BIM Designer & Coordinator: Civil (AI)

Location: US - Remote

Salary: $141K–$285K plus equity

Company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company developing general-purpose AI systems and infrastructure to support their safe deployment.

What you will do

• Prepare civil layouts, grading, routing, earthwork, phasing, equipment delivery routes, crane areas, laydown areas, maintenance clearances, and future expansion models for mission-critical campuses.
• Create and maintain surfaces, grading and earthwork models, equipment and building pads, roads, alignments, profiles, corridors, flood protection, stormwater systems, and process-drainage solutions.
• Develop and coordinate utility networks for gas, cooling and process water, fire water, wastewater, electrical duct banks, and communications.
• Coordinate civil models with buildings, power plants, BESS, substations, water treatment plants, gas facilities, cooling systems, equipment, foundations, trenches, pits, and thermal infrastructure.
• Manage Civil 3D data shortcuts, references, coordinate systems, styles, templates, parts libraries, and coordination with Revit, vendor, and multidisciplinary models in Navisworks.
• Lead model reviews, clash resolution, issue tracking, quality checks, model exports, plans, profiles, sections, quantities, reusable content, and BIM workflow improvements.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of relevant civil design, BIM modeling, or civil infrastructure drafting experience, plus a relevant degree, diploma, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience supporting mission-critical facilities or complex industrial infrastructure across multiple disciplines.
• Advanced Civil 3D and AutoCAD skills, including grading, corridors, utility networks, sheet production, data shortcuts, references, coordinate systems, and model dependencies.
• Experience with site-survey data, GIS, point clouds, and NavVis or similar reality-capture workflows.
• Experience with Navisworks, Revizto, and Autodesk Forma for model coordination, issue tracking, and markups.
• Ability to independently deliver civil packages, interpret engineering and vendor information, identify missing inputs, and escalate engineering decisions appropriately.
• Strong communication and organizational skills across changing priorities and concurrent projects.

Nice to have

• Experience with hyperscale, colocation, or other mission-critical data center campuses from conceptual planning through detailed design and construction coordination.
• Experience with gas turbine or reciprocating engine plants, combined-cycle or CHP facilities, BESS, water treatment plants, gas metering and conditioning facilities, or comparable industrial infrastructure.
• Familiarity with OEM installation requirements, equipment and foundation interfaces, maintenance envelopes, balance-of-plant infrastructure, and Revit-to-Civil 3D workflows.
• Experience with GIS, survey data, point clouds, civil data exchange workflows, consultant models, BIM execution plans, levels of development, model quality, and common data environments.
• Experience improving production through Dynamo, scripting, or other automation tools.
• For candidates with deeper experience, ability to guide complex civil modeling packages, mentor colleagues, and improve shared standards.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work arrangement for a full-time role supporting projects across the portfolio.
• Work with internal engineering teams, BIM specialists, design consultants, equipment vendors, construction partners, and delivery partners.
• Work contributes to coordinated data center, power-generation, energy-storage, and utility infrastructure delivery.
• Equal opportunity employment, reasonable accommodations, and legally compliant background checks for US-based candidates.