Survey Mapping Technician II

About the role

This is highly skilled technical work in land surveying utilizing state-of-the-art methods, procedures, and/or instruments. This position involves independent performance of complex technical assignments that require the application of technical methods and procedures and the proficient use of the technical specialization's tools, equipment, and instruments.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a party chief on all types of plan development and project construction surveys.
• Develops project specific approach based on field conditions, utilizing best practice methodology to ensure the most accurate data is being collected.
• Understands, and can establish, the proper survey procedures to produce highly accurate survey data that can be utilized for assembling and analyzing engineering data.
• Performs complex engineering and surveying computations associated with surveying.
• Performs construction, design, right-of-way, topographic, and "as-built" surveys.
• Prepares survey notes for the drafts person and records retention.
• Explains, instructs and mentors subordinate technicians in the principles and practices of surveying.
• Oversees and assigns work duties to lower-level technicians.
• Reads and interprets plans.
• Operates the various equipment and instruments involved in land surveying.
• Reviews the results of surveying assignments for accuracy and completeness.

Requirements

• A high school diploma from an accredited school or a GED.
• Four years of surveying experience, including three years of experience using: electronic total stations, digital levels, traditional levels, GPS units, data collectors, data collection software and other surveying instruments.

Qualifications

• Considerable knowledge of mathematics and methods, techniques, and instruments used in location and construction surveys.
• Considerable knowledge of the capabilities, programming techniques, and applications of microcomputer and peripheral equipment, and the ability to develop or adapt computer programs to specific public works functions.
• Knowledge of using, and caring for, sophisticated survey instruments such as electronic total stations, global positioning system receivers, and other sensitive surveying equipment.
• Knowledge of methods, materials, and equipment used in traffic control work.
• Knowledge of the roadway and utility systems within the City.
• Highly skilled at reading and interpreting detailed plans and specifications.
• Skilled at perceiving physical and spatial relationships.
• Skilled at establishing and maintaining working relationships with co-workers, other city employees, and the general public.
• Skilled at effective verbal and written communicating methods.
• Skilled at plotting, documenting and describing field survey activities.

Skills

• Highly skilled at reading and interpreting detailed plans and specifications.
• Skilled at perceiving physical and spatial relationships.
• Skilled at establishing and maintaining working relationships with co-workers, other city employees, and the general public.
• Skilled at effective verbal and written communicating methods.
• Skilled at plotting, documenting and describing field survey activities.

Benefits

Annual leave is accumulated bi-weekly and based upon years of service as follows: Annual leave may be taken as earned by employees hired after January 1, 1989. Employees hired prior to that date use annual leave within the calendar year following the year the leave is earned. All employees may carry over up to a maximum of twenty (20) days at the end of the calendar year. Regular part-time employees who work at least twenty (20) hours per week accrue annual leave at the rate of four (4) hours per month.

Sick leave is accrued biweekly based upon years of service and standard hour classification. Eligible for use as soon as earned. Regular part-time employees who work at least twenty (20) hours per week accrue sick leave at the rate of four (4) hours per month.

The City of Lakeland is an equal opportunity/ equal access employer and a drug free workplace.