Survey Field Party Chief

Innovative Engineering & Consulting, Inc.; Whitestown (IN); On-site; USD 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic civil engineering and surveying firm as a Survey Field Party Chief. This full-time position offers an exciting opportunity to work on diverse projects across Indiana. You'll play a crucial role in collecting and supervising field data, ensuring accuracy for high-quality site designs. The work environment is fast-paced and team-oriented, with a strong emphasis on life-work balance. If you're dedicated, professional, and ready to tackle new challenges in varying weather conditions, this role is perfect for you. Embrace the chance to make a meaningful impact in a supportive and adaptable team setting.

Benefits

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Paid Holidays

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

401k Plan (Company matching)

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in field data collection required.
• 1-3 years of experience as a Survey Party Chief preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collect and supervise accurate field data for site design.
• Direct field survey team and maintain digital data accuracy.

Skills

Field Data Collection

Supervision

AutoCAD Civil 3D

Power Equipment Operation

Communication

Education

High School Diploma

Associate's Degree in Surveying

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Survey Equipment

Job description

Are you looking for a new job to fully utilize your talents, dedication, and professionalism with a quickly growing civil engineering and surveying firm? We are looking for you. Innovative Engineering and Consulting is a civil engineering design, consulting, and land surveying firm located in Whitestown, Indiana. Our clients are located throughout Indiana and nationally. Our office is conveniently located off I-65. Our projects range from small commercial and retail, industrial, large residential and mixed-use developments. We have a fast-paced and adaptable team-based work environment with experienced staff for support. We value life-work balance. Our mission is to provide our clients with the best possible professional design and consulting that meets their needs and satisfaction.

The Survey Field Party Chief is a full-time permanent position and is an integral part of the day-to-day operations between the survey department and design department. The individual in this position will interact with staff, consultants, and clients as instructed by the Director of Engineering and senior management. The work environment will require the individual to work alone and within small teams on a variety of tasks. This is a field position which requires the ability to work with variable weather conditions and extremes. You must be able to walk distances, operate power equipment safely, and maintain equipment daily. You will direct other members of the field survey team and be required to supervise the accurate collection of digital field data. Some office work will be required as directed by management.

Engineering Support

• Collect accurate existing site conditions to be used in developing survey documents and as a base for site design including but not limited to topographic information, underground utilities (especially storm and sanitary sewers), thorough collection of surface and above ground utilities and features necessary for high quality site design
• Supervise and instruct other field crew members in the accurate collection of field data as set forth by the Registered Land Surveyor
• Maintain accurate, properly collected, and coded digital data from the field throughout the project life cycle
• Experience with exporting and importing points from and to the field
• Ability to calculate points for construction field staking
• Have familiarity with AutoCAD Civil 3D for point calculations and light editing of drawing data as required to create accurate field data models for the Survey CAD Technician
• Have familiarity with creating a variety of surveys and survey documents
• Other tasks that may be assigned

Company Wide Expectations of all personnel:

• Maintains a consistently positive working environment.
• Provides communication with company team members
• Shares in the responsibility of the overall productivity and profits of specific projects.

Education and Experience Requirement

• High school diploma or equivalent
• A plus if you have an associates degree in surveying
• 3-5 years of experience with field data collecting
• 1-3 years of experience as a Survey Party Chief
• Microsoft; Outlook, Excel, and Word

Compensation

• Hourly position based on a 40-hour week Monday through Friday
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays
• Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
• 401k Plan (Company matching)
• Drug Free Workplace/EOE

All applicants are subject to a detailed background check/credit check, and drug screening test.