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Assistant City Surveyor

City of Durham, NC
Durham, NC Full Time
POSTED ON 4/17/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/5/2025

Salary : $76,399.00 - $118,415.00 Annually

Location : Durham, NC

Job Type : Full time with benefits

Job Number : 24-05208

Department : Public Works

Opening Date : 12 / 30 / 2024

Closing Date : Continuous

Position Description

Work. Serve. Thrive. With the City of Durham

Advance in your career while making a real difference in the community you serve.

Hiring Range : $76,399 - $97,407 ($36.73 - $46.83)

Hours : 8 : 00 a.m. - 5 : 00 p.m. Monday - Friday

  • Hybrid schedule of up to 3 days a week upon successful completion of probationary period.

Top-notch management, highly qualified, competent staff and opportunities for career advancement and professional success make the City of Durham's Public Works Department a great place to work. We create the foundation on which Durham is built, using innovative methods that support the City's growth and enhance our quality of life. If growing professionally while serving your community is for you, bring your skills to Durham!

Duties / Responsibilities

  • Serves as a professional surveyor for the City of Durham to provide project support and project management duties for a variety of the City of Durham Public Works Survey Projects. Projects may consist of non-gravity utilities, gravity storm water systems, city park surveys, city property surveys and transportation related improvement projects. Will be required to provide management and project oversight for assigned survey projects, provide detail list of work to be completed for each project, communicate these items to the survey field crew, process conventional data, level data and GPS data, be familiar with the NC State Plane Coordinate System, provide final mapping as needed for design purposes, provide easement exhibits, recordable plats and legal descriptions.
  • Attends meetings on all types of survey / engineering systems and interacts with internal and external customers and provide assistance as needed.
  • Provides technical and administrative support to supervising professional; responding to and investigating questions or concerns; and typing and sending technical correspondence.
  • Minimum Qualifications & Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in survey or a directly related field OR equivalent experience.
  • Survey Intern Certification with at least five years of survey or engineering related experience.
  • Requires a valid North Carolina Class C Driver's License with a satisfactory driving record acquired within a time frame established by the City.
  • Requires CAD experience with AutoCAD, Micro Station, Carlson or related CAD packages.
  • Additional Preferred Skills

  • Certification as a Professional Surveyor.
  • Benefits - General Full-Time Employees

  • 12-13 paid holidays per year
  • 13 standard work days of vacation per year
  • 13 standard work days of sick leave per year, which accumulates indefinitely; sick leave may be used toward early retirement
  • 2 weeks paid military leave per year
  • Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental life insurance plans
  • State and City retirement plans
  • Short and long term disability plans
  • Paid temporary disability leave for specified conditions
  • City contribution of 13.6% into the N.C. State Retirement System
  • Paid funeral leave
  • Employee Assistance Program - personal and family counseling
  • Paid life insurance equal to annual salary
  • 48 hours for volunteer work each year
  • 4 hours parental leave each year
  • Workman's Compensation Insurance
  • 457 Deferred Compensation Plans
  • Benefits - Part-Time (1,000 hours or more per year)

  • 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
  • State retirement plan
  • Benefits Part-Time (Average 30 hours per week over 12 month period)

  • 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
  • State retirement plan effective first day of the month following date of hire
  • Health insurance effective first day of the month following date of hire
  • Dental and life insurance, after one year of service
  • Pro-rated vacation, pro-rated sick, pro-rated floating holiday, parttime holiday pay (based on scheduled hours for that day) after one year of service
  • Where did you first hear about this opportunity?

  • City of Durham Website
  • Walk in
  • Job fair
  • Employee referral
  • Professional organization
  • Please list the organization in "other" box below
  • Internet posting
  • Please list the specific web site in the "other" box below
  • Craig's List
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • GlassDoor
  • governmentjobs.com
  • Monster.com
  • Employment Security Commission
  • Magazine / Newspaper
  • Other
  • If you listed "other" above please give specific web site, organization, or publication.

    Please select your highest level of COMPLETED education.

  • Less than a High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)
  • High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED, HiSET, TASC)
  • Associates Degree
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Master's Degree
  • Doctoral Degree (PhD, Juris Doctorate)
  • How many years of survey or engineering related experience do you have?

  • No related experience
  • Less than 1 year of related experience
  • 1 year but less than 5 years related experience
  • 5 years but less than 9 years related experience
  • 9 years but less than 13 years related experience
  • 13 or more years related experience
  • Do you have CAD experience with AutoCAD, Micro Station, Carlson orrelated CAD packages?

    Do you have a Survey Intern Certification?

    Do you have a valid, unrestricted, North Carolina driver's license? (If you have a valid license from a State other than North Carolina, you must be willing and able to obtain a valid, unrestricted NC driver's license within 60 days of hire).

  • I have a valid, unrestricted NC driver's license.
  • I have a valid license from another State and I am willing to obtain a valid, unrestricted NC driver's license within 60 days.
  • I do not have a valid, unrestricted driver's license.
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