Construction Automation Team Lead (Denver)

Construction Automation Team Lead

At HNTB, you can create a career that is meaningful to you while building communities that matter to all of us. For more than a century, we have been delivering solutions for some of the largest, most complex infrastructure projects across the country. With our historic growth, it is an exciting time to join our team of employee-owners. This position is responsible for leading construction focused digital delivery, automation, and technology solutions across large, complex infrastructure projects and programs. The Construction Automation Team Lead will oversee and mentor a team of construction technology professionals while establishing technical strategy, scalable workflows, governance standards, and implementation approaches that support the full project lifecycle from planning and design through construction and turnover to operations. This role will drive innovation in construction delivery through the application of automation, data integration, VDC, BIM, and advanced digital workflows that improve project execution, quality, safety, and efficiency. The Construction Automation Team Lead will play a key role in expanding HNTB's construction technology capabilities, enhancing client value, developing staff, and positioning the firm at the forefront of digital transformation within the infrastructure and construction industry.

What You'll Do:

• Leads and manages VDC teams and enterprise digital delivery initiatives.
• Defines digital strategy, technical roadmap, and project priorities.
• Oversees team performance, development planning, and succession management.
• Collaborates with senior stakeholders to align digital construction with business strategy.
• Ensures delivery of secure, scalable, and high-performing digital solutions.
• Fosters a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Supports recruitment, onboarding, and team growth.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

What You'll Bring:

• Contractor VDC experience is highly preferred
• Proven experience supporting construction management, CMGC, design build, progressive design build, or other alternative delivery methods.
• Strong understanding of construction operations, field workflows, digital coordination, and technology adoption across design, construction, and turnover.
• Experience developing and implementing automation workflows, model governance standards, data validation routines, and digital construction execution strategies.
• Experience integrating BIM, GIS, reality capture, schedule, cost, asset, and IoT data into connected construction and operations workflows.
• Familiarity with AI enabled construction technologies including model analytics, computer vision, generative AI, predictive analytics, and intelligent automation.
• Strong understanding of Common Data Environments (CDE), information management principles, and digital handover workflows aligned with industry standards.
• Strong project management, stakeholder engagement, organizational leadership, and client communication skills.
• Experience with strategic planning, resource management, budgeting, operational leadership, and team development.
• Ability to bridge technical implementation with practical construction execution and business objectives.

Preferred Experience With:

• Autodesk ecosystem including: Civil 3D, Revit, Navisworks Manage, Construction Cloud (ACC), Build, BIM Collaborate Pro, Tandem, Forma, ReCap, Dynamo, and Data Exchange.
• Bentley ecosystem including: OpenRoads, OpenBridge Modeler, OpenRail, MicroStation, SYNCHRO, AssetWise, and iTwin Platform.
• Construction and project delivery platforms including Procore, Primavera P6, Oracle Aconex, Trimble Connect, Quadri, and ProjectWise.
• GIS and geospatial technologies including ESRI ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, GeoBIM, Indoors, Velocity, and spatial data integration workflows.
• Reality capture technologies including terrestrial LiDAR, mobile mapping, UAV data collection, photogrammetry, SLAM based scanning, and point cloud processing workflows.
• Field construction technologies including Trimble SiteVision, vGIS, Leica iCON, Trimble FieldLink, GNSS machine control systems, mixed reality workflows, augmented reality visualization, and field layout solutions.
• Automation and data technologies including Python, Power Automate, SQL, APIs, Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Snowflake, Databricks, and cloud based data environments.
• Familiarity with AI and machine learning applications for construction analytics, model validation, safety monitoring, progress tracking, asset intelligence, and computer vision enabled construction workflows.

What We Prefer:

• Certifications in BIM, CAD, or other VDC technologies.
• Certifications in project management (PMP, Agile) or management practices.
• Bachelor or Master's degree in Construction Management, Architecture, Engineering, Geospatial Science, Data Science, or Computer Science
• Experience supporting owner and operator construction programs including aviation, transportation, rail, transit, or large civil infrastructure.