Associate Land Surveyor

NV5•Petaluma, CA

9d•Onsite

About The Position

NV5 is a leading provider of tech-enabled engineering, testing, inspection, and consulting solutions for the built environment. We specialize in engineering design, asset management, and geospatial data analytics to support infrastructure resilience and building systems performance throughout the entire asset lifecycle. NV5’s 5,000 consulting engineers, inspectors, and analysts play a critical role in shaping our communities through resilient infrastructure that will stand the test of time and efficient smart building systems for optimized facility environments. We are seeking an Associate Surveyor to provide professional review of work products, manage office and field workload under the direction of the Survey Manager, and support the Survey Manager in maintaining project schedules and budgets. The person in this position assists the Survey Managers in managing survey crews and provides survey research, computations, and review of survey drafting for topographic maps and plats, as well as writing of legal descriptions, easements, and other survey documents, all per local, state, and federal requirements. Reviews projects, performs quality assurance, and reports progress through completion on each project.

Requirements

LSIT Required
A minimum of 5 years of surveying and mapping experience is required
Must possess good interpersonal skills and effective written and oral communication skills
Right-of-way mapping and parcel plat drafting.
Must be proficient in the use of total stations, GPS receivers, and data collectors, and GPS reduction software.
Experience in Civil3D with demonstrated survey drafting skills required
Proficiency in Trimble Business Center, StarNet or similar survey processing software.
Ability to read and understand survey drawings, plans & specifications.
Knowledge of principles of monumentation, staking, and marking.
Must be proficient with MS Word and Excel.

Nice To Haves

Professional Land Surveyor registration certification is a plus.
3+ project management experience preferred
Experience in the use of lidar scanning (terrestrial, mobile, aerial) data registration/extraction
UAV / UAS operation, data acquisition, and data reduction experience a plus
Hydrographic surveying experience is a plus.
excellent Civil3D skills a plus

Responsibilities

Provide professional & technical oversight and guidance
Perform project research, logistics, and management, review plats, and prepare legal descriptions.
Adhere to the company’s policies, safety plan, and the project safety plan.
Perform quality control checks on each project, including computations, field book formats, and content.
Supervise project field crew(s) and/or serve as field crew chief
Work on control, boundary, subdivision, topographic, and design surveys, ALTA /NSPS standards, aerial mapping surveys, and may also perform hydrographic surveying.
Accurately run and adjust survey measuring instruments, including digital levels, GPS equipment, and total stations with electronic data collecting capabilities.
Understand and identify basic sources of measurement errors.
Perform mathematical calculations and check field data.
Perform data reduction, field note reduction, calculations, data checks, and staking.
Computations using survey programs and Civil3D.
Perform other duties as assigned