Surveying Technician / Inspector I

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Place and hold measuring tapes when electronic distance-measuring equipment is not used
• Position and hold the vertical rods, or targets, that theodolite operators use for sighting in-order-to measure angles, distances, and elevations
• Record survey measurements and descriptive data, using notes, drawings, sketches, and inked tracings
• Run rods for benches and cross-section elevations
• Search for section corners, property irons, and survey points
• Set out and recover stakes, marks, and other monumentation
• Adjust and operate surveying instruments such as prisms, theodolites, and electronic distance-measuring equipment
• Compile information necessary to stake projects for construction, using engineering plans
• Conduct surveys using electronic distance-measuring equipment and other surveying instruments
• Maintain equipment and vehicles used by surveying crews
• Perform manual labor, such as cutting brush for lines, carrying stakes, rebar, and other heavy items, and stacking rods

Required Skills

• May use Computer Assisted Drafting (CAD), accurate data entry skills, ability to operate and master various electronic devices and software programs as needed for surveying and mapping
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written and oral instructions
• Ability to solve problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations
• Must successfully complete and pass JMT's Motor Vehicle screening
• Able to pass Background Check

Required Experience

• Associate degree in Civil Engineering Technology, Survey Technology, or a related curriculum from an appropriately accredited institution; or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Valid Driver’s License Required