Professional Land Surveyor

Encompass Engineering and Surveying is seeking an experienced Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) for our established land surveying firm. You will produce various land survey deliverables utilizing CAD software. The type of surveys we produce range from topographic, boundary, ALTA/NSPS, and land use surveys, so there is always an ability to advance and grow in your knowledge and experience.

Job Responsibilities:

Produce finished survey drawings

Work closely with survey crew members and office staff to draft survey data and/or review drawings produced by others.

Work with Project Managers to meet schedule deadlines

Existing surface creation in CAD to depict an accurate representation of field conditions

Interpret record documents and accurately represent them in a CAD environment

Effectively communicate with internal staff to gather all information needed for the drafting of survey related data

Required Skills & Experience:

Construction staking calculations

o Able to interpret plans and provide accurate field crew setup for the construction of curbs, sidewalks, storm, sewer, water, buildings, walls, gridlines, etc

o Reduce field notes and prepare staking exhibits for contractors

Plats, Short Plats and Boundary Line Adjustments

o Able to abide by state and jurisdictional requirements in preparation of these documents

Property boundary calculations

o Able to interpret deeds together with available records and field data to accurately calculate a property boundary

Easement documents

o Able to write new easement legal descriptions and interpret existing easement legal descriptions to draft their location in relation to a property boundary

Topographic mapping

o Able to prepare a topographic mapping lineout for field crews

o Proficient in drafting topographic maps from field data

o Be familiar with what topographic items are important for different types of projects

Minimum of five years of experience in all aspects of land surveying, to include a minimum of two years of experience in the office either drafting and/or computing

Proficient in Civil 3D

Experience in drafting of topographic surveys for design

Experience in drafting of exhibits and the preparation of legal descriptions

Knowledge of survey practices and principles, cartographic methods and standards

Understanding of digital field books, field codes and field-to-finish Survey techniques

Ability to process and edit line work, figures and surface models

Ability to multitask in a fast-paced work environment

Ability to work with little supervision

Detail-oriented

Ability to collaborate well with other team members

Preferred:

AAS or BS Degree in Surveying

Licensed Surveyor in Training (L.S.I.T) Certificate is a plus

Experience with AutoCAD and Civil 3D is a plus