Professional land surveyor

Summary

The Professional Land Surveyor 2 leads a variety of surveying tasks including topographic surveys, boundary surveys, preparing legal descriptions, mapping, 3D scanning, and more.

The person in this position is expected to exercise a strong work ethic, organizational skills, leadership, and reliability.

A Professional Land Surveyor 2 should demonstrate advanced proficiency with survey fundamentals and be able to quickly learn and apply new survey skills with limited oversight from others.

This person is expected to work well with others, absorb and apply constructive criticism, and seek guidance from more experienced members of the team as necessary.

Job Responsibilities and Duties

To be successful in this position, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or ability required.

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

Software

• Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) - Proficient
• Market Sector Software - Proficient Trimble Business CenterTrimble AccessCAD processing softwarePoint Cloud extraction software
• Substantial understanding of field surveying equipment use, care and storage

Technical Expertise

• Fully proficient understanding of specific surveying services
• Performs moderately complex tasks independently
• Effectively divides projects into individual tasks
• Leads projects
• Conducts quality control of basic deliverables

Teamwork

Team player, able to follow on large, complex projects and lead a small team on moderately complicated tasks, anticipates the needs of other technical disciplines and takes responsibility for their results.

Project Delivery

Produces the following independently and assist others in the field, office or both. Field data including :

• Clear and concise field notes
• Basic equipment maintenance checks
• Topographic data collection
• Monument field recovery

Produces the following under limited direction / oversight from others in the office :

• Basic boundary resolutions
• Basic construction calculations
• Control network planning
• Point cloud extractions
• Research of public records
• Basic construction layout
• Remote sensing data

Understanding Budget and Schedule

Strong understanding of scopes, schedules, and budgets. Able to predict and deliver individual tasks within a set level of effort.

Able to consistently meet scope, schedule, and budget expectations on projects. Assists with the scoping, planning, and budget creation on more complex tasks.

Industry Standards and Regulations

Provide mentoring to staff on industry or client standards such as the following :

• ALTA surveys
• Local platting, surveying standards
• ASPRS
• BLM cadastral surveys
• Client standards

Client Interaction

Frequent direct communications with clients to resolve technical issues on moderate to complex projects. Leads client project meetings.

Understands appropriate messaging. Understands legal risks.

Other

Other duties as assigned.

Level of Work / Accountability

Performs moderate to advanced levels of professional services resolution. Operates with a high level of autonomy. Reviews the work of others.

May perform some assistant project management tasks. Provides technical guidance on proposals.

Supervisory Duties

May be a supervisor :

• Organizes workflow and ensures that employees understand their duties or delegated tasks
• Recruits and hires new employees
• Implements training for new hires and identifies training opportunities for current staff
• Communicates information from leadership to employees and vice versa
• Monitors employee productivity and provides constructive feedback and coaching
• Sets goals for performance and deadlines in ways that comply with company’s plans and vision and communicates them to employees
• Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations
• Decides on reward and promotion based on performance
• Handles discipline and termination of employees as needed and in accordance with company policy

Education and / or Experience

• Associate’s or Bachelor's Degree preferred
• Years of experience required : 6 years

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• PLS required
• Must have a valid driver’s license and a good driving record

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Ability to create and interpret graphs and understand statistical analysis.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

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

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to sit. The employee is required to talk and hear.

The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and use hands. The employee may occasionally lift and / or move up to 40 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

Able to cut brush using chain saw or machete. Able to dig with shovel or digging bars, use a jack hammer and sledgehammer, and drive in stakes and rebar (monuments).

Able to walk and hike through rough terrain, snow, and ice. Able to routinely lift and carry between 30 and 50 pounds. May need to work at remote sites.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this position.

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

Work may be split between the field and office. Field work is performed outdoors during year-round weather conditions. Work ranges from high-density urban to extremely remote settings.

Individuals must be prepared to adapt quickly from one extreme to the other.

In the field : The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to moderately loud due to the proximity to construction sites and related equipment.

In the office : The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Geographical locations are taken into consideration with respect to compensation.

Last updated : 2024-03-22