Construction VDC Lead

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world? Watch Our Story. Each role at HDR makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better.

We believe building engineering is more than systems and structures—it’s about powering progress and enabling innovation. As part of HDR’s Building Engineering Services Group, you’ll help design critical infrastructure that supports the digital age and shapes spaces where people work, connect, and thrive. From high-performance data centers driving the future of AI to dynamic commercial environments, your work will directly support technological advancement, sustainability, and human experience. We bring together mechanical, electrical, structural, and civil engineering experts to solve complex design challenges with precision, creativity, and collaboration.

About the role

In the role of Construction VDC Lead, you will serve as the onsite liaison between design teams, construction teams, subcontractors, delegated design partners, and field leadership. Your work will ensure digital models support construction execution, constructability, field coordination, and installation requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide onsite construction support, including maintaining a regular presence in project construction trailers, participating in coordination meetings and field planning sessions, quickly addressing construction-related coordination issues, and observing site progress.
• Serve as the primary liaison between design and field construction teams, coordinating design changes, RFIs, bulletins, and updates while ensuring approved changes are reflected in project models.
• Manage model continuity, perform BIM model quality reviews and constructability checks, support model updates for construction execution, and verify models accurately represent approved design information.
• Facilitate multi-discipline coordination by reviewing and resolving conflicts, supporting clash resolution, and verifying discipline interfaces and installation requirements.
• Coordinate delegated design scopes with specialty contractors, integrating their work into project models and reviewing impacts on constructability and installation.
• Provide constructability and installation support by reviewing concerns before installation, verifying equipment access and maintenance clearances, evaluating sequencing impacts, and identifying potential field conflicts.

Qualifications

Required

• Technical degree or a combination of education and related industry experience.
• A minimum of 5 years of related industry experience.
• Advanced skillset in 3D design software and document management infrastructure.
• Proficiency in 3D coordination tools.
• Competency in Microsoft Office products and communication tools.
• Advanced understanding of engineering or architectural concepts.
• Knowledge of industry standards, practices, discipline codes, and specifications.
• Excellent communication skills, attention to detail, and strong organizational traits.

Preferred

• 8 years of hands-on Revit modeling and coordination experience, with at least 3 years supporting active construction projects.
• Experience working directly with subcontractors, superintendents, and field personnel.
• Experience supporting delegated design coordination.
• Experience with large-scale industrial, mission-critical, manufacturing, healthcare, semiconductor, or data center projects.
• Advanced Autodesk Revit proficiency and Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) experience.
• Navisworks Manage experience.
• Multi-discipline model coordination experience.
• Strong understanding of construction means and methods, sequencing, and installation practices.
• Experience supporting RFI, submittal, and change management processes.
• Ability to evaluate constructability and installation constraints and independently troubleshoot and modify production models.

Benefits

As employee-owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected, and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day. Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help foster a supportive environment where everyone can engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.

Schedule

Full-time.

Locations

United States-Missouri-Kansas City, United States-Missouri-St. Louis, United States-Texas-Dallas, United States-Kansas-Wichita, United States-Texas-Waco, United States-Missouri-Springfield.