responsible for delivering compliance with client and government mandates for use of BIM.

Through our Digital by Default approach, we have matured our understanding the opportunities for digital tools and are leveraging industry leading solutions to deliver projects right first time, every time.

As part of the digital construction team, you will have over 30 industry professionals around you to support with queries and ensure your ambitions are realised.

The Kier culture and commitment to wellbeing

Kier is committed to creating a workplace where everyone is empowered to achieve their career goals. Our people are at the heart of our business, using their skills and creativity to provide solutions and services to our clients and customers.

We are only able to deliver our business goals because of the commitment and talent of our people working together to a common purpose. The Kier wellbeing strategy has been designed based on employee feedback that mental, physical, and financial wellbeing are important to them.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE

• Ensure the distribution and collation of external supply chain capabilities assessments for relevant project(s).
• Have awareness of the client’s Exchange Information Requirements (EIR).
• Enable access to relevant project areas within core software.
• Provide ongoing user support and training for all project stakeholders.
• Ensure that the BIM Execution Plan is being observed and delivered against.
• Liaise with the information management team to ensure the use of the common data environment (CDE) is set-up, adhering to ISO 19650.
• Contribute content towards the production of monthly reports to identify and measure digital implementation and maturity within relevant projects.
• Responsible for contributing to case studies for projects.
• Implement Kier standard rulesets when undertaking model checking and validation.
• Constructively challenge the status quo to drive improvement.
• Support raising awareness and the profile of digital implementation within project functional departments including estimating, design management, building services, commercial, planning, and SHEQ assisting our cultural and behavioural change to a digital first mentality.
• Provide feedback to the digital construction manager where required.
• Promote Kier’s capabilities throughout the supply chain.
• Attend industry events.
• Ensure projects are supported adequately with respect to software deployment.
• Ensure any new innovations are fed back into the appropriate project platform.

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

Essential skills and experience

• A good communicator.
• Able to build positive working relationships, internally and with the supply chain.
• Has sound understanding of the ISO 19650 series of documents.
• Aware of open BIM standards such as IFC and COBie to support information interoperability.
• Enthusiastic and keen to use new technologies to improve traditional ways of working.
• Innovative by sharing ideas and challenging standard practices.
• Understanding and has experience of appropriate software tools to view and interrogate models.
• Resilient, positive and driven character.
• Support efficiencies through continuous improvement.
• Good skills in standard Microsoft Office 365.

Collaborative

• Communicates clearly and honestly with everyone.
• Speaks up and shares their views openly.
• Understand what Kier needs to achieve and are motivated by this.
• Understands their role in the team they work in and how we can help each other.
• Helps and supports others, including sharing knowledge with other people.
• Learns from mistakes to improve myself and my team.

Trusted

• Questions and speaks up to promote actions and behaviours that keeps us all safe.
• Awareness of the impact our work has on the world, including the communities we serve, people we interact with, and the environment.
• Shows genuine interest in those they work with to build relationships.
• Listens to others well to understand different views and experiences.
• Looks after their wellbeing, and the wellbeing of others, asking for support when it is needed.
• Thinks about what they are learning and how to progress in their role and career.

Focused

• Thinks about how we can do things better and puts their ideas into action.
• Open to change and doing things differently when needed.
• Set themselves goals that help the team achieve their collective objectives.
• Asks for feedback and gives it to others to improve us all.
• Takes a positive approach to things that need resolving, looking for solutions that keep safety in mind.
• Always aims for quality and efficiency in their work.

Location: Consider agile working where possible

Hours: 08:30 – 17:00 (Flexible)

Due to the nature of this role, as well as the standard pre-employment checks (right to work in the UK, referencing, driving licence verification and a health assessment), the role holder will also require a DBS check / security clearance as appropriate (applicants with criminal convictions will be treated on a case-by-case basis.

We do not discriminate based on an applicant’s criminal record or the details of any offences disclosed to us).