Field Party Chief

About the role

Join Mark Thomas to grow your career by taking charge of large, multi-year projects. The Chief of Party collaborates with our talented team of seasoned surveying and engineering staff to deliver public works projects and improve our communities. At Mark Thomas, we are dedicated to improving how we all move through our world—from improving communities through our project work to mentoring and growing our team members.

Responsibilities

• Acts as party chief for a field survey crew engaged in making surveys for construction, topographic, right-of-way, and control survey projects; participates in pre-survey planning meetings with project managers; assigns and monitors work and provides input for evaluation of members of the field survey crew
• Gathers field survey data through use of conventional and Global Positioning System (GPS) methods; sets up, adjusts, and operates surveying equipment, including electronic total station, data collector, and GPS equipment, in order to measure distances, elevations, and angles; prepares field notes and drawings; performs field surveying for roadway, bridges, and flood control projects
• Performs surveying calculations using engineering calculator or data collector; analyzes raw data for mathematical closure and geometric accuracy
• Performs the duties of the Party Chief and acts as Project Surveyor in supervisor’s absence; performs field surveys, including staking, boundary control
• Trains other crew members on the latest technology in surveying equipment and finds new and innovative ways of doing surveys
• May perform mapping review or other related office survey duties as a temporary assignment to satisfy the training/experience requirement for the Professional Land Surveyor's License

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent
• Must be a member in good standing with the Operating Engineers Local 3 (NorCal) Union or ability to join and qualify as Party Chief
• Must have a valid California driver’s license and meet and maintain Company driver eligibility requirements
• Preferred previous TWIC card holders
• Proficient with Trimble Equipment, including Total Stations, Levels, Global Positioning Systems, Data Collection equipment and software
• Must be able to understand construction plans, cut sheets, and take good field notes / sketches
• A working knowledge of Caltrans standards, coordinate geometry and state plane coordinates is a plus