Survey Crew Chief

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Looking for a terrific place to build your career and write your own success story?

Balzer & Associates is searching for a Survey Crew Chief. This is an incredible opportunity to lead and grow with an extremely successful firm. At Balzer & Associates, we have been delivering design solutions to clients for over 50 years and are looking for the right team members to contribute to our mission of serving the community. Our employees are recognized as the essential pillars to our development and success; therefore, our focus is on taking exceptional care of not only our clients, but of our team.

When you join our team, you are exposed to all aspects of the design process. As a multi-disciplinary firm, our staff has the unique opportunity to interact, learn, and grow in a collaborative environment where knowledge is gained every day. Our diversity of work and disciplines affords our professionals the opportunity to be involved with a wide variety of projects that provide a foundation on which an outstanding career can be built.

Balzer & Associates offers a competitive, robust benefit package to full-time employees consisting of medical, dental and vision insurance; 401k match; PTO & paid holidays; annual bonus program, discretionary profit sharing, educational reimbursement, employee engagement events, financial wellness education, and other valuable benefits.

Job Summary:

The Survey Crew Chief leads the work of survey crew under the direction of the Land Surveyor or the Survey Department Head.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Compiles clear and concise notes, sketches, and records of data obtained and work performed

Makes judgments and calculations necessary for completion of projects in an accurate, comprehensive and timely manner

Establishes and maintains good relationship with clients in the field

Instructs members of survey party in proper field procedures and enforces safety policies and procedures

Takes part, when necessary, in all duties of survey party and assesses performance of subordinate personnel and reports this to the Survey Department Head

Supervises and participates in maintenance and operation of equipment and vehicles

Keeps accurate daily timesheets of projects worked on and personnel involved

Monitors production and efficiency of survey crew in order to complete projects in a timely and professional manner

Performs other duties as directed

Required Skills and Abilities:

Ability to read and comprehend instructions and correspondence

Ability to write business correspondence

Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume

Ability to understand and carry out detailed instructions

Ability to problem solve

Ability to correctly interpret, disseminate and execute instructions following adopted standards of procedures

Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra, trigonometry, and geometry

Has appropriate level of knowledge of office and survey equipment

Basic proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite products

Physical Requirements:

The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, talk or hear, and climb or balance

The employee is occasionally required to sit, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds

The employee will regularly work outside in weather conditions

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate

Education and Experience:

High school degree or equivalent

Progressive experience as a survey instrument person and related experience and/or training

Valid Virginia driver’s license and a satisfactory driving record

Competencies Required:

Communication

Decision Making

Employee Management

Interpersonal Skills

Job Knowledge

Leadership

Productivity

Quality

Self Development

Technical Skills

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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