Information Manager

Information Manager

SYSTRA India, a global leader in engineering and consulting for public transport infrastructure, is seeking an Information Manager to join their team in Ahmedabad, Noida, or Bangalore. With over 60 years of expertise and a strong presence in India since 1957, SYSTRA is committed to improving transportation and urban infrastructure efficiency through technical excellence and a holistic approach.

Missions/Main Duties

As an Information Manager, you will:

• Evaluate the Employer's Information Requirements (EIR), project scope, and delivery schedule to define digital design workflows that meet client expectations.
• Collaborate with design leads across disciplines to define design authoring, sharing, coordination, and review processes.
• Develop and maintain the BIM Execution Plan (BEP), ensuring all design workflows are clearly documented and agreed upon.
• Define and enforce design delivery protocols for models, drawings, reports, and data exchanges, ensuring consistency across all disciplines.
• Establish and configure the project Common Data Environment (CDE) to support seamless design collaboration, version control, and structured data exchange.
• Define folder structures, naming conventions, metadata requirements, and approval processes to align with project information standards.
• Set up discipline-specific design models, ensuring they follow the agreed standards and protocols.
• Lead the federation of models into coordinated design sets at key milestones.
• Establish clash detection workflows, conduct regular clash reviews, and chair design coordination meetings to resolve clashes and design issues collaboratively.
• Define QA/QC workflows for design information, including model checks, design data validation, and progress reviews.
• Establish automated design compliance checks to verify alignment with EIR, BEP, and client-specific requirements.
• Provide ongoing training and support to design teams, ensuring they understand and follow agreed design workflows and digital delivery processes.
• Act as the primary digital delivery interface between internal design teams, clients, external stakeholders, and contractors to provide early warnings on design bottlenecks, potential non-compliances, and risk areas.

Profile/Skills

• Education: Degree (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Information Management, or a related field.
• Experience: Extensive experience working within multidisciplinary design teams on infrastructure projects.
• Deep understanding of design workflows, particularly in highways, rail, or major infrastructure projects.
• Direct experience managing design authoring workflows using tools such as: Civil 3D, Revit, AutoCAD, MicroStation, 3D coordination tools like Navisworks, Bentley Navigator.
• Experience in setting up and managing CDE platforms such as: BIM 360, ProjectWise, Aconex, Asite.
• Knowledge of clash detection, design coordination workflows, and model validation processes.
• Ability to mentor design teams, helping them adapt to evolving digital processes.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across disciplines, project levels, and geographies.
• A passion for design optimization, digital innovation, and continuous improvement.

This isn't just a job; it's a career opportunity to be part of a challenging adventure and contribute to improving transportation and urban infrastructure efficiency.