Surveying Helper

Kiewit • Harrah, OK

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Assist skilled craftsperson(s) with supportive duties under immediate supervision. The level and degree of responsibilities and requirements vary depending on months of experience and assigned job step. This entry-level role supports surveying work on construction projects and involves manual labor, learning surveying tasks, and operating and maintaining surveying tools and instruments.

Requirements

• May require a high school diploma or equivalent, with previous years of experience in the field or a related area.
• Must possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for the position.
• Ability to understand, follow, and transmit written and oral instructions and communicate effectively with management and supervision.
• Field experience in the chosen craft discipline.
• Knowledge of the safe and efficient use of hand tools, power tools, and layout tools.
• Must have required tools.
• Ability to pass pre-access drug and alcohol testing and a fit-for-duty medical examination.
• Ability to constantly move about a construction or industrial site and stand, walk, sit, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl.
• Ability to work in a construction environment with changing outdoor weather conditions, noise, and dust.
• Ability to work irregular hours, weekends, overtime, and holidays as required.
• May be required to use ladders, mechanical platforms, manlifts, or scaffolds to access work areas, potentially at heights exceeding 200 feet, and must be able to climb and maintain balance on formwork, steel formwork, stairs, ladders, and scaffolds.
• Ability to move and work in and around confined and cluttered places and on uneven surfaces.
• May be required or able to move items weighing up to 50 pounds across a construction or industrial site.

Responsibilities

• Perform manual labor related to surveying, including cutting brush for lines and carrying stakes, pins, and right-of-way markers to delineate construction project features.
• Assist with and learn to establish elevations or grades as required.
• Install or neatly mark elevations as instructed by the Surveying Journeyman.
• Assist with and learn to measure distances manually with survey chains and a plumb bob, and maintain survey chains for accuracy and consistency.
• Learn to set up items associated with electronic measuring and sighting and perform these actions as needed.
• Operate and maintain survey tools and instruments.
• Observe and comply with all safety and project rules.
• Perform other duties as required.

What This Job Offers

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