Senior Survey Technician

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Responsible for the operation, maintenance, and calibration of survey instruments.
• Comprehensive understanding of survey data collection software.
• Observe and inspect construction.
• Responsible for data quality control.
• Understand survey maps and construction drawings and extrapolate data for use in the field.
• Compile clear and concise survey notes and sketches in accordance with the company?s standards.
• A clear understanding and adherence to company standards and procedures.
• Although not the primary responsibility of this position, when needed, a Senior Technician has the ability to perform the responsibilities identified in the Technician job description.
• Ability to perform some of the responsibilities of a Party Chief. May serve as a Party Chief for certain applications.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Work Environment

• Duties are largely performed in a field setting.
• Must be able to work outdoors and on construction sites, exposed to outside environmental conditions ? extreme cold, extreme heat, noise, and atmospheric conditions.
• Must be able to work overtime and weekends to meet project demands.
• Position requires travel (up to 100%); valid driver?s license and acceptable DMV record required.

Physical requirements

• The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands, reach, talk and hear.

• Position requires long hours and physical ability to hike through a variety of terrains while carrying equipment of approximately 50 pounds.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Minimum Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to operate a total station, data collector, level, pipe locator, and GPS equipment.
• Ability to pass and maintain certain Operator Qualifications (OQ) for various covered tasks.
• Basic computer/internet skills and working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite & survey data tools
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates and the general public.

Experience and Education

• High School Diploma.
• Ability to pass the Certified Survey Technician (CST) Level I certification exam and/or Associates Degree in related field and 2-5 years of experience in field surveys OR LSIT.