Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, LES is customer-owned and is one of the nation’s leading utility companies. We are recognized for low costs, unmatched reliability, financial stability, cutting-edge innovation, environmental stewardship, and community engagement. We pride ourselves on delivering exceptional customer service while fostering a culture that celebrates passion, talent, and high standards. If you're not just looking for a job but a fulfilling career in a workplace that values excellence, the environment, and the community we call home, LES might just be the perfect fit for you. Join us and power a brighter future!
- LES is interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States.
- LES is unable to sponsor employment-based immigrant or non-immigrant visas.
- This is not a remote position and requires residency within a reasonable commuting distance to LES in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Technician, BIM - CAD |
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Employment Type |
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FULL-TIME |
$60,000.00 - $87,500.00 |
10/22/2026 |
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Employment Classification |
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Regular |
Technology Services |
11/5/2026 |
Lincoln Electric System is seeking a detail-oriented, self-sufficient BIM-CAD Technician to support the design and documentation of substation wiring and associated electrical systems, as well as the maintenance of related records. The ideal candidate will be highly organized, take ownership of complex technical assignments, produce accurate and consistent drawings and records, and provide exceptional customer service to engineers, operations teams, contractors, and other stakeholders. This position is well suited for someone who works effectively both independently and collaboratively, communicates clearly, and is committed to delivering reliable, high-quality results.
JOB SUMMARY
Responsible for performing technical functions related to Building Information Modeling (BIM), Computer-Aided Design (CAD), and geospatial systems to support engineering, construction, operations, and asset management activities. Produces and maintains 2D drawings, 3D models, BIM data, engineering records, and related repositories while conducting field research, verifying engineering information, and supporting design and research initiatives. Partners with internal stakeholders to ensure the accuracy, consistency, and integrity of engineering records and digital design information. Consistent and reliable attendance is required.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND CORE COMPETENCIES
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Produces complex 2D drawing plans and 3D models of civil, mechanical, architectural, structural, electrical, and other emerging highly technical assets that are associated with new or renovated construction including but not limited to utility extensions, brownfield, and greenfield construction.
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Designs technical drawings, visualization models, and maintains related records. Performs updates to BIM & CAD system records, SharePoint, SAP, and applicable databases.
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Research records, collects data, and performs field work to verify engineering drawings, CAD, and GIS information.
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Inspects, collects, and verifies data for both GIS and CAD system records per LES procedures.
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Creates guidelines and procedures that ensure enterprise drawing consistency. This would include design drawing guidelines, digital data submission guidelines, BIM/CAD workflow guides, Autodesk best practices for data maintenance.
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Modifies engineering construction drawings per field notes, records, and databases utilizing LES standards and procedures. Reports design or record discrepancies and adverse facility conditions to appropriate personnel.
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Creates output from Design systems, including plots, reports, and drawings for various departments, contractors, utilities, and government agencies.
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Supports crisis/emergency situations and outage restoration work for the department, when necessary, and maintains disaster recovery and backup systems.
Technician II, BIM-CAD
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Demonstrates applied knowledge of BIM, CAD, geospatial systems, engineering documentation, digital design practices, and related engineering, construction, asset management, and cross-functional business processes.
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Completes BIM, CAD, modeling, documentation, and field verification projects independently with limited guidance.
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Exercises judgment within established engineering standards, organizational procedures, and BIM/CAD best practices.
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Takes ownership of assigned BIM/CAD projects, engineering documentation, field verification activities, and operational deliverables while ensuring accurate and timely results.
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Proactively identifies opportunities to improve workflows, documentation standards, modeling practices, and engineering processes.
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Provides updates regarding project status, technical issues, and operational activities to project teams and stakeholders.
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Collaborates effectively across Engineering, Technology Services, Operations, contractors, consultants, and other internal and external partners.
Job- Related Skills and Professional Expectations
Successful candidates should demonstrate the ability to:
Accountability - Holds self and others responsible for goals, outcomes, deadlines, and objectives and follows through on commitments. Takes accountability for delivering on commitments; owns mistakes and uses them as opportunities for learning and development.
Communication - Expresses ideas and information in a clear and concise manner whether verbally, written, or other means; tailors message to fit the interests and needs of the audience; delivers information in a manner that is interesting and compelling.
Customer Focus - Putting customers, both internal and external, at the center of business decisions in order to identify and respond to current and future customer needs. Builds customer confidence, is committed to increasing customer satisfaction, sets achievable customer expectations, assumes responsibility for solving customer problems, ensures commitments to customers are met, solicits opinions and ideas from customers, responds to internal customers.
Initiative - Takes action on their own without being prompted; handles problems independently; able to resolve issues without relying on extensive help from others; does more than is expected or asked.
Quality Orientation - Holds self and others to being attentive to detail and accuracy, maintains high quality work, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems while encouraging a quality focus in others. -
Teamwork - The ability to effectively interact, cooperate, collaborate, and manage conflicts with other people. Shows enthusiasm toward being a member of the group; actively participates in team meetings and activities; leverages the skills and interests of coworkers to achieve goals and solve problems; supports team decisions.
OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED
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Proficient in 3D modeling or CAD design software.
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Understanding of electrical principles and construction standards preferred.
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Ability to collect highly accurate point cloud and Survey data for use in design and construction.
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Ability to apply knowledge of transmission, substation, and distribution design principles.
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Ability to apply knowledge of architectural and engineering design plans.
REQUIRED EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
Technician, BIM-CAD - ($60,000 – $75,000) Two years of BIM, modeling, AutoCAD, or related design experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.
Technician II, BIM-CAD - ($70,000 - $87,500) Four years of BIM, modeling, AutoCAD, geospatial systems, or related design experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.
REQUIRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
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Valid driver’s license
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