Assistant Land Surveyor/PLS
About the role
Huitt-Zollars, Inc. is seeking an Assistant Land Surveyor/PLS at our Irvine or Thousand Oaks office. This role is ideal for an PLS with strong technical expertise and project delivery experience across boundary, topographic, land title, and construction surveys. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering high-quality survey products, supporting project management efforts, mentoring technical staff, and collaborating closely with engineers, architects, and clients. This position offers the opportunity to work on diverse projects within a collaborative, employee-owned professional services environment.
Location
Location: Irvine or Thousand Oaks, California
Reports to: Survey Manager
Employment type: 40 FT Hours
Registration(s): California PLS
Responsibilities
- Produce CAD drawings on projects including boundary, topographic, land title surveys and construction calculations.
- Assist in reviews and processes results of field surveys.
- Aid in tracking project scopes and budgets.
- Prepare legal descriptions.
- Research survey records and land titles to obtain information regarding property boundaries, areas to be surveyed.
- Collaborate with engineers, clients and others involved in projects to coordinate research findings.
- Verify accuracy of field survey data including measurements and calculations, GPS Survey data conducted at survey sites.
- Prepare data, charts, plots maps, records and documents related to surveys.
- Perform other related land survey project tasks as needed.
Key Responsibilities
- Understands, follows, and enforces Huitt-Zollars' business process.
- Productively collaborates with PMs and encourages teams to achieve success and camaraderie amongst each other.
- Understands and follows HZ QMS and Quality initiatives. Assists PM on ensuring that quality control measures are being adhered to on projects and daily operations.
- Understands duties and responsibilities, possesses necessary job knowledge and technical skills, maintains job knowledge current.
- Aids in appropriate administrative and project support tasks supporting the needs of the PM on assigned project tasks.
- Contributes to successful delivery and performance of projects.
- Completes assignments on-time, within budget, and with highest level of quality.
- Routinely proposes and produces more effective ways to accomplish tasks.
- Effectively leads, creates, plans, executes project tasks on a project.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience.
- California PLS required.
- Proficient in AutoCAD Civil 3D.
- Experience with Autodesk survey databases.
- Knowledge of field staking procedures and interpreting design plans.
- Experience with Trimble Business Center for surveying support, GPS adjustments, and processing scanning data a plus.
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook a plus.
- Knowledge and experience in the principals and practice of land surveying in California.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Good interpersonal skills for supervising field crews, and working collaboratively with teams of engineers, architects and sub-contractors.
- Knowledge of AutoCAD Civil 3D required knowledge of Micro-Station and Trimble Business Center a plus.
About Huitt-Zollars
Huitt-Zollars, Inc. is a privately held, 100% employee-owned leading Architectural and Engineering (A/E) firm since being established in 1975. Since then, our firm has been providing innovative planning, engineering, architectural and interior design, construction and program management, and design-build services to our clients. Located in more than 20 locations throughout 10 different US states, Huitt-Zollars holds a vision to improve the environment in which we live, work, and play. Employees/co-owners can expect to collaborate with their team, listen to client and community needs, and deliver world-class professional services. Learn more about a career with #teamHZ by viewing our LinkedIN Life page.
Benefits & Perks
- Health insurance (BCBS TX BlueChoice PPO)
- Dental insurance (BCBS TX BlueChoice PPO)
- Vision insurance (BCBS TX BlueChoice PPO)
- MDLive Telehealth
- Employer-Paid Short- & Long-Term disability
- 8 Paid Holidays
- Paid Vacation/Annual Leave
- Paid Sick Leave
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Commuter Benefits
- Professional Societies and Registrations Fee Reimbursements
- Term Life / AD&D insurance
- Cancer and Specified Disease insurance
- Two retirement plans: 401(k) and an ESOP
Physical Requirements
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer, type/key-in data
- May lift and carry up to 50 pounds, hike up and down steep slopes carrying up to 50 pounds of survey equipment
- The employee must be able to concentrate on details, work under deadline pressures, apply sound logic and judgment, and prioritize tasks and responsibilities
- Employee may be asked to walk on uneven terrain
- Bend, squat, dig monument holes, pound in stakes and rebar monuments
- Carry and use brush cutting equipment
- May drive survey vehicle
Contact
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Huitt-Zollars is a federal contractor and subcontractor and abides by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-741.5(a), which prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on protected veteran status or disability and require affirmative action to employ and advance qualified protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. #survey #RPLS #ESOP #registeredsurveyor #surveyor #IND