Manager, Virtual Design & Construction

Job requirements

• Minimum 8+ years of experience in VDC, BIM management, or digital construction delivery, including 3+ years leading VDC programs or teams — data center, mission-critical, or large industrial project experience strongly preferred.

• Expert proficiency with industry-standard VDC toolsets (e.g., Revit, Navisworks, BIM 360/ACC or equivalent CDE platforms) and demonstrated experience federating and coordinating large multidisciplinary models.

• Proven track record establishing corporate BIM/VDC standards and executionplans, and enforcing them across external design and construction partners.

• Working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and structural systemssufficientto lead multidisciplinary coordination and constructability reviews with credibility.

• Experience supporting prefabrication or modular construction from fabrication-level models is highly desirable, as is exposure to 4D/5D workflows, reality capture, or digital twin programs.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related discipline required; relevant certifications (e.g., Autodesk,buildingSMART) are a plus.

• Strong communicationand stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate technical model data into decisions for executives and field teams; willingness to travel to project sites asrequired.

Job responsibilities

• Define and own IREN's enterprise VDC roadmap —establishingBIM execution plans, modeling standards, level-of-development (LOD) requirements, naming conventions, and quality benchmarks that create consistency across all projects, consultants, and contractors.

• Develop governancefor howdesign partners, general contractors, and trade partners author, exchange, and federate models — embedding VDC requirements into contracts, RFPs, and consultant agreements so digital deliverables are enforceable and consistent.

• Standardize the transition of model data across the project lifecycle, from early concept through detailed design, fabrication, construction, commissioning, and handover to operations — ensuring the modelremainsthesingle sourceof truth at each stage.

• Support the project teams who directly oversee VDC activities on each build — providing guidance, templates, and best practices for federated model management, clash detection and resolution, constructability reviews, and coordination cadences, without duplicating their day-to-day oversight role.

• Advise project teams on model-based quantity takeoff, sequencing (4D), and cost integration (5D) where these materially improve estimating accuracy, schedule certainty, and procurement timing.

• Support prefabrication and modular construction initiatives by helping teams ensure models are developed to fabrication-level detail where required, enabling off-site manufacturing partners to build directly from coordinated model data.

• Provide hands-on escalation support on complex coordination challenges,settingthe technical bar for what well-executed VDC looks like at IREN.

• Own the corporate VDC technology stack — evaluating, selecting, and administering authoring, federation, coordination, and common data environment (CDE) platforms, and managing licensing, access, and vendor relationships.

• Integrate model data with adjacent systems — project controls, document management, GIS, asset management, and digital twin initiatives — so design data flows into construction management and long-term operations without manual rework.

• Monitoremerging capabilitiesin reality capture, automated clash resolution, generative design, and AI-assisted coordination, piloting those with clear potential to improve delivery speed or quality.

• Partner with Engineering, Construction, Procurement, Commissioning, and Data Center Operations to align VDC deliverables with how each functionactually consumesmodel data — and with the Innovation team's broader initiatives in industrialized delivery and next-generation architecture.

• Serve as IREN's primary interface with external design firms, general contractors, and fabricators on VDC matters, onboarding partners to IREN standards and holding them accountable for digital deliverable quality.

• Build and lead IREN's corporate VDC team — recruiting BIM/VDC coordinators, specialists, and engineers, and structuring the team to support both corporatestandardsdevelopment and embedded project delivery.

• Develop internal VDC capability across the wider organization through training, playbooks, and documented workflows, raising the baseline digital fluency of project engineering and construction teams.

• Establish KPIs for VDC performance — clash resolution cycle time, coordination issue aging, model quality scores, RFI reduction, and rework avoidance — and report outcomes to executive leadership in terms of schedule and cost impact.

• Run structured lessons-learned reviews after each project phase, feeding improvements back into corporatestandardsso the VDC program measurably compounds in effectiveness across the portfolio.

Job benefits

• Actual compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, qualifications, and market data for the region.

• Total Compensation package may be inclusive of annual incentive bonus, equity (long-term incentive).

• Relocation or Living-out-allowance / per diem (as appliable and based on successful candidate circumstances)

• 100% company paidhealth insurance premiums(medical, dental, and vision)for employees, 75% company paid coverage for dependents

• Company-paidshort-term and long-term disability insurance

• Voluntary life, critical illness, and accident coverage available

• Health Savings Accounts (HSA) – when combined with theHigh DeductibleHealth Plan

• Employee Assistance Program and wellness resources

• 401(k) retirement plan with company match

• Access to financialplanning and legalservices

• Paid Time Off (PTO) and paid holidays

• Internal skills training and advancement pathways

• Professional development to support certifications, continuing education, or role related training

• Company events and team-building activities