Field Survey Technician: Topography & Hydro Data

US Army Corps of Engineers; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

US Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans is seeking a field survey technician to provide field surveys, troubleshoot systems, and interface with internal and external stakeholders.

The role involves developing scopes of work, estimating level of effort for surveys, scheduling field work, organizing survey data, and delivering data processing, QC checks, mapping, and metadata to support project needs.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience on a survey team or with GPS/RTK/other survey equipment.
• Education: bachelor’s degree in surveying/engineering/related field or equivalent.
• Combination of Education and Experience as described.

Responsibilities

• Provide field surveys and troubleshoot systems/equipment.
• Develop scopes of work and estimate level of effort to collect surveys.
• Schedule field work and organize/maintain survey related data.
• Produce survey data processing, QC checks, mapping, modeling, and metadata.

Skills

Survey field equipment (GPS/RTK)

UAS/LIDAR survey

Data review & quality control

Scope of work estimation

Project coordination

GPS

RTK

UAS

LIDAR

Education

Bachelor's degree in surveying/engineering/industrial tech

Tools

GPS

RTK

UAS

LIDAR

Job description

US Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans is seeking a field survey technician to provide field surveys, troubleshoot systems, and interface with internal and external stakeholders.

The role involves developing scopes of work, estimating level of effort for surveys, scheduling field work, organizing survey data, and delivering data processing, QC checks, mapping, and metadata to support project needs.