Survey Crew Chief

Barge Design Solutions, Inc.; Chattanooga (TN); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Barge Design Solutions, Inc. is seeking a Survey Crew Chief to lead field crews, review field notes, and prepare final surveys for approval by a Registered Land Surveyor. This role mentors others and performs complex surveying tasks on various projects.

The position requires a two-year degree with 7 years of related experience and proficiency with survey instruments. Travel and outdoor work are expected in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Two-year degree in Engineering Technology, Surveying, or equivalent with 7 years of relevant experience.
• Skilled in the use of maintenance of survey instruments (GPS, robotics, data collectors, level rods, etc.)
• Experienced in all aspects of land surveying including boundary surveys, topographic surveys, construction staking, etc.
• Ability to effectively instruct, direct, and lead others in the field.
• Ability to read and interpret plats, deeds, easements, and plans.
• Knowledge of field surveying practices; building knowledge of office surveying practices; valid driver's license with good driving record.
• Ability to travel and work varying schedules, including overnight.
• Physical capability to operate equipment in outdoor rough terrain and lift up to 50 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Assist in performing a subset of tasks for project planning including pricing, planning, estimation, and coordination of tasks for a project.
• Contact and communicate with Clients, Project Managers, Surveyors, Geomaticist, Managers, and other stakeholders providing accurate data.
• Perform field surveying for various projects and ensure accuracy of data collected by the field crew.
• Perform moderately complex field calculations (such as horizontal and vertical geometry for roads or stake outs) and determine property boundaries.
• Prepare finished grade sheets, topographic maps, records of survey, corner records, and other survey reports.
• Review field data, reports, and maps to ensure QA and provide feedback to project team.
• Conduct site visits ensuring proper QC standards are followed.
• Research existing record information and maintain field data records.

Skills

GPS and data collection

Robotics

Level rods

Field leadership

Reading plats and deeds

Education

Two-year degree in Engineering Technology, Surveying, or equivalent

Tools

Survey instruments

Total stations

Data collectors

Job description

What We're Looking For:

Barge Design Solutions is seeking a SurveyCrew Chief that assists in briefing and debriefing field crews,processing field notes and data, retracing or surveying property boundaries,writing reports, drafting maps, and preparing final surveys under minimalsupervision for approval by a Registered Land Surveyor. Additionally, thisposition directly leads and mentors others while engaged in field surveyingwork.

Responsibilities

• Assistin performing a subset of tasks for project planning including pricing,planning, estimation, and coordination of tasks for a project.
• Contactand communicate with Clients, Project Managers, Surveyors, Geomaticist,Managers, and other stakeholders providing accurate data.
• Performfield surveying for various projects and ensure accuracy of data collectedby the field crew.
• Performmoderately complex field calculations (such as calculating horizontal andvertical geometry of roadways or for construction stake outs), determineproperty boundaries, retrace and survey boundary lines.
• Preparefinished grade sheets, topographic maps, records of survey, cornerrecords, and other survey reports.
• Reviewfield data, reports, and maps to ensure proper QA techniques, providefeedback and coaching back to project team.
• Conductsite visits ensuring proper QC standards are followed.
• Researchexisting record information, including record maps, plans, deeds,easements, and right-of-way documents, and ensure maintenance of fielddata records.

Education & Experience Qualifications:

• Two-yeardegree in Engineering Technology, Computer Drafting, Surveying, orequivalent with 7 years of relevant experience, or other relevantcombination of education and/or experience
• Skilledin the use of maintenance of survey instruments (GPS, robotics, datacollectors, level rods, etc.)
• Experiencedin all aspects of land surveying including boundary surveys, topographicsurveys, construction staking, etc. with the ability to read and interpretvarious types of construction and property documents
• Abilityto effectively instruct, direct, and lead others in the field
• Abilityto read and interpret plats, deeds, easements, and plans
• Knowledgeof field surveying practices and procedures; building knowledge of officesurveying practices and proceduresValiddriver's license and sufficient driving record
• Abilityto work varying schedules
• Abilityto travel at times and overnight
• Daily work environment includes working out of doors and inrough terrain. Individuals will walk, sit, and stand while operating variousequipment, tools, and machinery.
• Individuals may need to carry, push, pull, orlift up to 50 lbs. Individuals may need to climb to various elevations andrequires visual acuity sufficient to read alpha/numeric symbols and performcomputation and design.

Why join us?

Barge Design Solutions,Inc.,is an engineering and architecture firm with diverse in-house multidisciplinarypractice areas. The employee-owned company is more than 650+ people strong andserves clients nationwide from multiple U.S. locations. Barge is ranked on Engineering News-Record (ENR)’s Top 500 Design Firms and Architectural Record’s Top 300 Architecture Firms and is a certified GreatPlace To Work®.

• Collaborate – Help and expect help. Teamwork is essential in what we do.
• Authentic – Honesty, integrity and trust are at the heart of everything we do. We are who we say we are.
• Responsible – We are accountable for our work, our attitude, and our actions. We make Barge better.
• Excellence – We go all in and expect more of ourselves than others expect of us.
• Service – We are humble. We use our gifts in service of others.

We believe that if we are living out our purpose for being in business and integrating our values into everything we do, we will ultimately achieve our vision to be the firm best known for being selected when it matters most.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status or on the basis of disability. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Agency Submissions

No unsolicited agency submissions.BargeDesign Solutions does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters orstaffing agencies. Any unsolicited resume becomes the property of Barge DesignSolutions, and no fee will be paid for resulting hires. Only agencies with asigned agreement are authorized to submit candidates.