Survey Office Technician I

Looking for a terrific place to build your career and write your own success story?

Balzer & Associates is searching for a Survey Office Technician I. This is an incredible opportunity to lead and grow with an extremely successful firm. At Balzer & Associates, we have been delivering design solutions to clients for over 50 years and are looking for the right team members to contribute to our mission of serving the community. Our employees are recognized as the essential pillars to our development and success; therefore, our focus is on taking exceptional care of not only our clients, but of our team.

When you join our team, you are exposed to all aspects of the design process. As a multi-disciplinary firm, our staff has the unique opportunity to interact, learn, and grow in a collaborative environment where knowledge is gained every day. Our diversity of work and disciplines affords our professionals the opportunity to be involved with a wide variety of projects that provide a foundation on which an outstanding career can be built.

Balzer & Associates offers a competitive, robust benefit package to full-time employees consisting of medical, dental and vision insurance; 401k match; PTO & paid holidays; annual bonus program, discretionary profit sharing, educational reimbursement, employee engagement events, financial wellness education, and other valuable benefits.

Job Summary:

The Survey Office Technician I works under the direction of a Licensed Surveyor and/or other manager in the planning, processing, evaluation, quality control, documentation, reporting, platting and production of survey services and deliverables. The Survey Office Technician I has and develops progressively a working knowledge of land surveying field work, data collection, survey and CADD standards and practices, DPOR's rules and regulations, local ordinances and processes as they pertain to the practice of land surveying, survey services, products and deliverables. The incumbent understands, abides by, enforces, promotes, and innovates on the Standard Office Procedures, Core Values and Principles of the Survey Department and the Company.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Confers by telephone, writing or in person with Land Surveyor, crew chief, clients, colleagues, public officials, contractors and others to ensure satisfactory performance of survey work
• Researches previous survey evidence, maps, deeds, physical evidence, and other records to obtain data needed for surveys
• May visit sites to consider physical evidence
• Must have experience in use of personal computers and various types of surveying / drafting software
• Performs processes on computer to establish property lines, physical locations, contour lines, stakeouts and related maps, plats or exhibits
• Learns & understands basic survey principles
• Develops written and verbal communication skills
• Understands, operates and has appropriate level of knowledge of basic office and survey equipment (tripod setup, prism pole, bypods, and levels)
• Creates and maintains in the base drawing, "Rev Logs", documentation and reports supporting and qualifying the projects work processes, production and progress
• Coordinates findings with work of engineering and architectural personnel, clients, and others concerned with project
• Uses AutoCad/Carlson and other required software effectively to complete work efficiently and accurately

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to read and comprehend instructions and correspondence
• Ability to write correspondence and communicate effectively in written and verbal form
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts
• Ability to translate findings to solve problems and set up jobs
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form
• Ability to understand and carry out detailed written and oral instructions

Physical Requirements:

• The employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear
• The employee is frequently required to stand and walk
• The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds
• The employee may work in outside weather conditions
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate

Education and Experience:

• Associate’s or Bachelor's degree in a related field preferred
• Valid Virginia driver’s license and a satisfactory driving record
• 0-2 years of experience in survey or a related field

Competencies Required:

• Communication
• Computer Skills
• Dependability
• Initiative
• Interpersonal Skills
• Productivity
• Quality
• Sense of Urgency
• Teamwork
• Technical Skills

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.