Staff Surveyor

Thomas & Hutton•Charlotte, NC

22d

About The Position

Staff Surveyor Thomas & Hutton is a growing, well-established civil engineering firm providing consulting services throughout the southeast. We are an award-winning company that has been recognized as one of the best places to work in Georgia and South Carolina. Some of our many services include Civil, Environmental, Structural and Marine Engineering; Land Surveying; Land Planning; Landscape Architecture; Geographic Information Systems and Construction Administration. Thomas & Hutton has an opening for an experienced Staff Surveyor to join our Land Survey Department in Charlotte, NC. Staff Surveyors are responsible for directing crews of two or more people in successfully completing a variety of field assignments. This is an in-office and supervisory position that requires high impact decisions and directing the work of others while continuing to perform the same technical duties as other crew members. The work can be both mentally and physically challenging and must be performed in a wide range of conditions.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent required.
5+ years of experience as a Staff Surveyor preferred.
Prior experience conducting ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys, boundary and topographic surveys required.
Must have knowledge of mathematics, including trigonometry.
Working knowledge of surveying instruments and data collectors.
Familiar with the use of AutoCAD.
Familiar with the use of Civil 3D.
Familia with the use of Carlson SurvCE.
Strong attention to detail.
Ability to read and interpret plats, deeds, easements and plans.
Good team interaction skills.
Ability to work in an environment that may contain venomous snakes and insects such as ticks, red bugs, wasps, bees, hornets, yellow jackets, etc.
Ability to stand for long periods of time.
Ability to work with a wide range of temperatures.
Ability to climb hills and walk long distances.
Ability to traverse different types of terrain.
Ability to lift and carry up to 75lbs.
Ability to interact both verbally and written

Nice To Haves

B.S. in Surveying or Civil Engineering or equivalent experience preferred.
Experience with transportation and utility corridor surveys a plus.
Experience with Robotic total stations a plus.

Responsibilities

Performs office surveying work requiring the application of advanced techniques, procedures and criteria in carrying out a sequence of related surveying tasks.
Using prescribed methods, performs specific and limited portions of larger assignments.
Utilizes advanced knowledge of surveying practices and procedures (Field & Office).
Strong exercise of judgment is required in details of the work and in making preliminary selections of surveying alternatives.
Applies standard practices and techniques in specific situations, adjusts and correlates data, recognizes discrepancies in results and follows operations through a series of related detailed steps.
Participates in the resolution of moderate to complex survey problems.
Responsible for creation of survey data, calculations and computations.
May prepare packages containing all necessary data for field survey.
Compiles and reviews data from the field for completeness and provides information to the Survey Project Manager.
Conducts court house and property records research.
Processes field data and prepares topographic surveys, tree surveys, wetland surveys and utility subsurface surveys.
Calculates traverses and closures.
Prepares elevation certificates as needed.
Plots land descriptions.
Reviews policies of title insurance for ALTA/NSPS surveys.
Read survey field notes, write land descriptions.
Reviews calculations and computations for topographic, boundary and ALTA survey maps.
Prepares design, topographic, boundary and ALTA survey maps.
Sets up and checks of aerial photogrammetric surveys.
Assists in training entry level staff surveyors.
Additional duties as necessary and/or required by supervisor.