Surveyor

About the role

LCRA Surveying, GIS and Technical Services (SGTS) seeks a Registered Professional Land Surveyor (RPLS) to coordinate with project teams, define scopes and budgets for professional surveying services, and lead a survey production team. This hybrid position requires a minimum of two days a week in the office in Austin, Texas.

Responsibilities

• Plan, perform, and take full responsibility for moderately complex land surveys.
• Estimate project costs and schedules while developing scope, schedules, and budgets.
• Represent the department in project meetings and support safe survey operations.
• Research previous survey evidence, maps, deeds, physical evidence, and other records to acquire data.
• Analyze and interpret field data and record boundary information to determine the location of real property boundaries.
• Prepare, seal, and certify surveys and legal descriptions for land acquisition.
• Identify actual and potential problems, then investigate and determine appropriate solutions.
• Deliver reports and presentations to technical and non-technical collaborators.
• Perform computer-aided drafting to refine maps from parcel information and field data for boundary and easement analysis, fee and easement acquisition surveys, topographic drawings, final plats, and legal descriptions.
• Prepare and perpetuate maps, records plats, field note records, easements, and real property descriptions.
• Plan, process, and publish survey control networks for use by LCRA.
• Establish effective working relationships with internal and external collaborators, representing LCRA on task forces and within the community.
• Prepare statements-of-work, track schedules, and deliver quality assurance on survey and subsurface utility engineering (SUE) outputs.

Requirements

• Licensed as a Professional Land Surveyor (PLS).
• Driver's license.

Qualifications

• Licensed as a Registered Professional Land Surveyor in the State of Texas (or ability to acquire Texas licensure within a timeframe established by management).
• Experience with SUE standards.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits that support well-being, including healthcare, wellness programs, and time off.