Professional Land Surveyor

Wightman; Kalamazoo (MI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Wightman in Kalamazoo seeks a professional surveyor to provide essential data on land features and boundaries. Responsibilities include preparing surveys, verifying measurements, and calculating terrain characteristics. Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree in Surveying, professional licensure, and at least 2 years of relevant experience. Proficiency in AutoCAD is required, along with strong communication skills. The role involves local travel, contributing to various survey projects in the area.

Qualifications

• Professional survey licensure required.
• 2+ years of experience as a professional surveyor.
• Structural/architectural drafting and detailing experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain sketches, maps, reports, and legal descriptions of surveys.
• Verify the accuracy of survey data, including measurements and calculations.
• Direct or conduct surveys to establish legal boundaries for properties.
• Record results of surveys including shape, contour, location, elevation, and dimensions.
• Calculate property lines and other characteristics of terrain.

Skills

Team orientation

Written communication skills

Verbal communication skills

Proficient in AutoCAD

Education

Bachelors Degree in Surveying

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Position Purpose

The professional surveyor will provide data relevant to the shape, contour, location, elevation and/or dimension of land or land features. Surveyors work closely with other professionals in our engineering and architectural departments.

Essential Functions

• 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 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 boundaries for use in deeds or other legal documents
• Search legal records, survey records, and land titles in order to obtain information about property boundaries in areas to be surveyed
• Adjust and service surveying equipment to ensure accuracy
• Analyze survey objectives and specifications in order to prepare survey proposals or to direct others in survey proposal preparation

Required Traits & Characteristics

• Highly motivated and team oriented
• Good written and verbal communication skills

Organizational Relationships

• Reports directly to Regional Survey Manager

Required Education/Experience

• Bachelors Degree in Surveying
• Professional survey licensure required
• 2+ years of experience as a professional surveyor
• Proficient in AutoCAD
• Structural/architectural drafting and detailing experience

Travel

• Position based in Kalamazoo
• Local travel required