2 Port City Land Surveying Pllc Jobs

We are currently looking for an experienced Land Surveying Party Chief for a full time position in the Vienna,  Virginia  area. Successful candidate coordinates the activities of a field survey party and performs the most technically complex paraprofessional field surveying duties.

Responsibilities

• Acts as the chief party for field survey crews engaged in making plane and / or geodetic surveys for construction, topography, right-of-way, and control survey projects
• Participate in pre-survey planning meetings with project managers, resident engineers, and contracting representatives
• Assigns and monitors work, and provides input for evaluation of members of field survey crew
• Instructions and trainings survey crew in survey and mapping methods, use of equipment, and field safety procedures
• Gathers field survey data through use of conventional and Global Positioning System (GPS) methods:

• Sets up, adjusts, and operates surveying equipment, including electronic total station, data collector, and GPS equipment, to measure distances, elevations, and angles
• Provides survey information for Geographic Information System (GIS)
• Prepare finished grade sheets, topographic maps, records of survey, corner records, and other survey reports
• Researches existing record information, including record maps, plans, deeds, easements, and right-of-way documents; and maintains field data records, survey project files, and indexing systems

Requirements

• 5 (five) years of paraprofessional civil engineering experience, including at least one year of journey-level surveying experience
• Knowledge of principles and practices of land surveying, including boundary determination, legal descriptions, construction, topographic surveying, and GIS
• Knowledge of field surveying practices and techniques, including radial staking
• Knowledge of survey instruments, including electronic total station, data collector, network control stations, and GPS measuring equipment;
• Knowledge of the laws, rules, and regulations regarding subdivisions of land, boundary locations, mapping, and surveying practices

Please apply for immediate consideration. Thank you!