Survey Field Technician — Outdoor Field Work + Benefits

M&S Engineering LLC; Spring, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

STD/LTD insurance

Life Insurance

401k with employer match

Job summary

Sherwood Surveying & S.U.E. is seeking a Survey Field Technician for our Spring Branch, Texas location. The role involves staking construction projects, operating survey instruments, collecting data, and producing maps and reports.

The candidate should have a HS diploma or GED (an Associate in Survey/Mapping is preferred) and be able to travel overnight throughout Texas and surrounding states. Proficiency with AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and MicroStation is valued, as is a valid driver’s license.

Qualifications

• HS Diploma or GED required; Associate degree in Survey/Mapping preferred.
• Able to work with minimal supervision in a team environment.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Willingness to travel overnight across Texas and surrounding states.
• Experience with electrical utility surveying is a plus.
• Knowledge of overhead and underground utilities is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Compile data necessary to stake projects for construction using engineering plans.
• Adjust and operate surveying instruments such as prisms, theodolites, and electronic distance-measuring equipment.
• Run rods for benches and cross-section elevations.
• Position and hold the vertical rods, or targets, that the theodolite operators use for sighting in order to measure angles, distances, and elevations.
• Record survey measurements and descriptive data, using notes, drawings, sketches, and linked tracings.
• Perform calculations to determine earth curvature corrections, atmospheric impacts on measurements, traverse closures and adjustments, azimuths, level runs, and placement of markers.
• Conduct surveys to ascertain the locations of natural features and human-made structures on the Earth’s surface, underground, and underwater, using electronic distance-measuring equipment and other surveying instruments.
• Search for section corners, property irons, and survey points.
• Operate and manage land-information computer systems, performing tasks such as storing data, making inquiries, and producing plots and reports.
• Set out and recover stakes, marks, and other monumentation.
• Lay out grids and determine horizontal and vertical controls.
• Compare survey computations with applicable standards in order to determine adequacy of data.
• Collect data needed to carry out new surveys, using source maps, previous survey data, photographs, computer records, and other relevant data.
• Prepare topographical and contour maps of land surveyed, including site features and other relevant information such as charts, drawings, and survey notes.
• Perform manual labor, such as cutting brush for lines, carrying stakes, rebar, and other heavy items, and stacking rods.
• Maintain equipment and vehicles used by surveying crews.

Skills

Team oriented

Good communication

Interpersonal skills

Valid driver's license

Education

HS Diploma or GED

Associate degree in Survey/Mapping (preferred)

Tools

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

MicroStation

Total station

GPS

Job description

Sherwood Surveying & S.U.E. is seeking a Survey Field Technician for our Spring Branch, Texas location. The role involves staking construction projects, operating survey instruments, collecting data, and producing maps and reports.

The candidate should have a HS diploma or GED (an Associate in Survey/Mapping is preferred) and be able to travel overnight throughout Texas and surrounding states. Proficiency with AutoCAD, Civil 3D, and MicroStation is valued, as is a valid driver’s license.