Graduate Surveyor

WESTWOOD PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INC • Fort Worth, TX

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About The Position

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Graduate Surveyor to assist Professional Surveyors with CAD production, boundary analysis, research, legal description and easement preparation, deliverables review, computations, and adherence to specific state statutes. The position works under the responsible charge of a Professional Land Surveyor.

The Graduate Surveyor works with Professional Surveyors to define project tasks, schedules, and resource requirements, and to evaluate property boundaries in metes and bounds and public land survey states. The role coordinates with field crews and office staff, performs quality assurance and quality control checks, and stays current on service-specific trends, technology, software, hardware, and equipment. The position also helps ensure that division, regional, and company policies and practices are consistently followed within the survey service.

Requirements

• Surveyor in Training certification.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities and projects well.
• Civil 3D experience.

Nice To Haves

• Four-year degree and/or 3-plus years of land survey field experience.
• Experience coordinating activities with office personnel, including surveying technicians and engineering staff.
• Experience searching for and recovering Public Land Survey System monuments.
• Ability to travel and remain at a project site or another Westwood office for extended periods; must be able to self-fund expenses until reimbursement is disbursed.
• TBC experience.

Responsibilities

• Assist Professional Land Surveyors with CAD production, boundary analysis, research, legal description and easement preparation, deliverables review, computations, and adherence to specific state statutes.
• Work with the Professional Surveyor to define project tasks, schedules, and resource requirements.
• Work with the Professional Surveyor to evaluate property boundaries in metes and bounds and public land survey states.
• Travel occasionally for courthouse research.
• Coordinate with field crews and office staff.
• Perform QA/QC checks.
• Stay current on service-specific trends, technology, software, hardware, and equipment.
• Ensure division, regional, and company policies and practices are consistently followed within the survey service.
• Lead by example by displaying sound judgment, good values, trust, honesty, openness, and professionalism.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed