What are the responsibilities and job description for the Land Surveyor / Crew Chief position at Shive-Hattery?
Overview
The Cedar Rapids and / or Iowa City offices have a full-time Land Surveyor / Crew Chief position available. Duties include but not limited to boundary, topographic, and ALTA / ASCM land title surveys and construction staking including both field and office duties. There is also a possibility of working with UAV (drone) data and 3D scanning. This is a professional path position that provides the opportunity to earn a Professional Land Surveying license with the appropriate formal education.
Requirements
- Minimum three (3) years experience as a Survey Crew Member or new graduate with a two-year technical degree in Surveying or Civil Design.
- Ability to operate and maintain survey equipment including but not limited to robotic total stations, GPS survey equipment, data collectors and automatic levels.
- Strong communication and collaborations skills.
- Perform office functions including boundary research, drafting of plats and topographic surveys, computations and reduction of field notes.
- Be familiar with basic survey calculations including but not limited to percent of slope, angle measurement, bearing and azimuth, coordinates, traverses, differential leveling and horizontal and vertical curves.
- Ability to interpret survey plats and construction plans.
- Establish and set points for construction stakeout projects (curb and gutter, drop inlets, storm sewer, sanitary sewer, water main, etc.)
- Work in a team environment but also be willing to work independently.
- Follow prescribed safety practices for Land Surveying and / or site-specific safety practices.
- Responsible for job specific quality.
- Overnight travel may be required.
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