Instrument Person

Responsibilities

• Carry out a range of surveying assignments.
• Assist the Survey Party Chief as directed to conduct land surveys of roads, bridges, and buildings sites.
• Establish and re-establish lines for construction stakeout surveys and easement and property lines.
• Recover property corners and set traverse control points for boundary surveys.
• Set and mark stakes for construction stakeout projects.
• Direct the survey party during the absence of the party chief and when acting for the Survey Party Chief.
• Set-up and operate survey equipment, including data collector, level, and GPS.
• Perform all aspects of stakeout and location surveys using applicable survey equipment.

Knowledge & Skills

• Basic math competency.
• Knowledge or ability to learn survey computer programs and survey computations applicable to the work.
• Basic nomenclature and symbols of drafting, the surveying instruments and equipment and their use and care as well as the principles and practices of land surveying.
• State law regarding the establishment of property lines, and survey monuments.
• Relevant jobsite and traffic control safety rules and regulations; PMI Rules and Personnel Policies/Procedures. PMI DrugFree Workplace Policy PMI Safety Policies and Procedures.
• Use of basic calculator and the ability to make arithmetic computations accurately and record results legibly.
• Ability to properly use and correctly adjust survey equipment.
• Ability to conduct research and evaluate data.
• Ability to understand and interpret legal descriptions, engineering plans, maps, and field data.
• Ability to apply basic surveying principles to the solution of problems.
• Ability to follow directions.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing; as a team member.

Minimum Qualifications

• No experience needed but two years of experience as a Rod Person preferred.
• Travel requirements: Up to 20% travel time outside of area and overnight.

Other Requirements

• Licenses and Certificates: Valid Driver license at the time of application or prior to completion of initial/promotional probation.
• DBIDS or Rapid Gate Pass: Access to federally owned bases and the ability to obtain a DBIDS or Rapid Gate Pass for entrance.
• Drug Testing: May require drug testing for contract compliance.
• Physical/Sensory Requirements: Frequently stand, walk, use hands to finger, reach with hands and arms, handle or feel, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, occasionally sit. Also positions talk, hear, taste, and smell. Frequent lifting up to 50 pounds.
• Equipment: Steel toe boots.

Employment Status

• Nonexempt, hourly position.
• Reports to Field Coordinator.