Survey Party Chief

City of Kingman•City of Kingman, AZ

5h•Onsite

About The Position

The City of Kingman is seeking a Survey Party Chief to join their Engineering Department. This role involves performing technical and skilled survey engineering work in the field, serving as a lead over the survey crew, and working under the direction of the City Surveyor or Assistant Surveyor. The ideal candidate enjoys working outdoors, is hands-on, takes initiative, provides guidance to crew members, ensures work is completed safely and efficiently, pays close attention to detail, and takes pride in accurate measurements. The role requires comfort working on active construction sites, maintaining situational awareness, enforcing safety procedures, and serving as a positive example for the team.

Requirements

Graduation from high school diploma or GED equivalent
Two (2) years of related technical or college-level coursework in surveying, with sufficient education to perform arithmetic calculations, to read and interpret instructions, blueprints, charts, and maps, and to maintain records and prepare reports.
Five (5) years of field experience performing survey work.
Some experience leading survey crews.
Any combination of experience and training which demonstrates the knowledge and experience to perform the work.
Valid Arizona State Driver’s License or have the ability to obtain one prior to employment.
Must be physically capable of moving about on construction work sites.

Responsibilities

Serve as a lead to field/survey crews, including assigning and monitoring work, and providing direction in performing various land survey operations.
Direct all phases of work of a field survey crew in determining the exact location and measurements on control points, elevation, lines, and areas to secure data used for construction, contract payment, qualities, map making, boundary delineation, or other related purposes.
Direct the surveying, construction, and layout of water and sewer lines, paving projects, storm drains, simple bridges, parks, and other public works projects.
Locate water lines, sewer lines, telephone lines, power poles, fences, gas meters, water meters, and curbs and centerlines of roads using complex electronic and optical instruments across various terrains and weather conditions.
Import and convert data from survey equipment into CAD programs; and create base mapping.
Prepare and verify mathematical calculations related to surveying and basic engineering.
Compute and adjust angles, distances, bearings, traverses, and completeness.
Maintain accurate survey- and non-survey related records in the form of field notes, reports, and sketches.
Maintain vertical and horizontal control notes in files, field book, and computer.
Operate a programmable calculator to make mathematical calculations.
Calculate information needed to conduct surveys from plans, notes, maps, deeds, or other records.
Participate in pre-construction and departmental meetings; Meet with contractors in order to communicate survey requirements.
Prepare and maintain a variety of records, logs, diaries, and/or other related documentation.
Keep notes of level circuits, traverse closures, precise levels, property corners, topography notes, horizontal and vertical curves, cross-sections for earthwork, calculations, and building grades.
Perform a variety of office duties, including researching existing survey records and compiling data required for current survey projects.
Obtain drawings, aerial photographs, field notes, and old maps from other departments for reference.
Interpret engineering plans for construction property and boundary controls.
Interpret and compute field data; Evaluate for accuracy and completeness.