Engineering Technician I

State of North Carolina • Wilson County, NC

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About The Position

The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Location & Surveys Unit provides statewide engineering and geomatics analysis for transportation facility development and property acquisition, following professional engineering and surveying practices and applicable laws and regulations. The Engineering Technician I performs technical work supporting higher-level technicians or engineers in route location surveying and carries out a full range of calculations and computations. The position involves both indoor and outdoor environmental conditions.

The technician performs standardized and non-standardized tasks to compile, analyze, compute, edit, and process field data as part of an engineering survey crew. Assignments include field and office technical work on highway route location surveys, operating survey instruments and electronic engineering survey equipment, and using CADD and computer equipment to create plan sheets and process survey data. Work may involve hydraulic surveys, complex horizontal alignments, photogrammetric controls, property condemnation, GPS field work, courthouse research, and maintaining personal and worksite safety. The role is supervised by higher-level technicians or engineers.

Requirements

• Associate’s degree in Civil Engineering Technology, Survey Technology, or the assigned discipline from an appropriately accredited institution, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to perform a full range of calculations and computations.
• Management prefers experience communicating technical information verbally, clearly, and accurately to varied audiences, including via handheld radio.
• Management prefers experience performing basic internet skills such as online property searches.
• Management prefers experience with basic math skills, including geometry, trigonometry, and algebra.
• Management prefers experience accurately following oral and/or written procedures and instructions.
• Management prefers experience working as a member of a team on less complex assignments, such as collecting DTM data or photogrammetric and topographical features in the field for plan sheet preparation.
• Ability to legally operate a motor vehicle is preferred by management.

Nice To Haves

• Experience communicating technical information verbally, clearly, and accurately to varied audiences, including via handheld radio.
• Experience performing basic internet skills such as online property searches.
• Experience with basic math skills, including geometry, trigonometry, and algebra.
• Experience accurately following oral and/or written procedures and instructions.
• Experience working as a member of a team on less complex assignments such as collecting DTM data or photogrammetric and topographical features in the field for plan sheet preparation.
• Ability to legally operate a motor vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Compile, analyze, compute, edit, and process field data as part of an engineering survey crew.
• Perform basic field or office technical assignments related to highway route location surveys.
• Operate survey instruments and electronic engineering survey equipment.
• Operate CADD and computer equipment for surveying and preparation of plan sheets and survey data.
• Support hydraulic surveys, complex horizontal alignments, setting photogrammetric controls, property condemnation, and GPS field work.
• Conduct courthouse research.
• Take steps to maintain the safety of self and the worksite.
• Communicate technical information clearly and accurately, including by handheld radio, as preferred by management.
• Collect DTM data or photogrammetric and topographical field features for plan sheet preparation as part of a team, as preferred by management.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree