Revit Family Development Engineer
Job Description
Location: Crest Hill, IL
Shift: 1st Shift
Hire Type: Contract to Hire (Direct Hire available for the right experience)
Pay Rate: $40–$60 per hour (based on experience)
Paid Time Off & Paid Holidays
Three Medical Plan Options
Dental & Vision Coverage
401(k) Retirement Plan
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- Design and develop a fully parametric Revit family library for complex construction equipment and components
- Build flexible, production-grade families that adapt to varying project conditions using advanced parameters and formulas
- Ensure all families are optimized for BIM coordination, performance, and interoperability
- Develop families that support automated bill of materials (BOM) generation through accurate parameter integration
- Create nested and shared families with proper scheduling, tagging, and data extraction capabilities
- Establish and maintain naming conventions, parameter structures, and modeling standards
- Ensure compatibility across Revit environments and seamless integration into contractor models
- Develop a Revit project template including sheet layouts, title blocks, and standardized views
- Configure annotation families, view templates, and documentation standards aligned with current drawing outputs
- Collaborate with engineering and drafting teams to define requirements and validate deliverables
- Create user guides, training materials, and recorded sessions for long-term usability
- Participate in project reviews, milestone deliverables, and continuous improvement of modeling standards
- 5+ years of dedicated experience in Revit family creation (not general BIM modeling)
- Proven expertise building complex parametric families for industrial or mechanical equipment
- Advanced proficiency with Revit Family Editor, including nested families, shared parameters, and parametric modeling
- Experience developing BIM-ready content for coordination environments (Navisworks, BIM 360, etc.)
- Strong understanding of Level of Development (LOD 300–350) standards
- Experience creating families optimized for performance, scalability, and interoperability
- Ability to translate 2D drawings or CAD models into Revit-native parametric families
- Familiarity with AutoCAD and/or 3D CAD tools such as SolidWorks
- Experience with Dynamo, Revit API, or automation tools is a plus
- Background in construction equipment, heavy industrial systems, or mechanical design preferred
Meet Your Recruiter
Senior Technical Recruiter
Galen is a Senior Technical Recruiter at Sterling Engineering with nearly 14 years of recruiting and talent acquisition experience, spanning agency leadership, high-volume technical recruiting, and executive-level client partnership. Since joining Sterling in February 2026, he has brought a strategic, relationship-driven approach to supporting candidates and clients across manufacturing, industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and more.
Galen is dedicated to solving complex hiring challenges and building trusted, long-term partnerships with candidates, hiring managers, and executives. He takes the time to understand each person’s experience, goals, and career ambitions so he can help connect them with opportunities that align with both their skills and long-term direction.
For Galen, recruiting is about being an advocate and facilitator during important moments of transition and opportunity. He genuinely enjoys learning what motivates people and helping them take meaningful next steps in their careers while supporting companies in building strong, high-performing teams.