Construction and Field Survey Specialist I - 2026-01295

About the role

The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) is seeking a full-time Construction & Field Survey Specialist i based in Newcastle, Wyoming. This position offers a $2,000 hiring bonus for applicants meeting eligibility criteria.

Essential Functions

• Performs various tasks, including surveys, testing, and inspections on preliminary designs and the construction of highway projects.
• Responsible for minor construction projects.
• Observes, monitors, and oversees highway and highway-related construction performed by contractors.
• Fields test materials, checks work against specifications, and confers with contractors, engineers, and work crews.
• Reviews highway design plans to verify existing utilities, determine utility conflicts, and contact utility companies to notify highway projects and confirm utility conflicts.
• Verifies and documents work activities. Regularly monitors and inspects work and calculates the payment of contractors.
• Maintains crew diaries and logs supporting departmental record-keeping and/or contract administration activities.
• Ensures that materials sampling and testing are performed properly; audits material summaries for QA/QC purposes.
• Affords assistance in the preparation of recommendations used to design construction projects.
• Anticipates potential problems before going to contract.
• Communicates internally and externally regarding project information and courses of action/consequences on larger projects.
• Researches land ownership and contacts landowners to secure permission to enter their land to conduct surveys.
• Prepares and checks documentation to be sent to the district's final office.
• Oversees minor to more complex construction projects by documenting pay quantities, coordinating the work schedule of subordinates, and working with contractors for quality control.
• Prepares and updates reports as needed.
• Assists and supports the District Land Surveyor and the district administrative personnel.

Qualifications

• PREFERENCES: Preference may be given to applicants with 2 to 4 years of progressive work experience in roadway construction methods, contract administration, survey experience, and material testing.
• MUST HAVE: Valid Driver's License, Defensive Driving, QC/QA Certification in Soils & Aggregate, Asphalt, and Concrete, Asphalt Concrete, Soil & Aggregate, WYDOT Portland Cement Concrete, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Certification.
• KNOWLEDGE: Knowledge of project coordination and monitoring, review design and construction methods, construction trades and practices, Microsoft Word and Excel, engineering and computations/formulas, construction inspection, documentation of project records, communication with supervisors and contractors, working towards a leadership role, material testing.
• ABILITY: Perform complicated computer calculations, knowledge of computers and calculators, knowledge of surveying, surveying methods, equipment, and the ability to apply uploading and downloading of survey files, knowledge of contract time, administration, and contract changes.