CE&I Digital Design Lead

Job Description

Overview

Do you enjoy bringing structure to complex engineering projects and creating digital solutions that others rely on?

We're looking for a CE&I Digital Design Lead to shape the future of digital engineering delivery across major projects in some of the UK's most regulated and safety-critical environments. This is an opportunity for someone who thrives on improving standards, solving technical challenges, and influencing how digital design is delivered across multidisciplinary teams.

You'll play a key role in leading CE&I digital delivery, ensuring design models, standards, and workflows are consistent, coordinated, and aligned with project and regulatory requirements. Working closely with engineers, project managers, and Information Management specialists, you'll help drive innovation, quality, and continuous improvement across our digital delivery capability.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys combining technical expertise with leadership and collaboration.

You'll be energised by developing robust digital solutions, establishing standards that improve quality and consistency, and supporting teams to deliver their best work. Whether you're overseeing complex Revit models, improving automation workflows, mentoring designers, or implementing new digital approaches, you'll be at the centre of driving excellence in CE&I digital design.

This role offers the opportunity to shape standards, influence delivery across multiple projects, and leave a lasting impact on how digital engineering is delivered within a growing and innovative organisation.

Your role

• Lead the governance, development, and continuous improvement of CE&I digital design standards, templates, and workflows.

• Act as the technical authority for CE&I Revit-based delivery, providing guidance on modelling standards, quality requirements, and best practice.

• Develop and maintain CE&I Revit templates, content libraries, equipment families, metadata, schedules, and modelling standards.

• Coordinate CE&I design within multidisciplinary engineering projects, ensuring seamless integration with mechanical, civil, and architectural disciplines.

• Resolve complex spatial, system, and interface challenges within federated design models.

• Champion quality by establishing model assurance processes, conducting audits, and ensuring compliance with project information requirements and ISO 19650 principles.

• Lead the development of digital automation tools and workflows using Dynamo and other productivity solutions to improve efficiency and consistency.

• Provide mentoring, technical leadership, and guidance to CE&I BIM designers and technicians.

• Work closely with Information Management teams to ensure digital delivery aligns with wider BIM and information management frameworks.

About you

You are someone who enjoys taking ownership, setting direction, and helping others succeed. You gain satisfaction from creating order from complexity, improving the way teams work, and delivering high-quality digital solutions that support better project outcomes.

• Expert proficiency in Autodesk Revit with strong CE&I modelling capability.

• Experience delivering CE&I design information within a BIM or model-based design environment.

• Experience operating in a BIM Lead, Digital Design Lead, Design Coordinator, or similar technical leadership role.

• A strong understanding of how CE&I systems integrate within multidisciplinary engineering projects.

• Experience developing and implementing modelling standards, templates, quality assurance procedures, and digital governance frameworks.

• The ability to interpret engineering design intent and translate technical requirements into practical digital solutions.

• Experience reviewing model quality, compliance, and digital deliverables within regulated environments.

• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the confidence to influence and guide others.

• Experience creating and managing Revit families, templates, and content libraries.

• Experience using Navisworks for model coordination, review, and clash detection.
• Advanced knowledge of Dynamo scripting and digital automation.

• Experience using DiRoots tools including SheetLink, TableGen, FamilyReviser, and ProSheets.

• Experience delivering projects aligned with ISO 19650 information management principles.

• Autodesk Certified Professional accreditation in Revit.

• Formal BIM, Digital Engineering, or ISO 19650 training and qualifications.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.

Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

About Us

Created by the integration of long-standing organizations dating back to 1911, AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital. The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear and Capital. News and information are available at Atkinsrealis or follow us on LinkedIn.