Surveyor

Bouygues Construction; Muswellbrook Shire Council; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Bouygues Construction in Australia is seeking a Surveyor to provide professional support for precise measurements, boundary determination and data related to land features for engineering, construction and related projects.

You will prepare sketches and documents, verify data, coordinate with engineers and clients, operate surveying instruments, and ensure accuracy of elevation, location and boundaries across site surveys.

Qualifications

• Degree or post-secondary school training or TAFE certificate in Surveying
• 3-5 Years’ experience in all aspects of Construction/ Engineering Surveying
• Coordination and negotiation skills
• Technical knowledge and profit minded
• Methodical, have authority, be available, attentive, able to be objective, be tenacious and have a sense of responsibility

Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain sketches, maps, reports, and legal descriptions of surveys in order to describe, certify, and assume liability for work performed
• Verify the accuracy of survey data, including measurements and calculations conducted at survey sites
• Direct or conduct surveys in order to establish legal boundaries for properties, based on legal deeds and titles
• Record the results of surveys, including the shape, contour, location, elevation, and dimensions of land or land features
• Calculate heights, depths, relative positions, property lines, and other characteristics of terrain
• Prepare or supervise preparation of all data, charts, plots, maps, records, and documents related to surveys
• Write descriptions of property boundary surveys for use in deeds, leases, or other legal documents
• Plan and conduct ground surveys designed to establish baselines, elevations, and other geodetic measurements
• Search legal records, survey records, and land titles in order to obtain information about property boundaries in areas to be surveyed
• Coordinate findings with the work of engineering and architectural personnel, clients, and others concerned with projects
• Adjust surveying instruments in order to maintain their accuracy
• Establish fixed points for use in making maps, using geodetic and engineering instruments
• Determine longitudes and latitudes of important features and boundaries in survey areas, using theodolites, transits, levels, and satellite-based global positioning systems (GPS)
• Analyse survey objectives and specifications in order to prepare survey proposals or to direct others in survey proposal preparation
• Compute geodetic measurements and interpret survey data in order to determine positions, shapes, and elevations of geomorphic and topographic features
• Develop criteria for survey methods and procedures
• Develop criteria for the design and modification of survey instruments
• Conduct research in surveying and mapping methods, using knowledge of techniques of photogrammetric map compilation and electronic data processing
• Locate and mark sites selected for geophysical prospecting activities
• Survey bodies of water in order to determine navigable channels and to secure data for construction of breakwaters, piers, and other marine structures
• Determine specifications for photographic equipment to be used for aerial photography, as well as altitudes from which to photograph terrain

Skills

Coordination and negotiation

Technical knowledge

Methodical

Authority

Attention to detail

Education

Surveying degree or equivalent

Tools

Theodolites

GPS

Job description

POSITION OBJECTIVE

The Surveyor will provide a professional and effective support service for making exact measurements and determine property boundaries and providing data relevant to the shape, contour, gravitation, location, elevation, or dimension of land or land features on or near the earth's surface for engineering, mapmaking, mining, land evaluation, construction, and other purposes.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Degree or post-secondary school training or TAFE certificate in Surveying
• 3-5 Years’ experience in all aspects of Construction/ Engineering Surveying
• Coordination and negotiation skills
• Technical knowledge and profit minded.
• Methodical, have authority, be available, attentive, able to be objective, be tenacious and have a sense of responsibility.

KEY RESULT AREAS/RESPONSIBILTIES

• Prepare and maintain sketches, maps, reports, and legal descriptions of surveys in order to describe, certify, and assume liability for work performed
• Verify the accuracy of survey data, including measurements and calculations conducted at survey sites
• Direct or conduct surveys in order to establish legal boundaries for properties, based on legal deeds and titles
• Record the results of surveys, including the shape, contour, location, elevation, and dimensions of land or land features
• Calculate heights, depths, relative positions, property lines, and other characteristics of terrain
• Prepare or supervise preparation of all data, charts, plots, maps, records, and documents related to surveys
• Write descriptions of property boundary surveys for use in deeds, leases, or other legal documents
• Plan and conduct ground surveys designed to establish baselines, elevations, and other geodetic measurements
• Search legal records, survey records, and land titles in order to obtain information about property boundaries in areas to be surveyed
• Coordinate findings with the work of engineering and architectural personnel, clients, and others concerned with projects
• Adjust surveying instruments in order to maintain their accuracy
• Establish fixed points for use in making maps, using geodetic and engineering instruments
• Determine longitudes and latitudes of important features and boundaries in survey areas, using theodolites, transits, levels, and satellite-based global positioning systems (GPS)
• Analyse survey objectives and specifications in order to prepare survey proposals or to direct others in survey proposal preparation
• Compute geodetic measurements and interpret survey data in order to determine positions, shapes, and elevations of geomorphic and topographic features
• Develop criteria for survey methods and procedures
• Develop criteria for the design and modification of survey instruments
• Conduct research in surveying and mapping methods, using knowledge of techniques of photogrammetric map compilation and electronic data processing
• Locate and mark sites selected for geophysical prospecting activities
• Survey bodies of water in order to determine navigable channels and to secure data for construction of breakwaters, piers, and other marine structures
• Determine specifications for photographic equipment to be used for aerial photography, as well as altitudes from which to photograph terrain