Right of Way Technician

City of Gulfport•Gulfport, MS

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Right of Way Technician assists in the application of principles, methods, and techniques of Engineering. This role involves reviewing project specifications, conferring with engineers, preparing plats and engineering drawings, updating city maps, converting survey data, and inspecting construction sites to ensure conformance to design specifications. The technician will also process trenching permits, enforce safety standards, and manage communications between the city, citizens, and utility companies regarding trenching activities.

Requirements

Knowledge of Industry Standards and Practices, and ability to make accurate, neat and legible drawings.
Ability to plan, create and design attractive drafting work.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals and layout, reproduce, assemble, bind and distribute same.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Ability to work with mathematical concepts, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
Ability to apply concepts such as survey principles and practices.
Ability to do complex engineering design drawings, consisting of all site engineering features.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments.
Knowledge and understanding of trenching practices.
Knowledge of MS811 laws.
Ability to interpret line locate information at work sites.
Knowledge of city ordinances and construction standards.
Knowledge of current safety standards.
Knowledge of the MUTCD’s temporary traffic control requirements.
Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; and two to three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Knowledge of engineering computer aided design (CAD) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) techniques, software and hardware.
Possession of a Mississippi Class R or higher drivers’ license.

Responsibilities

Reviews project specifications and confers with Engineer concerning assistance required such as plan preparation, acceptance testing, evaluation of field conditions, design changes, and reports.
Prepares plats and other Engineering drawings using computer assisted drafting techniques.
Draws and updates city maps from field notes, old drawings, sketches and electronic media.
Converts survey party field notes from written and electronic data; plots field information on plan and profile drawings; Surveys project sites to obtain topographical details of sites.
Reproduces various printed materials as requested by City departments.
Maintains electronic as-built files on maps, drawings and similar data.
Prepares overlays of water, sewer, storm drainage and other utilities on street maps, base maps and tax maps, using current CAD/GIS techniques.
Drafts detailed dimensional drawings such as those needed for plans and projects.
Calculates dimensions, profile specifications, and quantities of materials such as steel, concrete, and asphalt.
Inspects construction sites to determine conformance of projects to design specifications.
Maintains records of weekly trenching reports sent by various utility companies.
Processes trenching permits to ensure city ordinances are followed and standards are met.
Inspects trenching sites to ensure conformity to standards.
Enforces safety standards in accordance with city ordinances to ensure the safety of citizens and contractors.
Contacts necessary parties when problems arise between the City of Gulfport and/or its citizens and the various utility company’s.
Maintains a log of trenching applications and ensures proper documents are submitted.
Ensures timely processing of trenching applications.