Survey Party Chief - Transportation

About the role

Pima County Transportation Department Construction Monitoring Division is seeking an experienced survey party chief to join their growing Survey Department. Duties will include but are not limited to establishing and monitoring survey control & monumentation, QA/QC of contractor construction staking.

Responsibilities

• Plans, organizes, assigns, reviews and participates in all phases of the work of an assigned survey crew;
• Supervises various types of land surveys, such as design, easement/property, land, construction, photogrammetry and as-built;
• Completes and applies mathematical equations and calculations to land surveying work;
• Selects the most time-/cost-efficient methods to accomplish a land survey project;
• Conducts field survey work using GPS equipment, total station electronic/optical instruments, and other devices required in land surveying work;
• Utilizes data collector devices to record and collect geospatial data for each project;
• Produces and maintains accurate notes, records and sketches of all work performed and data secured in manual logs, records and forms and in computer-based systems;
• Maintains a clean and safe work environment and ensures that all equipment, instruments, and devices are kept in good working order;
• Directs the implementation of needed work-site safety and traffic control procedures to assure safety of survey crews;
• Trains survey crew in technical land survey and safety methods, techniques and procedures;
• Sets up and operates survey equipment;
• Assigns work to, and evaluates performance of assigned staff.

Requirements

• Three years of surveying field experience INCLUDING one year of experience supervising and training technical staff performing land surveying (which may be concurrent with general experience).
• (Satisfactory completion of a construction surveying or elementary surveying course from an accredited college, vocational/technical school or military training may be substituted for two years of the required surveying experience).

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum two (2) years experience operating Trimble equipment.
• Minimum two (2) years experience using AutoCAD Civil 3D program.
• Minimum two (2) years experience performing survey calculations.
• Minimum one (1) years experience performing survey research.

Qualifications

• Valid driver license is required at time of application.
• A valid AZ driver license is required at time of appointment.
• The successful applicant will be subject to a 39-month DOT Motor Vehicle Record review to determine applicant’s suitability to operate county vehicles in accordance with Pima County administrative procedures.