Survey Party Chief

About the role

Arcadis seeks an experienced Survey Party Chief to join our Survey team. The role involves managing all field aspects of projects and collaborating with a dynamic team of professionals.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the work of the survey crew, evaluate priorities, coordinate and organize the work efforts and the maintenance of instruments and equipment.
• Supervise the standard of work being performed and derive the necessary field calculations from work completed.
• Ensure that angles, distances, and other collected information are accurate and conform to regulations and standards.
• Cookinate findings of the work with engineering personnel, clients, and others concerned with projects.
• Locate, review and research job locations for identifying landmarks, physical objects, and significant land changes that would affect the survey.
• Research previous survey evidence, maps, deeds, physical evidence, and other records to obtain data needed for survey and determine methods and procedures for establishing or reestablishing survey control.
• Keep accurate notes, records, sketches to describe work performed, complete daily logs and expense reports.
• Complete company and/or client safety forms and make sure all crew members are following safety procedures.
• Familiarity with commonly used surveying terms and with the use and care of survey tools and other survey field equipment used for measuring, sighting, and leveling required.
• Familiarity with and proficiency in the operation of survey equipment such as the Total Station/Data Collector, Level, and various Global Positioning System (GPS) methods.
• Work from extreme heights up to 200 feet high.
• Work on water from a boat.

Qualifications & Experience

• Required Qualifications: 8 or more years’ relevant experience in surveying, with at least 1 years’ experience leading a survey crew.
• Key Attributes: Experience working on DOT projects, Familiarity with post processing and downloading survey data from data collectors, Strong leadership skills, work ethic, and team-player attitude, Strong technical, documentation, and organizational skills, Will report directly to field crew supervisor, No fear of extreme heights, Boating Experience.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience with all forms of LEICA equipment including GPS, Robotic Total Stations, Conventional Total Stations and Digital Levels, Working with instruments to gather data via terrestrial laser scanning, FAA Part 107 UAS License.