At ESS, the Surveying Intern has the opportunity to work side by side with an experienced Surveying Technician while learning and applying survey knowledge to a job site, getting introduced to construction flow, in-depth plan reading, and real world-hands on field experience.
Our on-the-job training will focus on construction layout using the latest surveying techniques and equipment. As an intern, you will also gain valuable insight to ESS' workflow that will be valuable in your chosen career field. This internship is perfect for someone studying Construction Management as many of our Surveying Interns progress into Full-Time Surveying Technicians and some have developed into Project Managers and Estimators.
Duties/Responsibilities:
General duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Sets up, adjusts, and operates surveying instruments
- Calibrate sites for GPS rovers and GPS Machine Control
- Troubleshoot GPS Machine Control
- Construction layout; storm structures, sanitary structures, water line, pavement, etc.
- Works from engineering plans to establish lines and grades for construction purposes; keeps engineering notes and records of data secured
- Provide work control lines and elevations that are required for accurate measurement and correct installation of materials by crafts
- Provide topographic and cross-section surveys as required for planning and payment quantities
- Provide quantity calculations as required
- Prepare documentation of surveying activities
- Coordinate surveying activities with jobsite all site and operations personnel
- Be safety minded
- Client focused, need to be able to communicate with an operator and client and any given time
- Represent the company in a professional manner on and off the job
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)