Senior Digital Twin and BIM Consultant

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About The AES Group:

The AES Group is a premier technology consulting company that has been bringing businesses and talent together for over 20 years to deliver the most innovative technology solutions that create the most positive impact on society. AES has helped over 40 business enterprises, including Fortune 500 companies, engage their customers, empower their employees, and transform their business operations with the power of cloud, data, AI, and other emerging technologies.

About the Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Senior Digital Twin and BIM Consultant to support one of the largest transportation infrastructure initiatives in North America. This role will help define and implement a Digital Twin strategy for a major interstate bridge replacement program, enabling a connected digital ecosystem that spans planning, design, construction, operations, and long-term asset management.

The ideal candidate has successfully implemented Digital Twin or BIM solutions on large civil infrastructure projects such as bridges, highways, rail, airports, tunnels, or other transportation megaprojects.

Responsibilities

• Lead Digital Twin strategy and implementation for large infrastructure programs.
• Develop Digital Twin architecture supporting the full asset lifecycle.
• Define and implement BIM Execution Plans (BEP) aligned with ISO 19650 standards.
• Establish and manage Common Data Environments (CDE) for multidisciplinary collaboration.
• Integrate BIM, GIS, reality capture, IoT sensor data, and asset management information into a unified Digital Twin platform.
• Collaborate with owners, engineering firms, contractors, and technology partners.
• Develop Digital Twin use cases supporting:
  • Planning and environmental analysis
  • Public engagement and visualization
  • Design collaboration
  • Construction sequencing (4D)
  • Cost estimating (5D)
  • Asset management (6D)
  • Predictive maintenance
  • Sensor-based monitoring
• Develop standards, governance, workflows, and information management processes.
• Support software architecture evaluations and recommend Digital Twin technology platforms.
• Guide implementation of open BIM standards and model-based project delivery.
• Mentor engineering and project teams on Digital Twin best practices.
• Support executive presentations and Digital Twin roadmap development.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience delivering Digital Twin and BIM solutions.
• Experience on transportation or heavy civil infrastructure projects exceeding $500M.
• Demonstrated experience with:
  • Digital Twin implementation
  • Building Information Modeling (BIM)
  • ISO 19650
  • Common Data Environments
  • Information Management
  • Digital Delivery
• Experience working with:
  • Bridges
  • Highways
  • Rail
  • Airports
  • Transit systems
• Strong understanding of engineering workflows across planning, design, construction, and operations.
• Experience integrating BIM with GIS and asset management platforms.
• Excellent stakeholder communication and leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with one or more of:

• Bentley OpenBuildings
• Bentley iTwin
• Autodesk Construction Cloud
• Autodesk Civil 3D
• Autodesk Revit
• Navisworks
• ProjectWise
• Esri ArcGIS
• OpenRoads Designer
• Synchro 4D
• InfraWorks
• BIM 360
• Azure Digital Twins
• IoT platforms
• Reality capture (LiDAR, drones, laser scanning)
• BIM automation using Python or Dynamo

Preferred Industry Experience

Candidates with experience on projects similar to:

• Interstate bridge replacement
• Highway modernization
• Airport expansion
• Rail infrastructure
• Smart cities
• Digital delivery transformation
• Transportation agencies (DOTs)
• WSP
• Jacobs
• AECOM
• HDR
• HNTB
• Parsons
• AtkinsR alis
• Arup

Nice-to-Have Experience

• Climate impact modeling
• Equity impact analysis
• Infrastructure asset management
• Predictive maintenance
• IoT sensors
• AI-enabled infrastructure analytics
• Model-based delivery
• Open BIM standards
• Public agency consulting
• FHWA, or AASHTO standards

What Success Looks Like

• Develop a scalable Digital Twin framework supporting planning through operations.
• Implement standards aligned with ISO 19650 and BIM Execution Plans.
• Improve collaboration across owners, designers, contractors, and operators.
• Establish a robust Common Data Environment and governance framework.
• Deliver Digital Twin capabilities that support visualization, lifecycle asset management, climate analysis, stakeholder engagement, and predictive maintenance.