Survey Instrument Technician

Triad Engineering•Hagerstown, MD

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Triad Engineering, Inc. has an immediate need for a full-time Survey Instrument Technician for our Hagerstown, MD office. Triad Engineering is a multi-disciplinary consulting firm that provides geotechnical and civil engineering, environmental services, land surveying, construction testing and monitoring services to a wide range of clients. We are an employee-owned firm with nearly 200 employees throughout West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Ohio and offer an extensive benefits package. Triad Engineering, Inc. is a Drug-Free Workplace. As a condition of employment, candidates are required to take and pass a pre-employment drug screening. Triad Engineering, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent
Previous survey or survey-related experience preferred
Must possess a valid driver's license, a clean driving record, and the ability to safely operate a motor vehicle
Must possess the ability to read, write and perform basic math
Must be comfortable communicating with the public
Must be comfortable with regular use of email, internet and basic Microsoft Office applications
Must be available to work in all types of indoor and outdoor environments
Work is performed under all weather conditions, often on busy streets or construction sites, involves extensive standing and walking, and includes clearing brush, working in difficult terrain, manholes and on difficult slopes.
May be required to push, pull, lift, and/or carry up to 50 pounds.
Occasional office work may be required.
Work may routinely require the employee to sit, stand, walk, climb, balance, bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl.
The employee is regularly required to talk and hear and frequently required to use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
Required vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
Knowledge of the operation, checking and basic field adjustments on transits, total stations, total electronic stations, data collectors, levels, and tripods
Knowledgeable of trigonometry, geometry, algebra, coordinate geometry, and basic surveying computations
Knowledge of the reduction and checking of the field notes for the determination of positions and elevations
Knows basic sources of measurement errors
Knows principles of staking and marking
Ability to enter field data and produce positional information (i.e., leveling, traversing, stadia, topographic mapping) with hand-held calculator
Knows how to interpret control point records and data sheets, as well as locate points in the field
Understands basic plan reading and preparation (i.e., site plans, boundary plans, highway plans, profile and cross sections, horizontal and vertical curves, pipeline plans, foundation plans, and developing existing and finished contours)
Basic knowledge of the terminology and principles of conventional drafting
Knowledgeable of surveying ethics and technical standards

Nice To Haves

Additional courses in mathematics and surveying preferred

Responsibilities

Follow all corporate and job site safety procedures
Maintain equipment by cleaning, completing preventative maintenance and performing calibrations
Assemble and set-up necessary equipment at project site
Coordinate field work for a variety of standard types of surveys, under the direction of the Crew Chief
Perform survey activities including, but not limited to, leveling, traversing, triangulation, metes and bounds surveys, construction surveys and photo control surveys
Perform physical tasks such as: line clearing, pounding stakes, setting monuments, and locating critical underground objects
Demonstrate lot, area, and intersection (bearing-bearing, distance-distance, bearing-distance) computations
Record field notes legibly and accurately for standard surveying operations
Communicate effectively with crew members and other survey staff
Strive to make each project profitable