Professional Land Surveyor w/ ODOT

 The Oregon Department of Transportation has posted a great opportunity for those interested in a Land Surveyor position. Job details (and the application) can be found here  https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/oregon/jobs/1843034 . This recruitment will remain open until September 28, 2017.

​Project Surveyor – Professional Land Surveyor 1
Highway Division - Region 2
Salem, Oregon
CLOSING DATE/TIME: 09/28/17 11:59 AM
SALARY: $58,260.00 - $86,040.00 Annually

ODOT's Survey Unit is responsible for surveying land needed for various highway, road, and maintenance projects.
 
We are recruiting for a project surveyor who will represent the unit on project development teams and perform professional survey work to develop highway centerline alignments, right of way lines, and boundary resolutions for the preparation of maps that are filed with counties for horizontal control, recovery, retracement, and monumentation surveys. This person will perform survey research and analysis to determine property boundaries and ownership and will determine project footprints necessary to support project construction and maintenance and then write property descriptions describing those areas. The project surveyor's decisions affect the accuracy of highway alignments, right of way locations, property boundaries, and produced maps.
 
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
 

• Plan, schedule, and complete location, construction, and right of way monumentation surveys for assigned projects and transportation facilities.
• Review progress of field survey work and provide technical advice or guidance.
• Research, compile, and analyze ODOT and other agency surveys, maps, plats, plans deeds, and field survey data.
• Determine location of highway centerlines and property boundaries.
• Read, interpret and use electronic map data to prepare reports.
• Review and recommend acceptance or corrections to maps and survey documents prepared by consultants.
• Stamp surveys for submittal to the county surveyor's office.
• Develop right of way base maps.
• Apply project design elements to right of way drawings.
• Serve as a technical resource on project development teams.
• Prepare control, recovery, and survey maps for filing with county surveyors.
• Prepare work order contracts.

QUALIFICATIONS, REQUIRED & REQUESTED SKILLS:
 
Minimum Qualifications:
A valid Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) license.