Survey Party Chief
Survey Party Chief
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THE POSITION
THIS POSTING WILL BE OPEN UNTIL FILLED
Applicationcutoff dates arethe first and third Thursday of each month.
IDEAL CANDIDATE STATEMENT
The Survey Party Chief position is responsible for supervising a crew of technical staff managing design and construction surveying projects preparing deliverables for City clients and preparing legal descriptions and plats for right of way acquisitions. The Department of Public Works Engineering Services division is seeking a highly motivated experienced individual to provide leadership and support in our Survey Section. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in general land surveying practices including design topographic surveys construction staking boundary surveying and preparation of legal descriptions and plats. They will be skilled at supervising and coaching survey technicians performing survey field work.
To perform supervisory and advanced technical surveying work and to be responsible for planning organizing and directing the operation of a field party making land and engineering surveys.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
Work of this class involves performing complex technical engineering survey work and direct supervision of a field survey party. Incumbents apply precise surveying knowledge and techniques.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Direction is provided by a higher level supervisory or management position. Responsibilities include the direct and indirect supervision of technical subordinates.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Depending upon assignment duties may include but are not limited to the following:
Direct a survey party in making a variety of surveys including land surveys to determine locations of property lines boundaries easements and rightofways; topographic surveys to determine locations and elevations of existing improvements structures and topographic features; construction surveys for improvement projects; surveys to establish and adjust benchmarks; and surveys to establish and monument street centerlines.
Keep accurate orderly and legible field notes of work performed showing lines angles distances benchmarks mathematical calculations and other data pertinent to the field survey.
Compute and adjust angles distances bearings traverses and elevations.
Operate survey instruments and instruct other party members in their operations.
Perform a variety of office surveying duties including researching existing records and compiling data required for current survey projects and computing data to be shown on maps.
Supervise train and evaluate the performance of technical subordinates.
Perform related duties as assigned.QUALIFICATIONS
Knowledge of:
Surveying methods practices and techniques.
Legal aspects of surveying.
Algebra geometry and trigonometry.
Elementary principles and practices of engineering as related to surveying.
Sources of information concerning previous land surveys.
Principles of supervision training and performance evaluation.
Personal computers including surveying software.
Current generation of field survey computers.
Ability to:
Understand and interpret legal descriptions and record survey maps.
Understand and interpret engineering plans diagrams and notes.
Use and care for surveying instruments and equipment.
Make accurate and legible field survey notes.
Perform complex mathematical calculations with speed and accuracy.
Plan and organize the work of a field survey party to achieve optimum efficiency.
Supervise train and evaluate subordinate field survey personnel.
Experience:
Two years of experience comparable to an Engineering Aide II with the City of Sacramento.
OR
Three years of experience as a member of a survey party performing lead chain rod and instrument operator duties.
License of Certificate:
Possession of a valid LandSurveyorInTraining Certificate in the State of California at the time of appointment. LandSurveyorInTraining Certificate must be verifiable.PROOF OF CERTIFICATION
Proof of the required certificate and/or licenseshouldbesubmittedwith your application andwill beat the time of appointment.Unofficial documents and/or copies are acceptable.
SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS
Driver License:
A valid California Class C Driver License at the time of appointment. Loss of the Class C License is cause for discipline. Individuals who do not meet this requirement due to physical disability will be reviewed on a casebycase basis.THE SELECTION PROCEDURE
Please note the City of Sacramentos preferred method of communication with applicants is via email. As such please ensure you verify the email address on your application and check your emailfrequently including your spam and junk folders. All email notifications can also be accessed through the governmentjobs applicant inbox.
1. Application:(Pass/Fail) All applicants must complete andsubmitonlinea City of Sacramento employment applicationby the next posted cutoff date;Employment applications must besubmittedonline; paper applications will not be accepted.
Employment applicationswill be considered incomplete and will be disqualified:
If applicants do not list current and past jobrelated experience in theduties area of theWork Experience section.Note: Qualifying experience is based on fulltime experience 40 hours per week). Qualifying experience is calculated to the fulltime equivalent (prorated if less than 40 hours/week.
If see resume is noted in the Work Experience section; a resume will not substitute for the informationin the Work Experience section.
Proof of certification and/or license should besubmittedonline with your application. Proof of certification and/or licensewill beat time of appointment.
Position/job titles will not be considered indeterminingeligibility for meeting the minimum qualifications for this position.
Ifyourerequesting Veterans credit a copy of your DD214 must besubmittedonlinewith your application oremailedto the Employment Officeby the next posted cutoff date.Informationregardingthe use of Veterans credit can be found in the Civil Service Board rules under rule4.9C.
Applicantsare responsible forattaching a copy of their DD214 to each position for which they apply.
2. Training and Experience Exam: (Weighted 100 The questionslocatedat the end of the application are the Training and Experience (T&E) Exam.Responses to the T&E questions will be rated and scored. This exam will evaluate the relevance level and progression of a candidates educationtrainingand experience. The exam score willdetermineyour ranking on the eligible list for this job. When completing the T&E questions please note:
Responses to the T&E questionsmustbesubmittedonline; paper questionnaires will not be accepted.
A resume willnotsubstitute for the informationin the T&E questions.
3.Eligibility: Candidates who pass the Training and Experience Test will be placed on the eligible list. The hiring department may contact candidates for interview at any time during the life of the oneyear list. Candidates eligibility expires one year from the date of notification of a passing score for the Survey Party Chiefexamination.
4.Screening Committee: (Pass/Fail) All candidates that pass the examination and are in one of the top three ranks will have their applicationforwardedto the hiring department for review. The hiring department will select the most competitive applications for further consideration. Human Resources will only evaluate employment applications for the minimum qualifications asstatedon the job announcement for applications selected by the hiring department.
5.Conditional Hire:Upon receipt of a conditional offer the selected candidate must complete and pass LiveScan/fingerprinting. If applicable candidates may also need to pass a preemployment medical exam controlledsubstanceand/or alcohol test andpossessany required licensure or certification prior to receiving a start date from the Department. Failure to meet these prerequisites will be grounds for withdrawal of your conditional offer of employment.
QUESTIONS:
For questions concerning this job announcement and the application process:For technical support between 6 AM 5 PM PT contact Live Applicant Support at.
Visit the City of Sacramento Human Resources Department website at an email to;or
Call the Human Resources Department at
Required Experience:
Chief
Employment Type
Full-Time
