Surveyor

Kiewit Corporation; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Kiewit Corporation in Fort Worth, TX is seeking an intermediate-level land surveying assistant to support field crews. You will help plan, diagram and lay out survey work, carry gear and stakes, and assist in elevations and grading as required.

The role requires the ability to read plans, operate survey tools, and work safely in a construction environment with varying weather conditions. This is a full-time, on-site position offering hands-on experience on diverse projects.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent; prior field experience preferred.
• Ability to follow written and oral instructions clearly and safely.
• Willingness to work outdoors in varying weather conditions.

Responsibilities

• Participate in planning and layout for survey work on site.
• Carry out manual tasks such as staking and marker placement.
• Assist in establishing elevations and grades as required.
• Install elevations per instruction and use survey instruments.
• Measure distances with survey chains and maintain equipment.
• Set up electronic measuring and sighting devices as needed.
• Operate and maintain survey tools and instruments.
• Inspect work to ensure conformance to standards.

Skills

Surveying

Tools handling

Reading plans

Safety awareness

Communication

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Survey tools

Measuring equipment

Job description

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Assists land survey Party Chief in surveying earth's surface to determine precise location and measurements of points, elevations, lines, areas, and contours for construction, land division, titles, or other purposes.

Experience Level

Intermediate

Primary Responsibilities and Duties

• Participate in planning, diagramming and layout for surveyor work
• Perform manual labor related to surveying needs, such as cutting brush for lines, carrying stakes, and/or pins and right of way markers delineate features of all phase’s construction project.
• Assist in the task of establishing elevations and or grades as required
• Install or mark neatly elevations as instructed by the Surveying Journeyman
• Measure distances manually with survey chains using a plumb bob and maintain survey chains to insure accuracy and consistency
• Accurately set up items associated with electronic measuring and sighting and perform these actions as needed
• Operates and maintains survey tools and instruments
• Inspects work to ensure that survey work is conducted in conformance with applicable standards.

Qualifications

• May require a high school diploma or its equivalent with previous years of experience in the field or in a related area
• Constantly works in a construction environment and will be exposed to changing outdoor weather conditions
• Must possess working knowledge skills and abilities for position.
• Ability to understand, follow and transmit written and oral instructions and communicate effectively with management/supervision.
• Ability to use hand tools, power tools and layout tools safe and efficiently
• Read and interpret plans, instructions, and specifications to carry out work activities
• Observe and comply with all safety and project rules, perform other duties as required
• Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing

Work Setting and Job Requirements

• The person in this position needs to constantly move about a construction/industrial site, so should be able to stand, walk, sit, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl
• Constantly works in a construction environment and will be exposed to changing outdoor weather conditions
• Work irregular hours, weekends, overtime and holidays as required
• May be required to use ladders/mechanical platforms/manlifts/scaffold to access required equipment/work areas (may exceed 200 feet), so must be able to climb and maintain balance on formwork, steel formwork, stairs, ladders and scaffolds
• Move and work in and around confined and cluttered places, and uneven surfaces
• Must be able to complete tasks in a noisy and dusty environment
• May be required/able to move items weighing up to 50 pounds across construction/industrial site
• Must have required tools

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

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