INSTRUMENT MAN

Corporate Environmental Risk Management•Atlanta, GA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Instrument Man operates survey instruments daily with minimal supervision, focusing on increasing speed and accuracy. This role involves performing Coordinate Geometry (COGO) functions in the field, maintaining detailed field notes and sketches, and accurately recording survey data. The position requires marking points, measuring distances, and physically preparing the survey line by clearing brush and trees. The Instrument Man also performs other duties as directed by the Crew Chief and/or professional surveyor.

Requirements

Ability to operate survey instruments daily with little or no supervision
Proficiency in Coordinate Geometry (COGO) functions
Skill in making field book notes and sketches
Ability to measure distances using various tools
Capability to mark points and drive stakes at specified elevations
Physical ability to cut and clear brush and trees

Responsibilities

Operate survey instruments virtually every day with little or no supervision, while striving to increase speed and accuracy
Perform Coordinate Geometry (COGO) functions such as inverse, resection, stake a line, translate and rotate coordinates in the field
Make field book notes and sketches of data gathered at job site
Call out reading or writes station number and reading in notebook
Mark points of measurement with elevation, station number, or other identifying mark
Measure distance between survey points with steel tape, cloth tape or electronic instruments
Mark measuring points with keel (marking crayon), paint sticks, scratches, tacks, or stakes
Place stakes at designated points and drives them into ground at specified elevation
Cut and clears brush and trees from line of survey
Perform other duties as directed by Crew Chief and/or professional surveyor