BIM Lead

Jonathan Lee Recruitment
Darcy Lever, Manchester, BL4 7QS, United Kingdom
3 weeks ago
£65,000 pa

Salary

£65,000 pa

Seniority
Lead
Posted
21 Apr 2026 (3 weeks ago)

BIM Manager (ISO 19650 | Revit | Navisworks)

Location: Bolton

Salary: Competitive + Benefits

6 Months FTC - With the view to extend

Are you a BIM leader who enjoys shaping strategy and staying close to project delivery?

We’re looking for a BIM Manager / Digital Engineering Manager to lead and evolve BIM capability across a growing engineering and project delivery environment. This is a key role with real influence—owning BIM standards, driving ISO 19650 compliance, and supporting complex multidisciplinary projects.

You’ll act as the go-to expert for BIM, balancing strategic leadership with hands-on coordination, working closely with design, engineering, and project teams.

What you’ll be doing

BIM Strategy & Leadership

Develop and implement BIM standards, workflows, and best practices across the business

Drive adoption of BIM and digital engineering across teams

Own and evolve BIM Execution Plans (BEPs)

Project Delivery & Coordination

Lead model coordination and clash detection (Navisworks / similar)

Oversee multidisciplinary model integration across projects

Ensure models meet quality, compliance, and contractual requirements

Information Management (ISO 19650)

Manage Common Data Environment (CDE) processes and data governance

Define naming conventions, information structures, and data standards

Ensure full compliance with ISO 19650

Quality, Audit & Improvement

Audit BIM models and deliverables for accuracy and compliance

Drive continuous improvement and standardisation

Support integration between BIM, CAD, and engineering/manufacturing systems

Stakeholder & Team Support

Act as the primary BIM contact for clients and internal teams

Provide training, mentoring, and guidance to engineers and designers

What we’re looking for

Essential:

Experience as a BIM Manager, BIM Lead, or Senior BIM Coordinator

Strong knowledge of ISO 19650 and information management

Proficiency in Revit and Navisworks (or Bentley MicroStation environments)

Experience coordinating multidisciplinary design models

Experience working with Common Data Environments (CDEs)

Strong stakeholder and communication skills

Desirable:

Background in engineering, construction, or architecture

Experience in complex or high-value projects

Exposure to Bentley tools, Dynamo, or automation workflows

Experience integrating BIM with manufacturing or production systems

Why apply?

Opportunity to shape BIM strategy across the business

Mix of hands-on technical work and strategic leadership

Work on complex, multidisciplinary projects

Collaborative and forward-thinking engineering environment

Influence digital transformation and innovation

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.

In order for your CV to be processed effectively, please ensure your name, email address, phone number and location (post code OR town OR county, as a minimum) are included

Related Jobs

View all jobs

BIM Manager

Employment Bolton, Manchester, M26 1HG, United Kingdom
£55,000 – £65,000 pa

BIM Manager

Baker and Baker Recruitment Limited Bolton, Manchester, M26 1HG, United Kingdom
£55,000 – £65,000 pa

Industry Insights

Discover insightful articles, industry insights, expert tips, and curated resources.

Where to Advertise Data Science Jobs in the UK (2026 Guide)

Where to advertise data science jobs UK in 2026: the specialist boards, communities and channels that actually reach senior and lead data science talent. Data science spans a broad and often misunderstood spectrum — from statistical modelling and experimental design through to machine learning engineering, product analytics and AI research. The strongest candidates identify firmly with specific subdisciplines and are frustrated by adverts that conflate data scientist with data analyst, business intelligence developer or machine learning engineer. General job boards produce high application volumes for data roles but consistently fail to match specialist data science profiles with the right opportunities. This guide, published by DataScienceJobs.co.uk, covers where to advertise data science roles in the UK in 2026, how the main platforms compare, what employers should expect to pay, and what the data says about hiring across different role types.

Data Science Jobs UK 2026: What to Expect Over the Next 3 Years

Data Science Jobs UK 2026: roles, salaries and the trends shaping UK data science hiring over the next three years — from MLE crossover to GenAI workflows. Data science has spent the past decade being described as the sexiest job of the twenty-first century. By 2026, the reality is both more nuanced and more interesting than that label ever suggested. The discipline has matured, fragmented, deepened, and in some respects reinvented itself — and the jobs market has changed with it in ways that create genuine opportunity for those who understand what employers actually want, and genuine difficulty for those still operating on assumptions formed five years ago. The data science jobs market of 2026 is not simply a larger version of what it was three years ago. The generalist data scientist — equally comfortable wrangling data, building models, and presenting insights to the board — is giving way to a more specialised landscape where employers know exactly what problem they are trying to solve and are looking for candidates with the specific depth to solve it. Machine learning engineering, causal inference, experimentation, AI product development, and domain-specific applied science have all emerged as distinct career tracks within what was previously a single, loosely defined profession. At the same time, the arrival of large language models and the broader AI capability wave has both threatened and created data science roles in equal measure. Some of the work that junior data scientists spent their early careers doing — data cleaning, exploratory analysis, basic model building — is being partially automated by AI tooling. But the demand for practitioners who can evaluate AI systems rigorously, apply statistical thinking to complex business problems, and build the data foundations on which AI depends has grown considerably. The candidates who will thrive over the next three years are those who understand where the discipline is heading — which specialisms are attracting the most investment, which technologies are reshaping what data scientists are expected to build and know, and how to position a data science career that will remain valuable as the field continues to evolve around them. This article breaks down what the UK data science jobs market is likely to look like through to 2028 — covering the titles emerging right now, the technologies driving employer demand, the skills that will matter most, and how to position your career ahead of the curve.

New Data Science Employers to Watch in 2026: UK and International Companies Leading Analytics and AI Innovation

New Data Science Employers to Watch in 2026: a UK and international shortlist of analytics and AI companies hiring data scientists, ML engineers and analysts. Data science has emerged as one of the most transformative forces across industries, turning raw information into actionable insights, predictive models, and AI-powered solutions. In 2026, the UK is witnessing a surge in organisations where data science is not just a support function but the core of their products and services. For professionals exploring opportunities on www.DataScience-Jobs.co.uk , identifying these employers early can provide a competitive advantage in a market with high demand for advanced analytics and machine learning expertise. This article highlights new and high-growth data science employers to watch in 2026, focusing on UK startups, scale-ups, and global firms expanding their data science operations locally. All of the companies included have recently raised investment, won high-profile contracts, or significantly scaled their analytics teams.