What are the responsibilities and job description for the SURVEY PARTY CHIEF I / Emergency Appointment Fire position at Los Angeles County Department of Human Resources?
TYPE OF RECRUITMENT: OPEN COMPETITIVE - EMERGENCY
We will be begin accepting applications on April 3, 2025, at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time (PT). We will keep accepting applications until the position is filled. The application window may close unexpectedly once we have enough qualified candidates.
EXAM NUMBER: C3893P-FR
The LA County Board of Supervisors has unanimously ratified a Proclamation of Local Emergency in response to the windstorms and wildfires (Download PDF reader), including the Palisades and Eaton Fires, that have devastated communities across the County. We are looking for qualified and passionate individuals to assist the County in mobilizing resources and support needed to help our residents recover and rebuild. If you are looking for a new career that will directly benefit the population of LA County, this may be the opportunity for you.
The Department of Public Works is seeking qualified candidates to fill an emergency Survey Party Chief I vacancy related to this unprecedented natural disaster.
Under the emergency order, applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days, with an opportunity for permanent County employment.
Before the end of your initial work period, you will be assessed on your work performance. This assessment will be weighted 100%.
Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment to Survey Party Chief I.
Essential Job Functions
A Survey Party Chief I is responsible for a combination of the following job functions:
- Directs the field survey crew's activities in performing control, right of way, center-line, construction, hydrographic and topographic surveys.
- Utilizes tract and parcel maps, construction and structural design plans, field notes, survey records, regulations pertaining to the job, safety, and survey practices and land law.
- Analyzes survey information for completeness or need of additional survey data.
- Interprets and makes take-offs from plans for: (1) plan and profile and cross section data of streets; (2) grade line, location and size of drainage structures, culverts, head walls and foundations; and (3) survey control points.
- Plans and outlines procedures to be followed by the survey crew during the performance of the survey reconnaissance, staking, elevation determination and angle measurement.
- Makes survey calculations of gradients, curve data, closures and adjustments in connection with the field work to ensure its accuracy for compliance with work instructions, and prepares and checks grade sheets.
- Supervises the installation and placement of survey monuments, witness markers, center-line ties, reference points, and tagging of all permanent and semi-permanent survey points.
- Draws, sketches, or provides the Survey Technician II with the plans showing the computed angles, offsets, and deflections to stake horizontal and vertical curves.
- Maintains records of field survey data by drawing field notes, recording notes in tabular form, or electronic data collection for the general surveys, topography, cross sections, bench mark level runs and construction staking.
- Prepares time sheets, vehicle mileage sheets, and productivity records and maintains daily log of unusual events and conducts safety tailgate sessions.
- Meets with the public, inspectors, design engineering and project managers, and utility companies in order to gain access to private properties, determine the staking needs for construction projects, relocation of storm drains, sewers, bridges and roads, and for the relocation of utilities in relation to proposed road or structural improvements.
- Resolves personnel difficulties which interferes with efficient survey crew operation.
- Instructs and trains members of assigned survey crew in the performance of their duties.
- Operates a depth recorder and/or power boat in making hydrographic surveys, as needed.
- Drives a survey vehicle to various and remote facilities throughout the County.
The duties listed are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to this class.
Requirements
Option I: Five years of experience as a Survey Technician I, three years of which must have been in the performance of assignments operating a variety of survey equipment and assisting in the planning of survey assignments.
Option II: Two years of field survey experience in the operation of all precision instruments used by a survey crew including levels, total stations, electronic data collectors, transits, theodolites, and electronic distance measuring instruments at the level of Survey Technician II.
LICENSE:
A valid California Class C Driver License is required to perform job-related essential functions.
Successful applicants for positions that require driving must obtain and present a copy of his/her driving record from the California State Department of Motor Vehicles before final appointment. Applicants should not present a copy of their driving history until asked to do so by the hiring department. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether an applicant's driving history has a direct or adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job. License must not be currently suspended, restricted, or revoked.
You MUST meet the requirement(s) in order to be appointed to fill any vacancies related to this recruitment.
PHYSICAL CLASS:
Physical Class III - Moderate: This class requires that the incumbent stand or walk most of the time with bending, stooping, squatting, twisting, reaching, working on irregular surfaces, occasional lifting of objects weighing over 25 pounds, and frequent lifting of 10-25 pounds.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENT INFORMATION:
- Experience at the level of Los Angeles County Survey Technician II is defined as: Operates all precision instruments used by a survey crew. For a fuller description of work performed, refer to County of Los Angeles Class Specifications for Survey Technician II.
EXAM CONTENT:
Before the end of your emergency assignment, the appointing department will evaluate your performance. Those who achieve a passing score on this evaluation will be considered for permanent appointment.
Additional Information
APPLICATION & FILING INFORMATION:
Applications must be submitted online only and will be reviewed for interview consideration on an ongoing basis. If you have not been contacted within 60 days and the recruitment is still open or reopens for filing, we encourage you to submit a new application. This will allow you to reaffirm your interest and update any relevant information.
All notifications will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application, so it is important that you provide a valid email address. Please add NMondragon@dpw.lacounty.gov, PWexams@dpw.lacounty.gov, noreply@governmentjobs.com, and info@governmentjobs.com, as well as the domains dpw.lacounty.gov and hr.lacounty.gov, to your email address and list of approved senders to prevent email notifications from being filtered as spam/junk/clutter mail.
You have the ability to opt out of emails from LA County. If you unsubscribe, you will not receive any email notification for any examination for which you apply with Los Angeles County. Regardless of whether you choose to unsubscribe, you can always check for notifications by logging into governmentjobs.com and viewing your profile inbox, which saves a copy of all emailed notices.
Plan to submit your online application as soon as possible as you may be required to verify your email address. This only needs to be done once per email address, and if you already have a job seeker account on www.governmentjobs.com/careers/lacounty, you can verify at any time by logging in and following the prompts. This is to enhance the security of your online application and to ensure you do not enter an incorrect email address.
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER: Federal law requires that all employed persons have a Social Security Number, so please include yours when applying.
COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS AT PUBLIC LIBRARIES: Candidates who may not have regular access to a computer or the internet, applications can be completed on computers at public libraries throughout Los Angeles County.
NO SHARING OF USER ID, E-MAIL, AND PASSWORD: All applicants must file their application using their own user ID and password. Using a family member or friend’s user ID and password may erase a candidate’s original application record.
ANTI-RACISM, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION (ARDI): The County of Los Angeles recognizes and affirms that all people are created equal and are entitled to all rights afforded by the Constitution of the United States. We are committed to promoting Anti-racism, Diversity, and Inclusion efforts to address the inequalities and disparities amongst race. We support the ARDI Strategic Plan and its goals by improving equality, diversity, and inclusion in recruitment, selection, and employment practices.
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
Dept Contact Name: Neal Mondragon
Dept Contact Phone: (626) 458-2141
Dept Contact Email: PWExams@dpw.lacounty.gov
Teletype Number: (626) 282-7829
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
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Testing Accommodations for Applicants:
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Fair Chance:
The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except as otherwise permissible under applicable laws, you will not be asked to provide information about conviction history unless you receive a conditional offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct and adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and will also consider potential mitigating factors, which may include, but is not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency of the offense(s), and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about conviction history, any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).
Employment Eligibility:
Final appointment is contingent upon verification of U.S. citizenship or the right to work in the United States.
Career PathFinder:
Resources to help current and prospective employees plan a career with Los Angeles County are available. To explore career paths to and from nearly all job titles, please visit our interactive Career PathFinder application at http://career-pathfinder.hr.lacounty.gov.
Revised January 2025
