Instrument Person

TRC Companies • WI-Milwaukee, WI

11d • $15 - $20 • Onsite

About The Position

The Instrument Person operates and maintains survey instrumentation for lower-technology survey activities, including profile surveys, line locations, pipeline re-staking, line clearing and locating, loop line setup, and river and road crossings. The role performs assigned survey work such as turning angles, measuring distances, collecting survey data, maintaining field notes, and processing survey data. It works closely with the Survey Party Chief to carry out survey work and apply the appropriate methods, and assumes leadership of the survey team in the Party Chief’s absence.

The position assists with planning and executing survey activities, coordinating personnel and equipment, orienting and assigning survey personnel, monitoring performance and documentation, and helping ensure compliance with project requirements for quality, safety, emergency response, and documentation. It monitors schedule, budget, work scope, and project records; communicates survey progress and issues to the Survey Party Chief; and assists with preparing the survey documentation package at project completion. The role involves fieldwork in varied terrain and extreme weather, travel as required, and may require relocation to domestic or foreign locations.

Requirements

• At least two years of surveying experience, including previous Instrumentman experience.
• Knowledge of electronic data collection methods for cross-country pipeline surveying.
• Knowledge of survey instrumentation operating procedures and survey data collection techniques.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Good oral communication skills and ability to write clearly and concisely for reports, field notes, specifications, and correspondence.
• Basic mathematical knowledge, including algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.
• Ability to identify and solve organizational, business-related, technical, and administrative problems.
• Effective problem-solving skills, including when dealing with conflicting personalities.
• Creativity, foresight, and mature judgment to identify potential problems and address them early.
• Demonstrated leadership and supervisory skills.
• Ability to travel as dictated by job requirements.
• Proficiency operating a PC, including spreadsheet and word-processing programs.
• Ability to walk 2–10 miles per day while carrying supplies and equipment.
• Ability to clear a line using a machete, brush axe, or chain saw.
• Ability to work outdoors across varied terrain and extreme climates, in all types of weather, and around wildlife.
• Must be at least 18 years of age to apply.
• Must pass pre-employment and random drug tests.

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Knowledge of Global Positioning Systems (GPS) preferred.
• ACSM Survey Technician Certificate preferred.
• Experience in database operations and use of engineering programs preferred.
• Good working knowledge of TRC project operations.
• Willingness to relocate to domestic or foreign locations.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain survey instrumentation throughout collection of survey data.
• Perform assigned survey activities, including turning angles, shooting distances, collecting data, and making adjustments for obstructions not identified during route reconnaissance.
• Process survey data and coordinate with the Survey Party Chief on data translation for preliminary alignment maps and plats.
• Assist the Survey Party Chief in implementing project survey policies, guidelines, procedures, and execution plans.
• Assist in requesting and coordinating the personnel and equipment required for survey activities.
• Orient survey personnel on project planning, procedures, safety, emergency response, quality assurance, and documentation requirements.
• Assign tasks to survey personnel and explain requirements for completing and submitting documentation.
• Monitor personnel performance, conduct, work ethics, documentation, and interactions; provide guidance, coaching, motivation, or discipline as appropriate.
• Monitor survey work for compliance with project requirements and identify changes in scope, schedule variances, and budget variances.
• Implement work changes where possible while maintaining progress schedules and budgeted costs, and document required schedule or budget changes.
• Monitor documentation control and filing systems to ensure project records can be stored and retrieved readily.
• Maintain close communication with the Survey Party Chief about progress, problems, and potential resolutions affecting survey completion.
• Guide and supervise personnel in documenting survey activities, tracking progress and costs, reporting time and expenses, and maintaining complete, legible, controlled, and retrievable project documents.
• Implement project requirements for safety and emergency response and maintain related documentation.
• Assist with preparing and submitting complete survey activity documentation for the project completion package.
• Maintain field notes in accordance with TRC Guidelines for Field Surveys.
• Assure company and project surveying procedures are implemented to achieve quality survey work.
• Report to the Survey Party Chief for interpretation of TRC Guidelines for Field Surveys.
• Assume leadership of the survey team in the Survey Party Chief’s absence.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance.
• 401(k) package with traditional and Roth IRA options and company match.
• Paid time off ranging from 15 to 25 days per year, contingent on employment status and seniority.
• At least 8 paid holidays per year for full-time employees.
• Paid sick, family, and disability leave in accordance with the laws of the employee’s state of residence.
• Possible participation in the company’s annual discretionary bonus program, contingent on company, business segment, and individual performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED