VDC Services Specialist

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You as a VDC Services Specialist will

Service Delivery

• Conduct reality capture operations including laser scanning, drone capture, and 360 photography across active client sites, with consistent attention to safety, access protocols, and survey-grade accuracy targets.

• Process field data using Leica Cyclone, CloudWorx, ReCap, Cintoo, CUPIX, and adjacent platforms, producing registered and quality-checked point clouds staged for downstream production.

• Create 2D and 3D as-built deliverables from point clouds using Revit, AutoCAD, and Civil 3D, with attention to template compliance, level-of-development discipline, and deliverable package consistency.

• Contribute to visualization outputs including renderings, walkthroughs, and 4D logistics using Twinmotion, Enscape, or D5 as the engagement requires.

• Support FM and asset information delivery workflows including COBie and asset tagging pipelines on engagements that extend to handover or facility management.

Engagement and Scope

• Work alongside the engagement lead to scope incoming requests, contribute estimates of time and effort, and shape the deliverable list before scope is locked.

• Track billable hours against scope in the project accounting system, surface scope variations early, and flag potential change-order conditions to the engagement lead.

• Support proposal preparation, including scope narratives, sample deliverable references, and capability descriptions.

Client and Stakeholder Engagement

• Interact directly with internal and external clients at the working level: site walks, capture-day coordination, deliverable handovers, and technical clarifications.

• Maintain documentation hygiene across the engagement, including capture logs, processing notes, and the deliverable register.

• Escalate quality concerns, client friction, and engagement risk early, with proposed mitigation where possible.

Deliverable Quality

• Apply VDC Services internal quality standards across reality capture accuracy, point cloud registration, model authoring, and deliverable formatting.

• Conduct self-review and peer review of deliverables before submission.

• Contribute to the deliverable templates library and to lessons-learned documentation after each engagement.

Capability Building

• Maintain currency on the reality capture and processing tool stack, including hardware refresh cycles and software updates.

• Participate in service-line development by testing new tools and validating new workflows.

• Mentor and support entry-level Specialists, Coordinators on rotation, and students on assignment.

• Pursue relevant certifications, including Transport Canada RPAS, Leica certifications, Autodesk certifications, and BuildingSMART.

This is the right role for you if

• Two to four years of relevant experience, including direct point-cloud-to-BIM production.

• University degree or technology diploma in Engineering, Architecture, Building Science, Geomatics, or a related field.

• Independent operation across reality capture and as-built modeling on routine engagements.

• Experience operating in a billable environment or comparable scope-tracked context.

• Demonstrated ownership of deliverables from scope through handover.

• Proficient in Autodesk Construction Cloud, Revit, AutoCAD or AutoCAD Civil 3D, and Navisworks.

• Experience with one or more of Leica Cyclone, CloudWorx, ReCap, Cintoo, CUPIX, and Matterport.

• Working comfort with Bluebeam, Microsoft Office, and Adobe Creative Suite.

• High level of knowledge interpreting design and construction drawings.

• Understanding of openBIM and information management standards, including ISO 19650.

• Strong organization, time management, and a habit of clean documentation.

• Self-motivated, curious, and direct in communication.
• Transport Canada RPAS Operator Certification (Advanced), or the demonstrated ability to obtain it.

• Demonstrated depth in a specific service line: reality capture, scan-to-BIM, visualization, AIM and FM, or 4D logistics.

• Experience supporting industrial or process scopes, including Plant 3D.

• Professional certifications in VDC and BIM technologies (Leica, Autodesk, BuildingSMART) considered an asset.

• Valid Ontario driver’s license and access to an insured vehicle considered a strong asset.

EllisDon is proud to provide this unique career opportunity that provides continuous learning, opportunity for growth, and a competitive compensation package within an environment that is committed to inclusion and respects diversity.

Go ahead and be yourself. We'll pay you for it!

We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome people of any age, culture, subculture, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnicity, race, size, mental or physical status, veteran status, religion, language, political opinion, working-style preference, family status, education, and socio-economic status. The EllisDon core values of Integrity and Mutual Respect welcomes everyone, at work and in the community, and our value of Mutual Accountability, means that we all have a role to play. As an EllisDon employee, this will ultimately be your commitment to Inclusive Diversity.

​Accommodation for Applicants with disabilities will be made during the recruitment process when requested.

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