KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration – through conceptualization – to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years we’ve led with vision, contributing to many of the world’s most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51^st largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.

We invite you to join us. Why?

When you join KEO, you’ll discover more than just a job – you’ll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun-runs, in-house sports teams and beach clean ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards.

Our newest opportunity is for a talented Senior BIM/CAD Specialist  to join our team, based in Doha, Qatar.

This role is responsible for ensuring the implementation of Client BIM and CAD strategies, standards and tools within the organization and its partners with the focus of the Client's Rail Long Distance Projects, to prepare the Requirements and Plans for an integrated BIM/COBIE Delivery of the projects, to incorporate them into the tender documents and to follow up the delivery. 

We envisage success in this role to include;

• Understands the BIM/COBie scope of work for the subcontractors on the program projects.
• Drives standardization and quality of multiple projects BIM and COBie deliverables.
• Monitors BIM models and asset/COBie data for quality, data integrity and content throughout the project delivery process and at specific project delivery milestones.
• Ensures BIM models meet expectations stated in the project BIM Execution Plan and are consistent with Client BIM guidelines.
• Ensures COBie data is compliant to Client Asset Management Codification Standards and the Maintenance Management System requirements.
• Performs quality reviews of submitted models and COBie data as they relate to the contract documents.
• Sets up and Maintains the Common Data Environment with all projects BIM data to enable rapid coordination.
• Creates integrated/federated models for visual coordination.
• Produces high-quality visualizations/renders for meetings and presentations.
• Provides support to Senior BIM Specialist as required.
• Supports, assists, and trains project staff members in BIM.
• Manage BIM Models, documents and data submittals and capable to extract CAD drawings, and any required information (e.g. spreadsheets with quantities of various design/as-built elements).
• Support the preparation of conceptual designs using 3D or CAD drafting tools.
• Manage BIM deliverables, prepare clash-reports and capable to review the coordination & interfaces between the Civil, Architectural, MEP and Systems works.
• Support on site in order to validate or collect information to update As-Built CAD drawings/BIM models when required.

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date will include minimum minimum 5 years’ experience as a BIM Specialist/ Coordinator, minimum 3 years’ experience of COBie and Maintenance Management Systems, minimum 10 years of industry experience, partnered with Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Architecture, Information Management, or related discipline.

• Architectural experience is mandatory.
• Working experience in international teams.
• Previous railway experience desirable.
• Preferable experience with Doha Metro CAD/BIM, or any other large scale infrastructure projects such as Railway transportation systems/Metro/ airport.
• Preferable knowledge in document management application as Aconex or similar.
• Completed BIM software training (Autodesk Revit, Navisworks Manage, BIM 360 Glue, Autodesk Vault preferred).
• Extensive hands-on experience with industry standard BIM technology including design, review, and collaboration tools.
• Extensive experience of extracting COBie data from BIM.
• Competency using Autodesk Suite of products, with particular focus on Revit, Navisworks and A360.
• Competency in setting up a Common Data Environment (CDE) for coordination of program projects and contractors.
• Knowledge of Bentley CAD/BIM products.
• Knowledge of Microsoft office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Knowledge of 4D, 5D and 6D BIM processes is desirable.
• Familiarity with international standards such as BS1192, IFC and COBie.
• Familiarity with construction concepts, practices, and procedures.

KEO’s performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. We embrace diversity and recognise its’ contribution to client success wherever we work.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.