VDC Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Build What Matters. Build Your Future.

Catamount builds the spaces communities depend on every day. From distribution centers that keep goods moving and medical facilities that provide critical care, to housing, restaurants, and fire stations serving local neighborhoods, our work supports real life. As a best-in-class, 100% employee-owned general contractor with a national reach, we complete projects across diverse markets and regions. This diversity empowers us, keeps our teams moving forward, and creates long-term opportunities for the people shaping our company.

Why choose Catamount?

We're financially stable, growing, and built for the long haul. Our extensive national backlog and diverse project types provide stability, momentum, and opportunities. At Catamount, careers advance. Employee-owners can grow, move between project types and markets, and build long-term careers without starting over. Teams are carefully staffed, work-life balance is prioritized, and our people are seen as long-term assets.

Diverse work. Real stability. Shared success.

Position Overview:

The VDC Manager is responsible for establishing and leading Virtual Design and Construction capabilities within Catamount. This role defines how digital modeling, coordination, and reality capture are leveraged to improve project delivery across Catamount. This individual will build this function from the ground up. They will be responsible for developing standards, supporting project teams, and advancing technology aligned with the needs of complex construction work.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Leading VDC & BIM Strategy
  • Establish and continuously improve VDC standards, workflows, and best practices that can be consistently applied across teams and job sites
  • Evaluate and optimize VDC tools and technology to support industrial and complex construction needs and strengthen delivery
• Support Pursuit & Preconstruction Efforts
  • In partnership with business development and preconstruction, develop models and visualizations that communicate logistics, phasing, and complex construction approaches to clients
  • Identify design gaps, coordination risks, and constructability challenges early to inform pricing and strategy
  • Lead constructability and coordination reviews during preconstruction to ensure design documents meet a high standard of care, are fully buildable, and support accurate pricing and planning
• Drive Project Execution & Coordination
  • Lead multi-disciplinary coordination across architectural, structural, MEP, and site/underground systems
  • Advance constructability efforts during construction by translating coordinated design models into clear, usable construction tools (3D models, clash detection outputs, and field-ready information) that support project execution
  • Manage clash detection and model integration to reduce RFIs, rework, and field conflicts
• Advance Reality Capture, Site Modeling & Digital Construction
  • Integrate point cloud data and laser scanning into models to accurately represent existing conditions
  • Develop site and logistics models, including grading, haul routes, laydown areas, and sequencing plans
  • Perform and support earthwork analysis, including cut/fill studies and optimization of site balance
  • Utilize drone and survey data to inform planning, progress tracking, and site verification
  • Identify and implement innovative digital tools that improve field execution, not just design coordination
• Capability Building & Change Management
  • Serve as the VDC leader for business units, building awareness, trust, and adoption across teams embedding VDC into how teams pursue, plan, and execute work
  • Tailor training from high-level awareness (tools and capabilities and workflows) to role-specific application for Project Engineers, APMs, PMs, and Superintendents in the field

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant architectural or engineering discipline required
• 5+ years of experience in VDC, BIM, or digital construction within the AEC industry
• Hands-on experience with reality capture technologies, including laser scanning, point clouds, and drone data
• Experience supporting both preconstruction and project execution phases
• Familiarity with reality capture technologies, including laser scanning, point clouds, and drone data
• Exposure to site modeling, grading, or earthwork analysis tools and workflows preferred
• Anticipated travel ranges from 25–50% depending on project needs and phase. Presence on job sites is expected during key preconstruction and early execution phases to support planning and coordination

Compensation:

• In addition to offering competitive base pay, Catamount employees are eligible for additional incentives for merit/performance, project incentives, new hire referrals, and business development commissions.

Why You'll Love Working Here

• A culture that develops leaders. Grow alongside experienced mentors in an environment rooted in accountability, trust, and shared success.

• Work that builds careers. With projects spanning multiple markets, you'll have opportunities to grow, specialize, and evolve as your career goals take shape.

• 100% employee-owned. Our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) aligns our employee-owners with our mission. When Catamount succeeds, employee-owners share that success.

• Benefits that support everyday life. Our comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; life insurance; short- and long-term disability coverage; an Employee Assistance Program (EAP); a 401(k); an ESOP; a generous VacationFlex program; paid sick time; and optional programs such as pet insurance and AFLAC accident, critical illness, and hospital policies.

Please refer to the Summary Plan Descriptions for eligibility requirements and additional details.

Catamount Constructors Incorporated does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies or recruiting firms. Any resume submitted to any employee of Catamount without a prior executed agreement will be considered unsolicited and the property of Catamount Constructors Incorporated. Recruiting agencies - thank you for not calling or emailing.

Our Commitment to an Inclusive Workplace:

Catamount Constructors, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. Employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.