Instrument Person

About the Role

Are you ready to ditch the desk and take your career into the field? Join a dynamic and fast-growing team where your office is the great outdoors and your work shapes the future of infrastructure, development, and design! As a Survey Instrument Person, you’ll be on the front lines of exciting land, construction, utility, and geospatial projects. From urban redevelopment zones to remote natural landscapes, you’ll collect critical data, operate advanced GPS, robotic total stations, and drones, and contribute to maps, models, and designs that engineers, architects, and developers rely on. Join our Survey/Geospatial team, which offers a full range of survey and geospatial data and mapping services that enable us to collect data faster, safer, and more accurately than ever before. Collect data from the air, ground, and subsurface to provide precision data interpretation with us, and accelerate YOUR success to become tomorrow’s industry leader.

Responsibilities

• Work primarily in the field as Jr. Crew Chief / Instrument Man on a one, two, or three-person field crew.
• Cut and remove brush and undergrowth for line of sight.
• Read and understand plans and specifications.
• Know basic sources of measurement errors.
• Dig ground using a pick, shovel, and other hand tools to search for and locate survey monuments.
• Hold and plum rod in obtaining elevations and distances.
• Drive stakes to set grades on construction projects.
• Provide quality seamless customer service.
• Know, understand, and demonstrate safe working/operating methods of assigned tools and equipment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Electric Transmission/Distribution and Oil/Gas Pipeline Experience is a plus.
• Must be physically able to work long hours and carry heavy loads.
• Possess good interpersonal skills and effective written and oral communication skills.
• Attendance, punctuality, and reliability are essential requirements.
• Must be able to work in inclement weather.
• A valid driver's license and clean driving record may be required. MVR will be checked and monitored.
• Ability to read, write, and understand English for purposes of comprehending written job-related communications and verbal instructions and interactions.
• Requires a pre-employment drug screen and will require ongoing participation in the employer's random drug and alcohol testing program.

Benefits

At Colliers Engineering & Design, our people are our most important resource. That’s why we are committed to providing all our employees with a safe, comfortable work environment, potential for career advancement, and the ability to impact society through their projects as well as Company-sponsored activities. This dedication begins with supporting a work-life balance through a generous compensation package that includes:

• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Paid pregnancy disability leave.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Life insurance.
• A company-matched 401(k)/Roth.
• Paid time off that includes parental and military leave.
• Employee referral and professional license bonuses.
• Straight time policy that compensates exempt employees for billable hours worked in excess of 40 billable hours within a workweek.

We have also created an internal culture that provides the resources and technology needed to encourage personal and professional growth opportunities through:

• Reimbursement for education.
• A free in-house resource for hundreds of educational and self-enrichment courses.
• Mentorship program.
• Wellness program.
• Women’s Organization.
• Ongoing philanthropic opportunities.