Construction Field Technician I (Survey Technician)

Responsibilities

• Utilize independent judgement, problem-solving ability, and prioritization based on relevant factors
• Good communication skills to articulate challenges and success stories to internal and external clients
• Tracks and assists with closing out project punch list items and/or identified quality issues with completed work
• Serves as an ambassador for efforts and services internally/externally and collaborates with project teams
• Supports Trade Partners and the project team with logistical items during work activities to include clean up, lay down operations, scheduling, tools, material, and equipment sourcing
• Informs Superintendent of any quality deficiencies
• Study and analyze construction drawings and shop drawings to confirm or otherwise establish the planned layout dimensions and elevations for the project
• Assists company and subcontractor personnel to understand the layout and identify the precise locations of the elements being installed
• Other functions as may be required or assigned by Project Superintendent or other authorized individual, including making suggestions of alternative construction methods and techniques, and/or developing interpretations of vague or conflicting information, etc.
• Ability to quickly learn new hardware/software tools
• Ability to work closely with the field team to learn the superintendent roles and responsibilities
• Problem solving skills and the ability to work towards finding a solution to the problems
• Skills in observing two dimensional drawings or pictures and understanding how they will look in three dimensions as solid objects
• Ability to read and interpret construction documents
• Experience with VDC technologies such as Revit, AutoCAD, Navisworks, and other similar software systems is a plus

Requirements

• Physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position
• While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear
• The employee is occasionally required to sit and smell
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• Occasionally, especially when managing multiple projects and during problematic opening and/or closing phases of projects, mental stress can be taxing
• May be required to work long hours for extended periods of time
• Observing (seeing well, either naturally or with correction), as in reading detailed blueprints, drawings, sketches and plans at close proximity
• Sight at a distance as in making visual assessments of the exact location of a marker when viewed through a surveyor’s instrument
• Special Job Dimensions