Field/Office Surveyor Position - East Bay Area, CA
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ABOUT US:
The East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) is a full-service governmental agency stewarding a metropolitan system of public open space parklands and trails in Alameda and Contra Costa counties east of the San Francisco Bay. EBRPD spans across 125,000 acres in 73 regional parks, including over 1,250 miles of trails that are enjoyed by over 25 million visitors and the community per year. The Park District acquires, manages, and preserves natural and cultural resources for everyone to enjoy now and forever to experience nature nearby.
OUR MISSION:
EBRPD preserves a rich heritage of natural and cultural resources and provides open space, parks, trails, safe and healthful recreation and environmental education. An environmental ethic guides the District in all of its activities.
OUR VALUES:
Respect – We honor the land we steward, each other, and the park visitors we serve.
Resilience – We creatively adapt to change. We address challenges with empathy, perspective, and determination.
Relationships – Our greatest strength lies in the trust, accountability, and teamwork we cultivate with our colleagues, partners, and the public we serve.
Responsiveness – We communicate openly, honestly, and reliably.
Transparency – We hold the public's trust through meaningful stakeholder engagement and access to timely and reliable information on decisions and performance.
WHY WORK FOR EBRPD?
Working with a purpose for a better world today and for future generations through the preservation of open space, public access to the outdoors, and a commitment to the conservation of the natural world found east of the San Francisco Bay across 33 cities in Alameda and Contra Costa counties.
A community of colleagues who are passionate about public service and the East Bay Regional Park District, the communities it serves, and its mission.
Excellent benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending, and pension benefits through California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS). Click here (Download PDF reader) for details regarding additional benefits.
Tuition reimbursement and professional development.
Free on-site parking.
Free parking permit for EBRPD parks (for up to 2 privately owned vehicles)
Employee discounts for certain EBRPD park amenities (reservations, daily fishing permit, public boat launch).
THE OPPORTUNITY:
The Park District is currently recruiting for a Field Office Surveyor that will be headquartered at the Park District’s Administrative Office, 2950 Peralta Oaks Ct., Oakland. The hiring pools established from this recruitment will be used to fill the current vacancies and additional vacancies that may occur during the one-year life of the hiring pools.
WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:
Under direction, plans and leads the fieldwork of the survey crew; performs the more difficult surveying duties and resolves discrepancies in surveying data as it applies to both field and office survey work; and performs related duties as assigned.
The Survey needs at the East Bay Regional Park District are varied and diverse and are mission critical components for several internal Departments. This work serves the Land Department, Legal Department, Design and Construction and the Operations Departments. Our deliverables include boundary resolutions, topographic mapping, the reviewing and preparation of property descriptions and plats, and the filing of legal documents and records. You will provide field to office surveying, including research, field mapping as well as working with a licensed surveyor to prepare and review property determinations and documents.
IDEAL CANDIDATE:
Has a positive attitude, is self-aware and makes good decisions
Is passionate about working in the land surveying field
Enjoys a diversity of job responsibilities and varying work sites
Can attend to detail while keeping the larger picture in mind
Can establish and maintain positive and cooperative working relationships
Is competent and confident working in both the field and office as it relates to land surveying
Is competent working in a collaborative environment and being a part of a team
Essential Functions
Leads and performs survey work for topographic mapping, real property boundary surveys and maps, preparation of legal descriptions, construction staking, and miscellaneous survey requests
Ensures accuracy and completeness of finished digital surfaces
Performs analyses and volume calculations of finished digital surfaces
Maintains the survey request job book
Monitors and uses various survey equipment, including electronic total stations, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), data collectors, and electronic bar code instruments in the field
Makes coordinate geometry calculations using specialized software
Makes conversions from latitude and longitude positions to the State Plane Coordinate System
Performs network adjustments, prepares data to import into AutoCAD Drafting software, imports points, adds break lines and creates surfaces
Performs legal research for real property boundary surveys
Obtains and interprets title reports, deeds, and court records
Prepares “Record of Survey” maps to be filed with the County Recorder’s offices
Prepares and drafts maps, plan views, drawings, construction layout diagrams, plats, cross sections, profiles, tables, hard copy drawings and final maps using CAD
Provides AutoCAD support
Assists in the preparation and review of survey documentation products
Researches and reviews deeds, title reports, legal descriptions, lease agreements, field notes, maps and documents
Drafts and performs complex survey calculations and computations and checks data for accuracy
Leads and performs various drafting work including mapping elements
Drafts topographic surveys, including surface creation and calculations, and boundary plats
Performs drawing review and oversight
Submits drafts and final drawings to appropriate departments
OTHER FUNCTIONS & DUTIES:
Analyzes complex survey data, prepares traverse control diagrams, makes complex calculations, and adjusts data as needed
Adjusts and performs maintenance on survey instruments
Oversees the operation of field crew and assists as necessary
Directs supports staff in the course of fieldwork and in the production of survey drawings
Makes field decisions on how to best approach projects
Performs related duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications
Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:
Education:
Equivalent to the completion of twelfth grade and completion of 60 semester or 90 quarter units of college level courses with major course work in a related field,
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Experience:
Two years of non-professional survey and field experience,
Substitution(s):
A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in a related field may be substituted for one year of the required experience.
License or Certificate:
Possession of a valid California Class C Driver's License is a condition of initial and continued employment.
Possession of a State of California Licensed Land Surveyor in Training (LSIT) or State of California Land Surveyor License, is desirable. Please attach if you have proof of this licensing.
Knowledge of:
Surveying techniques and construction operation; construction, math, and basic science as applied to surveying;
Surveying and computer drafting software; principles of lead direction and training;
Office procedures, methods, and equipment including computers and applicable software applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and databases.
Ability to:
Plan, evaluate, and communicate survey activities to staff, consultants, contractors, and other agencies; keep field notes and read contract drawings, plans, and specifications; operate and perform maintenance on survey instruments;
Read data collection files and run data collection software; make complex calculations;
Make decisions in the field;
Draft survey maps and documents and perform analyses; operate office equipment including computers and supporting word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications;
Maintain proficiency in automatic computer aided design (AutoCAD);
Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing;
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work at all levels, including a culturally diverse general public, with a focus on quality service to internal staff and external customers.
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
All East Bay Park Regional District employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment.
Must be able to pass a Level 1 background check which includes: employment history verification, employee reference check, education or certificate verification, Department of Justice fingerprinting, and criminal history review.
Possession of a valid Class C California Driver's License is a condition of initial and continued employment.
May be required to work unusual hours, nights, weekends, holidays, and outdoors in a variety of weather conditions.
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