Field Engineering Technician: Survey & Construction CAD

Genex Systems; Dyersburg (TN); On-site; USD 38,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Genex Systems is hiring an Engineering Technician to support NRCS in Dyersburg, TN, working with landowners, local governments, and NRCS engineers to design, build, and maintain conservation and watershed structures that protect land and communities for the long term.

This role involves field surveying, drafting with AutoCAD and Civil 3D, site inspections, and ensuring compliance with contract and permit requirements, with travel to nearby project sites and outdoor work.

Qualifications

• Interpret engineering and construction drawings and explain them clearly to contractors, landowners, regulators, and government partners.
• Ability to use AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and similar technical drawing software.
• Independently download, analyze, and work with survey data to produce contour maps, profile views, and section views.
• Experience using and troubleshooting surveying equipment (self-leveling levels, total stations, GPS units, data collectors).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Working knowledge of OSHA construction safety rules, and willingness to follow and reinforce them on site.
• Comfortable working outdoors at active construction sites and traveling as a passenger in ATVs/UTVs to reach remote project areas.
• Proficient with SharePoint, Microsoft Excel/Access, and similar office and field data systems.

Responsibilities

• Inventory and evaluate potential conservation project sites and complete engineering surveys to support new designs.
• Help develop, modify, and complete engineering drawings and specifications, including standardized NRCS designs, using AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and similar drafting software.
• Perform construction layout surveys, download and analyze survey data, and produce contour maps, profiles, and cross-sections.
• Inspect active construction projects, verify materials meet specifications (including site visits to quarries to confirm size and quality), and document findings in job diaries.
• Track project quantities and flag potential overruns, coordinating daily with engineers, geologists, and other team members on progress, problems, and needed design or cost changes.
• Confirm that construction work follows contract specifications and applicable state and federal permit requirements and maintain the records that document that compliance.
• Explain drawings and project details to contractors, landowners, regulators, and local government partners, representing the project clearly and professionally in the field.

Skills

Interpret drawings

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

Survey data analysis

Surveying equipment

Verbal communication

Written communication

OSHA safety

Fieldwork outdoors

Travel willingness

SharePoint

Excel

Access

Education

Civil engineering technology / land surveying background

Tools

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

SharePoint

Excel

Access

Job description

Genex Systems is hiring an Engineering Technician to support NRCS in Dyersburg, TN, working with landowners, local governments, and NRCS engineers to design, build, and maintain conservation and watershed structures that protect land and communities for the long term.

This role involves field surveying, drafting with AutoCAD and Civil 3D, site inspections, and ensuring compliance with contract and permit requirements, with travel to nearby project sites and outdoor work.