Highway Land Surveyor

State of Nebraska•Lincoln, NE

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Nebraska Department of Transportation (NDOT) Right of Way Division is looking for a successful candidate for our Highway Land Surveyor position. In this role, you will work with a licensed Land Surveyor and gain quality experience toward becoming a professional Land Surveyor in the future while working mostly in rural areas across the state.

Requirements

Two-year post-high school degree in land surveying.
Experience may substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
Must have a valid driver’s license or ability to provide independent authorized transportation.
Knowledge of: Coordinate, trigonometry, and survey principles.
Skills in: Reading highway plans, using calculators, and basic computer operations.
Effective communication skills are required to perform the essential functions of the job.
Ability to: Conduct field surveying, with limited direction, when the licensed Land Surveyor is not available.
Set up survey equipment and operate a 70-pound jackhammer as well as a shovel, picks, and digging equipment safely and effectively.
Safely move, drag, lift, load, and unload various equipment, materials, and supplies with or without assistance.
Climb, stoop, and work in outdoor environments in all types of weather.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience/knowledge of Trimble Global Positioning equipment and Trimble Business Center software as well as Bentley Open Roads Computer Aided Drafting software.
Experience working with or through NDOT Right of Way Survey Staff.

Responsibilities

Assist Professional Land Surveyor in all aspects of boundary surveying.
Research corner records and other data, including county survey and corner tie records, road records, deeds of record, railroad plats, NDOT plans, and field books with limited direction.
Make sure all supplies required for field work are loaded.
Search for corners, taking Global Positioning System observations, and tying the found monuments, including downloading and uploading data with limited direction.
Interpret legal descriptions and compute survey information for bearings, distances, and coordinate values.
Draft the survey plat and the corner tie sheets by computer-aided drafting and prepare for filing with the repository after approval by the Professional Surveyor.
Perform other duties as assigned.