Survey Crew Chief

Location: North Sioux City, SD

Position Title: Survey Crew Chief

Reports to: Senior Party Chief

Description

The survey crew chief, under the direction of a Senior Party Chief, will be a member of the survey field crew personnel engaged in mapping and surveying activities for RP Constructors and Civil Engineers and Constructors.  

Responsibilities/Duties:

• Learn to search legal records, survey records, and land titles to obtain information about property boundaries in areas to be surveyed.
• Learn to interpret and understand sketches, maps, reports, and legal descriptions of surveys.
• Survey team member conducting surveys to establish legal boundaries for properties, based on plats, deeds and titles.
• Perform geodetic measurements and process raw survey data to determine locations, elevations, and other characteristics of land and property features.
• Record the results of surveys including locations, elevations, and other characteristics of land and property features..
• Establish fixed points for use in making maps and plats, using geodetic and surveying
• Coordinate findings with the work of engineering and architectural personnel, clients, and others concerned with the project.
• Learn to plan and conduct ground surveys to establish baselines, elevations, and other similar control networks.
• Draft/sketch various survey documents for review and approval of a professional land surveyor.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to perform complex mathematical calculations.
• In time, having the ability to work independently and balance the workload to best accommodate demands of the job in excess of client expectations.
• Learn to prepare preliminary maps, drawings, sketches, and tables from field notes.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Attention to detail.

Qualifications:

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree from a Land Surveying/Geomatics program. (Preferred)
• Valid driver’s license is required.
• GPS and CAD experience is preferred.
• Ability to work in adverse/extreme weather conditions. (Required)
• Ability to move on foot through active construction sites and undeveloped ground.
• Ability to lift/carry up to 50 pounds.

This Job Description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the position. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

Civil Engineers & Constructors, LLC is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status or domestic partnership status, disability, protected veteran status or military status, genetic information, or any other category protected under applicable law.  RP Constructors, LLC, is committed to taking affirmative steps to promote the employment and advancement of minorities, women, persons with disabilities and protected veterans.