Construction Intelligence Researcher

About Buildots

Buildots is the world’s most advanced construction intelligence platform. By comparing schedules and BIM against site reality, its advanced AI transforms granular data into insights that unlock operational excellence.

Fortune 500 contractors and owners trust Buildots, including HOCHTIEF, Bouygues, Intel, NCC and VINCI Construction. Its impact is proven at every scale, from multi-family projects to multi-gigawatt data centers.

With over $160M raised and major expansion planned for 2026, this is a unique opportunity to join a fast-scaling company reshaping one of the world’s largest industries.

About the Role

We are establishing the Buildots Intelligence Lab, a dedicated research team tasked with transforming the construction industry into a data-driven one. We are looking for a Construction Intelligence Researcher to be the creative heart of this team.

You will be the "Construction Geek" who bridges the gap between the chaotic reality of construction sites and organizations alike and the structured world of data.

Your mission is to define the new "ruler" for the industry. This role blends invention with deep discovery. You will not only conceptualize your own novel metrics but also research the market, speak with industry leaders, and collect ideas to understand what truly matters to construction executives today. By combining these external insights with Buildots' unique data, you will define proprietary metrics, uncover counter-intuitive insights about how projects actually perform, and establish the benchmarks that the industry will look to for guidance. You will work side-by-side with a technical Data Analyst to validate your theories, but you are the one defining what we measure and why it matters.

What You’ll Do:

• Research and publish New Performance Metrics for the construction industry: Use your deep construction knowledge to conceptualize new ways to measure project health, risk, and efficiency.
• Exploratory Research & Insight Generation: "Play" with our massive dataset to find the stories hidden in the numbers. Ask the hard questions and dig until you find the data-backed answer.
• Define the "Physics" of Construction Data: Act as the domain expert for the Lab. You will translate construction logic (schedules, logistics, trade flows) into data requirements that our technical analysts can query and code.
• Benchmarking & Industry Standards: Lead the creation of industry-wide benchmarks. Analyze aggregated data to determine what "good" actually looks like across different sectors and regions.
• Author Data-Driven Narratives: Turn your research into compelling insights. Collaborate with our marketing team to turn raw findings into "Deep Dive" reports and bite-sized insights that challenge the industry's status quo.
• Continuous Iteration: Constantly test your metrics against reality. Review findings with customers and internal experts to ensure our "Intelligence Engine" reflects the true pulse of the job site.

Requirements:

• Construction Expertise: 2+ years of hands-on experience in Project Management, Planning/Scheduling, or VDC/BIM roles (or equivalent experience in Construction Tech). You must understand the "physics" of construction, how trades interact, how schedules are built (and broken), and the root causes of inefficiency.
• A "Data Geek" Mindset: You don't need to be a coder, but you must be obsessed with data. You are the person who loves complex Excel spreadsheets, you think in graphs, enjoys finding patterns, and believes that everything can (and should) be measured.
• Creative & Analytical: You have the ability to look at a standard construction problem (e.g., "delays") and invent a novel, mathematical way to quantify it. You are comfortable dealing with abstract concepts and turning them into concrete definitions.
• Curiosity & Obsession: You are naturally curious. You aren't satisfied with "that's just how construction works." You have a burning desire to understand the why and prove it with facts.
• Strong Communicator: You can explain complex construction logic to data scientists, and complex data insights to construction executives.
• Technical Literacy: Proficiency in Excel is required. Familiarity with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau) or scheduling software (P6, Asta) is a major advantage.

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