Freese and Nichols is seeking a CAD Technician to join our Fort Worth or El Paso, Texas office, who can learn and refer to FNI CAD Standards and follows instruction per direction from PM, Designers and Lead CAD Staff. Candidate will prepare simple engineering and construction drawings. Interprets sketches and markups to incorporate into sheets. Apply revisions from markups and backchecks work. Places and manages files according to CAD Standards and prepares final drawings as well as other duties as assigned.

• Utilizes FNI CAD Standards and follows instructions per direction from PM, Designers, and Lead CAD Staff.
• Prepares routine to moderately-difficult engineering and construction drawings.
• Interprets sketches and markups to incorporate into sheets.
• Applies revisions from markups and backchecks work.
• Places and manages files according to BIM/CAD Standards and prepares final drawings.
• Utilizes surveyor data.
• Prepares accurate and complete layouts, cross-sections, and production documents with direct input from the Designer or Engineer.
• Coaches CAD Staff
• Other duties as assigned. This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties and activities may change at any time.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Experience: 2 years experience performing BIM/CAD functions in a 3D environment. Aptitude for mathematics, reading drawings and maps, 3D visualization, and a moderate degree of computer and BIM/CAD software competency.
• Education: High School diploma or equivalent. Associate degree in BIM/CAD drafting and design preferred.

Preferred

• Experience with Autodesk Civil 3D and/or Revit

About Freese and Nichols

At the heart of our culture is our LEADS values (Learn continuously, Engage as family, Act with integrity, Deliver quality, and Serve always).  Each year, our employee engagement survey confirms that our leaders and our employees live our values.

We strive to be the firm of choice for clients and employees through innovative approaches, practical results, and outstanding service.  For more than 130 years, we have been planning and designing the infrastructure our communities need:  developing water supplies, designing roadways and bridges, preparing for natural disasters, and much more.

Besides our comprehensive benefits package (see more at https://www.freese.com/services/benefits-that-work/), we offer paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico.  We are proud of our flexible work environment which includes a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work, and an alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday.

Join our team of 1,300+ employees as we grow from Virginia to Colorado. Learn more about working here at https://www.freese.com/careers/.

Freese and Nichols is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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