Surveys Technician Lead - CADD

Minnesota Department of Transportation; Rochester (MN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Minnesota Department of Transportation in Rochester, MN seeks an experienced survey professional to lead construction survey office activities and field operations. The role requires setup, calibration, and maintenance of survey equipment, plus processing field data with MicroStation and CAD files.

The candidate should have multi-year surveying experience, including geodetic control and roadway-related work, with CAD proficiency.

Qualifications

• Four years of surveying/mapping experience including at least two years with CAD.
• Or three years surveying/mapping plus one year roadway inspection or design; two years CAD.
• Education substitution: two-year Civil or Construction Technology Degree or four-year degrees may substitute for one year of experience.

Responsibilities

• Performs as survey lead in construction survey office activities.
• Performs as survey lead in the field activities.
• Performs set-up, calibration, use and maintenance of survey equipment.
• Process survey field data using MicroStation software and create new CADD files or merge with existing files as appropriate.
• Process electronic field data, build utility and drainage databases and CADD files.
• Generate TIN models from field shots or point cloud data from laser scans.

Skills

Survey experience

Geodetic control surveys

Field data processing

Education

Two-year Civil or Construction Technology Degree

Four-year degrees (Architectural, Civil or Mechanical Engineering; Land Surveying / Geomatics)

Tools

MicroStation

CAD / CADD

Job description

This oversees or operates real time kinematic global position systems and oversees data comparison from real time kinematic global position systems or total station. Some of the other duties include:

• Performs as survey lead in construction survey office activities.
• Performs as survey lead in the field activities.
• Performs set-up, calibration, use and maintenance of survey equipment.
• Process survey field data using MicroStation software and create new CADD files or merge with existing files as appropriate.
• Process electronic field data, build utility and drainage databases and CADD files.
• Generate TIN models from field shots or point cloud data from laser scans.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Four years of experience performing surveys mapping (e.g., land, location, construction, and/or geodetic control surveys, etc.) which included at least two years of experience utilizing computer-aided drafting and design; OR
• Three years of experience performing surveys (e.g., land, location, construction, and/or geodetic control surveys, etc.), mapping or related activities AND a combination of one year of experience performing roadway inspection or design. Two years of experience utilizing CADD.
• Education Substitution: A two-year Civil or Construction Technology Degree or the following four-year degrees: Architectural, Civil or Mechanical Engineering; Land Surveying / Geomatics; or equivalent may substitute for one year of experience.