County Surveyor
County Surveyor
Posted on :
05-04-2025
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Monthly Salary
$ 68384 - 82603
Vacancy
1 Vacancy
Posted on :
05-04-2025
Job Description
The Portage County Planning & Zoning department is hiring a fulltime County Surveyor. If you are a Wisconsin Licensed Professional Land Surveyor and have a minimum of five years of surveying experience then this may be the opportunity for you!
2025 pay range$68384.06 $82603 / yr
What are the primary job duties
- Performs surveyor duties required by Wis. Stat. 59.45 and 59.742.
- Develops and maintains a monument maintenance program through which Public Land Survey System (PLSS) corners are checked and perpetuated each year in compliance with State Statutes Administrative Codes and ordinances.
- Reviews Certified Survey Maps plats/maps of surveys any preliminary and final County or State Plats to ensure compliance with Wisconsin Statutes Administrative Codes and County & local ordinances. Makes recommendations to the Land Information Office and/or other County Staff regarding the review of the abovementioned maps/plats.
- Performs records search and conducts field investigations as necessary to verify survey monuments to make determinations in circumstances where there are conflicting survey records.
- Scans files and maintains records and maps of all survey information including plats/maps of surveys certified surveys and PLSS tie sheets; and maintains the corresponding information in the Countys GIS mapping system & online digital survey files.
- Performs survey work as necessary for the Planning and Zoning Department Highway Department Parks Department and other County departments. Assists the County in the marking of property lines of countyowned land for sales and other county property and management activities as needed. Assists County departments in drafting real estate documents.
- Provides guidance to public customers real estate related businesses and professional land surveyors regarding surveying mapping and land ownership and boundaries as appropriate upon request. Performs records search field search and reestablishment of PLSS corners when informed of monument disturbance or destruction.
- Keeps up to date on all adjustments and geoid models to the Portage County Coordinate System.
- Assists Wisconsin Department of Transportation and/or National Geodetic Survey in maintaining WI GPS control network monuments within Portage County.
- Trains County personnel in GPS use.
What are the minimum qualifications
- Must be a Wisconsin Licensed Professional Land Surveyor have a minimum of five years surveying experience experience with Geographic Information Systems Global Positioning Systems Auto Cad and/or other surveying software.
- Possession of a valid Wisconsin drivers license with a good driving record.
- Access to an insured vehicle for workrelated travel.
- Employee will be prohibited from performing private surveying in Portage County.
Portage County offers an AWESOME benefit package which includes the following;
- Vacation available on day one!
- Health insurance your choice of two health plans (Health Savings Account associated with a High Deductible Health Plan with a County contribution or a PPO Copay plan)
- Wellness incentive plan offered with health insurance enrollment! Earn up to $600 per year!
- Flexible spending account
- Dental insurance
- State of Wisconsin Retirement Plan County contribution of 6.95!
- Paid holidays
- Paid sick leave
- Life insurance premium paid by the County (must work a minimum of 30 hrs/wk)
- Long term disability insurance premium paid by the County (must work a minimum of 30 hrs/wk)
- EAP (Employee Assistance Plan) paid by the County
- 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plan
- Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program
Portage County is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Employment Type
Full-Time
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