Survey Party Chief

City of Sacramento; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Sacramento seeks an experienced land surveying supervisor to lead a survey crew in diverse projects, including boundary, topographic, and construction surveys.

You will supervise field staff, review field notes, and ensure accurate data for legal descriptions and plats. A Land-Surveyor-In-Training certificate is required by appointment. CA driver license is required.

Qualifications

• Surveying methods, practices, and techniques.
• Legal aspects of surveying.
• Algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.
• Engineering principles related to surveying.
• Sources of information concerning previous land surveys.
• Principles of supervision, training, and performance evaluation.
• Personal computers, including surveying software.
• Current generation of field survey computers.

Responsibilities

• Direct a survey party in land, boundary, topographic, and construction surveys.
• Keep accurate field notes of work performed with lines, angles, distances, and benchmarks.
• Compute angles, distances, bearings, traverses, and elevations.
• Operate survey instruments and train other crew members.
• Perform office surveying duties including researching records and maps.
• Supervise, train, and evaluate subordinate field survey personnel.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Skills

Surveying methods

Legal aspects of surveying

Supervision

Topographic surveys

Boundary surveying

Survey data computation

Computer skills

Field notes documentation

Instruction and training

Education

Engineering knowledge

Surveying coursework

Tools

Surveying software

Field survey computers

Survey instruments

Job description

IDEAL CANDIDATE STATEMENT

The Department of Public Works, Engineering Services division is seeking a highly motivated, experienced individual to provide leadership and support in our Survey Section. Responsibilities include supervising a crew of technical staff, managing design and construction surveying projects, preparing deliverables for City clients, and preparing legal descriptions and plats for right of way acquisitions. The ideal candidate for this position would possess extensive experience in general land surveying practices including design topographic surveys, construction staking, boundary surveying, and preparation of legal descriptions and plats. The ideal candidate would be skilled at supervising and coaching survey technicians performing survey field work.

To perform supervisory and advanced technical surveying work and to be responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the operation of a field party making land and engineering surveys.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

Work of this class involves performing complex technical engineering survey work and direct supervision of a field survey party. Incumbents apply precise surveying knowledge and techniques.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED

Direction is provided by a higher level supervisory or management position. Responsibilities include the direct and indirect supervision of technical subordinates.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Direct a survey party in making a variety of surveys including land surveys to determine locations of property lines, boundaries, easements, and right-of-ways; topographic surveys to determine locations and elevations of existing improvements, structures, and topographic features; construction surveys for improvement projects; surveys to establish and adjust benchmarks; and surveys to establish and monument street centerlines.
• Keep accurate, orderly, and legible field notes of work performed showing lines, angles, distances, benchmarks, mathematical calculations, and other data pertinent to the field survey.
• Compute and adjust angles, distances, bearings, traverses, and elevations.
• Operate survey instruments and instruct other party members in their operations.
• Perform a variety of office surveying duties including researching existing records and compiling data required for current survey projects and computing data to be shown on maps.
• Supervise, train, and evaluate the performance of technical subordinates.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Surveying methods, practices, and techniques.
• Legal aspects of surveying.
• Algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.
• Elementary principles and practices of engineering as related to surveying.
• Sources of information concerning previous land surveys.
• Principles of supervision, training, and performance evaluation.
• Personal computers, including surveying software.
• Current generation of field survey computers.

ABILITY TO

• Understand and interpret legal descriptions and record survey maps.
• Understand and interpret engineering plans, diagrams, and notes.
• Use and care for surveying instruments and equipment.
• Make accurate and legible field survey notes.
• Perform complex mathematical calculations with speed and accuracy.
• Plan and organize the work of a field survey party to achieve optimum efficiency.
• Supervise, train, and evaluate subordinate field survey personnel.

EXPERIENCE

Two years of experience comparable to an Engineering Aide II with the City of Sacramento.

OR

Three years of experience as a member of a survey party performing lead chain, rod and instrument operator duties.

LICENSE OF CERTIFICATE

Possession of a valid Land-Surveyor-In-Training Certificate in the State of California at the time of appointment. Land-Surveyor-In-Training Certificate must be verifiable.

PROOF OF CERTIFICATION

Proof of the required certificate and/or license should be submitted with your application and will be required at the time of appointment. Unofficial documents and/or copies are acceptable.

SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS

Driver License: A valid California Class C Driver License at the time of appointment. Loss of the Class C License is cause for discipline. Individuals who do not meet this requirement due to physical disability will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

BILINGUAL PAY

Did you know that the City offers bilingual pay? That's right, most labor agreements offer the option of providing employees with bilingual pay if the department deems it to be operationally necessary.

PENSION REFORM ACT

The City of Sacramento is covered by the California Public Employees' Retirement System, and as such, must adhere to the California Public Employee's Pension Reform Act (PEPRA) of 2013. Please note that the provisions within this act may affect or impact an applicant's eligibility and/or selection for open vacancies at the City of Sacramento.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The City of Sacramento is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Civil Service Rules: https://www.cityofsacramento.gov/content/dam/portal/hr/documentlibrary/CivilServiceBoardRules62012.pdf

Union Contracts: https://www.cityofsacramento.gov/HR/labor-agreements.html

Salary Schedule: https://www.cityofsacramento.gov/content/dam/portal/hr/documentlibrary/SalarySchedule.pdf

QUESTIONS

• Please visit https://www.governmentjobs.com/Home/ApplicationGuide for a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to the application process.
• For technical support between 6 AM - 5 PM PT, contact Live Applicant Support at [phone].
• Visit the City of Sacramento Human Resources Department website at https://www.cityofsacramento.gov/HR/employment;
• Send an email to [e-mail]; or
• Call the Human Resources Department at [phone]