Roles and responsibilities
Responsibilities:
Desired candidate profile
- Selects, supervises, trains, motivates, assigns, evaluates, counsels and disciplines subordinate personnel;
- Supervises office and field survey activities;
- Advises survey staff regarding methods and techniques of surveying;
- Provides direction to the Survey Department's Record Drawing Group as needed;
- Coordinates surveying activities with real estate agents, engineers, inspectors, contractors, etc.;
- Attends pre-construction meetings or assigns survey staff to attend and keeps informed on projects and related activities;
- May recommend design changes to conform with field conditions;
- May administer consultant contracts;
- Supervises personnel performing office and/or field work required for preparation of Record of Survey Maps, Parcel Maps, Corner Records, legal descriptions, and construction layout plans for VTA projects;
- Serves as Responsible Charge as described in the Professional Engineers' and Land Surveyors' Act including stamping, signing, and certifying the correctness of documents;
- Interprets legal descriptions of real property;
- Uses AutoCAD, Softdesk, and other computer aided design software in the development of maps and calculations;
- Interacts with various public and private organizations;
- Prepares clear and comprehensive reports and technical correspondences;
- Performs technical surveying work as required including GPS surveying, running level loops, and producing maps and legal descriptions;
- Performs related work as required.
Surveyors use evaluation and problem-solving skills to complete the required job tasks. Surveyors have the following responsibilities:
- Use measurements of surveying equipment to determine property lines and boundaries
- Research additional information about a property through titles, survey records and land records
- Present land information and details to new property owners or investors
- Settle legal disputes regarding property ownership
- Record accurate property lines and plots with the local land use authorities