Land Surveyor Ii - Senior Surveyor - Ipr#45885

Job Responsibilities

This position is responsible for directing and coordinating the activities of a survey crew engaged in collecting data for the purpose of preparing plans for roads, bridges, culverts, and land acquisition plats and documents.

Number of Surveys: 12 to 30 surveys of .5 miles to 20 miles in length
Value of Design Contracts: $50,000 to $20 million

Maintains Survey Equipment: Value $50,000 to $100,000

This position reports to the Survey Crew Chief. No subordinates report to this position.

This position directs the activities of a survey crew in the collection of data for surveys which could greatly affect objectives established by other sections and design squads. The incumbent utilizes state of the art, highly sophisticated equipment to obtain extremely accurate measurements. It is essential that these measurements and documentation be accurate to avoid costly errors or unnecessary delays. In addition, with the advancement of computer surveying, the incumbent must keep abreast of the changes and enhancements of computer surveying and computer aided drafting. The incumbent also assists in the training and direction of survey crew members to ensure accurate readings and measurements.

Typical problems encountered by the incumbent include maintaining project work schedules and minimizing delays. The incumbent is required to maintain a cohesive survey crew that must work in close proximity and within a wide variety of environmental and traffic conditions. The greatest challenge to this position is to obtain consistently accurate measurements and data in a timely manner and in accordance with accepted surveying principles, while motivating crew members to perform efficiently.

The incumbent must review all proposed survey projects assigned, coordinate and explain methodology to crew members, instruct crew members in the use and care of sophisticated survey equipment, and ensure that all needed data has been collected and recorded. The incumbent is personally responsible for staking existing and proposed centerlines of highways, staking right of way, maintaining field notes and survey records, and preparing computations and sketches related to the project. The incumbent maintains a Geodetic file.

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The incumbent has general latitude in accomplishing responsibilities. This position operates within departmental policies and established surveying principles. The incumbent has authority to direct the activities of the survey crew, assign tasks to crew members, and approves all labor reporting times.

This position has regular contact with the district Bureau of Program Development to obtain necessary survey information and with the district Bureaus of Operations and Project Implementation regarding interpretation of recorded survey data. External contacts include landowners, private surveyors, and county and city engineers. This position requires a Surveyor in Training License, valid driver's license, extensive travel within the district, and occasional travel outside the district, which could include overnight stays. This position requires limited overtime during evenings and weekends; the ability to work in confined spaces, climb steep terrain, wade in water; and to perform physically demanding outdoor work in a variety of conditions and weather, including but not limited to, active construction sites and roadways open to traffic.

Performance of this position can best be evaluated by the incumbent’s ability to accurately and efficiently gather required survey data while developing a crew of motivated and trained members.

Principal Accountabilities

1. Obtains accurate survey measurements in a timely manner to ensure there is no delay in the completion of projects.
2. Collects accurate and meaningful survey data obtained through the use of surveying equipment.
3. Performs calculations and preparation of preliminary drafts showing topographic features.
4. Trains survey crew personnel in the use and maintenance of equipment and instruments.
5. Assures that all work activities are completed with due consideration to safety issues and proper utilization of available equipment.
6. Performs duties in compliance with departmental safety rules. Performs all duties in a manner conducive to the fair and equitable treatment of all employees.
7. Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Position Requirements

• Education/Experience:

• Current registration as a licensed Professional Land Surveyor in Illinois; OR
• Completion of a bachelor’s degree in land surveying from an accredited college or university, successful completion of the Fundamentals of Surveying examination or Surveyor Intern license PLUS one year of experience in the practice of land surveying; OR
• Completion of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a related science including 24 semester hours of land surveying courses, successful completion of the Fundamentals of Surveying examination or Surveyor Intern license PLUS one year of experience in the practice of land surveying

• Valid driver’s license
• The ability to work in confined spaces, climb steep terrain, wade in water; and to perform physically demanding outdoor work in a variety of conditions and weather, including but not limited to, active construction sites and roadways open to traffic
• Districtwide travel with overnight stays
• Overtime

Position Desirables

• Ability to prepare right-of way plats and plans using Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) workstations.
• Ability to make complete field surveys and right-of-way surveys
• Skill in the use of modern survey equipment, computers, and office and survey processing software
• Working knowledge of the principles and practices of land surveying
• Ability to perform third or higher order survey work and to make moderately difficult technical and land surveying computations and estimates.
• Ability to analyze and interpret land surveying and/or hydrographic data