Associate Land Surveyor
$83,200–$104,000 year
On-sitePalm Desert, California, United States
Job Summary
Review and oversee survey work products to ensure accuracy, quality, and compliance. Manage and coordinate office and field survey workloads, including project research, logistics, and legal description preparation. Supervise field crews or serve as field crew chief while performing data reduction, calculations, and staking using instruments like total stations and GPS. Conduct quality control checks on field books and computations, and perform mathematical calculations and data checks. Work on control, boundary, subdivision, topographic, and design surveys, as well as hydrographic and aerial mapping projects. This full-time, 100% in-office role in Palm Desert, CA, requires LSIT certification and 5+ years of surveying experience. Compensation ranges from $40.00 to $50.00 per hour with relocation assistance.
Required Qualifications
- LSIT Required
- Professional Land Surveyor registration certification is desired
- Must be able to work in the office 100% in Palm Desert, CA
- A minimum of 5 years of surveying and mapping experience is required
- Relocation assistance will be provided for the right candidate
- 3+ years of project management experience preferred
- Experience in the use of lidar scanning (terrestrial, mobile, aerial) data registration/extraction
- UAV / UAS operation, data acquisition, and data reduction experience a plus
- Must possess good interpersonal skills and effective written and oral communication skills
- Right-of-way mapping and parcel plat drafting
- Must be proficient in the use of total stations, GPS receivers, and data collectors, and GPS reduction software
- Experience in Civil3D with demonstrated survey drafting skills required; excellent Civil3D skills a plus
- Proficiency in Trimble Business Center, StarNet, or similar survey processing software
- Ability to read and understand survey drawings, plans & specifications
- Knowledge of principles of monumentation, staking, and marking
- Hydrographic surveying experience is a plus
- Must be proficient with MS Word and Excel
- Ability to deal effectively and reasonably with stress in the workplace without losing time or undue strain
- Frequently required to sit, walk, and talk or hear
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
- Must be able to sit for extended periods, work at a computer terminal for extended periods, type/key in data, and answer telephones frequently as needed
- The employee will be required to adhere to the company's policies, safety plan, and the project
Desired Qualifications
- Professional Land Surveyor registration certification is desired
- 3+ years of project management experience preferred
- UAV / UAS operation, data acquisition, and data reduction experience a plus
- Excellent Civil3D skills a plus
- Hydrographic surveying experience is a plus
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