Surveyor

Spirit Construction Services, Inc.; Utah; On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Spirit Construction Services, Inc. seeks an experienced survey technician to perform advanced survey duties under supervision.

The role involves both office and outdoor work, data verification, drafting, and coordinating with engineers and clients. You will create maps and legal descriptions and establish control points.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years in site layout and topographic surveying and familiarity with civil drawings.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in site construction layout and topographic surveying.
• Experience with civil engineering drawings.
• Willingness for both office and outdoor work.

Responsibilities

• Verify survey data accuracy and perform measurements at survey sites.
• Calculate heights, depths, positions, and property lines for projects.
• Prepare sketches, maps, reports, and legal descriptions of surveys.
• Record survey results including locations, elevations, and dimensions.
• Coordinate findings with engineers, architects, and clients.
• Establish fixed points for maps using geodetic instruments.
• Plan and execute a one-week survey schedule.

Skills

Site layout

Topographic surveying

Civil drawings

Geodetic measurements

Survey instruments

Tools

Theodolites

GPS receivers

Transits

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Be able to perform all of the principal duties and accountabilities of craft workers under his/her supervision.
• Verify the accuracy of survey data including measurements and calculations conducted at survey sites.
• Calculate heights, depths, relative positions, property lines, and other characteristics of terrain or current installations.
• Prepare and maintain sketches, maps, reports, and legal descriptions of surveys to describe, certify, and assume liability for work performed.
• Prepare or supervise preparation of all data, charts, plots, maps, records, and documents related to surveys.
• Compute geodetic measurements and interpret survey data to determine positions, shapes, and elevations of geomorphic and topographic features.
• Determine longitudes and latitudes of important features and boundaries in survey areas using theodolites, transits, levels, and satellite-based global positioning systems (GPS).
• Record the results of surveys including the shape, contour, location, elevation, and dimensions of land or land features.
• Coordinate findings with the work of engineering and architectural personnel, clients, and others concerned with projects.
• Establish fixed points for use in making maps, using geodetic and engineering instruments.
• Adjust surveying instruments to maintain their accuracy.
• Plan and conduct ground surveys designed to establish baselines, elevations, and other geodetic measurements.
• Analyze survey objectives and specifications to prepare survey proposals or to direct others in survey proposal preparation.
• Be able to create and execute a one-week schedule.

Requirements:

• 3+ years' experience which should include a strong background in site construction layout, topographic surveying and work with civil engineering drawings
• Job requires both office and outdoor work