Land Surveyor

About the role

Are you a registered Public Land Surveyor with a strong desire to serve your community? Are you passionate about continuing Oregon's history of high-quality survey records? Are you a skilled researcher with strong investigative techniques, able to locate, compile, and organize survey data? Do you thrive working in a collaborative environment? If you answered “yes” to the questions above, please read on!

Responsibilities

• Review and approve surveys and plats prepared by private surveyors.
• Prepare or review internal surveys and legal descriptions.
• Assist as needed with the public land corner program.
• Do extensive records research, starting from around the 1860s to the present time.
• Evaluate corners in the field and prepare narratives and historic descriptions for USBT corner records in the office.
• Write reports on how the corner was verified or set, based on the evidence found in the field.
• Prepare a sketch and history for each land corner that will be used for drafting the USBT map.

Requirements

• Registered Public Land Surveyor license.
• Strong investigative skills.
• Excellent writing skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Surveying, Geomatics, Geography, or related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in surveying, preferably in public land surveying.
• Knowledge of Oregon Survey laws.

Skills

• Research and investigative skills.
• Writing and report preparation skills.
• Fieldwork and sketching abilities.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.

Benefits

We are committed to being an exemplary organization with best practices in Land Surveying. To that end, we are searching for an experienced individual, who is motivated to contribute to the team's success in providing excellent customer service to the community. This drive for excellence extends to all aspects of the County Survey Office functions, such as maintaining the original Government Land Corners, maintaining a library of property survey records for Clackamas County, and reviewing all surveys and plats of all land divisions in Clackamas County for compliance with Oregon Survey laws.

Pay

Annual Pay Range: $99,061.31 - $125,009.44

Schedule

N/A