Survey Instrument Technician

Triad Engineering, Inc.; Hagerstown (MD); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) plan

Paid holidays

Life, Short- and Long-term disability

ESOP

Employee Assistance Program

Wellness Program

Professional Development

PPE provided

Career Advancement

Job summary

Triad Engineering, Inc. in Hagerstown, MD is seeking a Survey Instrument Technician for a full-time role. You will assist field crews with instrument setup, data collection, and calibration, ensuring safety and accuracy.

The position requires a high school diploma, basic math skills, and the ability to work outdoors in varying weather. Training and opportunities for professional development are available. Experience with transits, total stations, data collectors, levels and tripods is desirable.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Additional courses in mathematics and surveying preferred.

Responsibilities

• Follow safety procedures on job sites.
• Maintain and calibrate survey equipment.
• Assemble and set up equipment at project sites.
• Coordinate field work under Crew Chief.
• Perform surveying activities including leveling, traversing, triangulation, and boundary surveys.
• Enter field data and produce positional information.
• Communicate effectively with crew and staff.
• Support project profitability.

Skills

Communication

Mathematics

Reading & Writing

Public interaction

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Maths and surveying coursework preferred

Tools

Transit

Total station

Data collectors

Levels

Tripods

Job description

Triad Engineering, Inc. has an immediate need for a full-time Survey Instrument Technician for our Hagerstown, MD office.

Benefits

• Excellent compensation and benefits package including:
• Medical, dental, vision insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Paid holidays
• Life, Short- and Long-term disability insurance with company-paid premiums
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness Program
• Company supported Professional Development
• Personal Protective Equipment provided
• Career Advancement

Duties

• Follow all corporate and job site safety procedures
• Maintain equipment by cleaning, completing preventative maintenance and performing calibrations
• Assemble and set‑up necessary equipment at project site
• Coordinate field work for a variety of standard types of surveys, under the direction of the Crew Chief
• Perform survey activities including, but not limited to, leveling, traversing, triangulation, metes and bounds surveys, construction surveys and photo control surveys
• Knowledge of the operation, checking and basic field adjustments on transits, total stations, total electronic stations, data collectors, levels, and tripods
• Perform physical tasks such as: line clearing, pounding stakes, setting monuments, and locating critical underground objects
• Knowledgeable of trigonometry, geometry, algebra, coordinate geometry, and basic surveying computations
• Demonstrate lot, area, and intersection (bearing-bearing, distance-distance, bearing-distance) computations
• Knowledge of the reduction and checking of the field notes for the determination of positions and elevations
• Knows basic sources of measurement errors
• Knows principles of staking and marking
• Ability to enter field data and produce positional information (i.e., leveling, traversing, stadia, topographic mapping) with hand‑held calculator
• Knows how to interpret control point records and data sheets, as well as locate points in the field
• Understands basic plan reading and preparation (i.e., site plans, boundary plans, highway plans, profile and cross sections, horizontal and vertical curves, pipeline plans, foundation plans, and developing existing and finished contours)
• Basic knowledge of the terminology and principles of conventional drafting
• Knowledgeable of surveying ethics and technical standards
• Record field notes legibly and accurately for standard surveying operations
• Communicate effectively with crew members and other survey staff
• Strive to make each project profitable

Qualifications

Education

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Additional courses in mathematics and surveying preferred

Experience

• Previous survey or survey‑related experience preferred

Additional Requirements

• Must possess a valid driver's license, a clean driving record, and the ability to safely operate a motor vehicle
• Must possess the ability to read, write and perform basic math
• Must be comfortable communicating with the public
• Must be comfortable with regular use of email, internet and basic Microsoft Office applications
• Must be available to work in all types of indoor and outdoor environments

Work is performed under all weather conditions, often on busy streets or construction sites, involves extensive standing and walking, and includes clearing brush, working in difficult terrain, manholes and on difficult slopes. May be required to push, pull, lift, and/or carry up to 50 pounds. Occasional office work may be required. Work may routinely require the employee to sit, stand, walk, climb, balance, bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl. The employee is regularly required to talk and hear and frequently required to use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Required vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities, as defined by the ADA.

Triad Engineering, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer