Land Surveyor

THIS IS A NEW ASSEMBLED EXAMINATION. The eligible list resulting from this examination will cancel any existing list and may last approximately one year but can be extended.

Supplemental Questionnaire: A properly completed Supplemental Questionnaire must be submitted with each application. Failure to submit the Application or Supplemental Questionnaire will result in disqualification.

Applications and supplemental questionnaires must be in the possession of the Human Resource Services Department by 5:00:00 p.m. on the Last Day for Filing.

APPLICATIONS AND SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THIS RECRUITMENT WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED ONLINE.

The Agency under the direction of the County Surveyor desires professional level applicants committed to furthering the mission of the agency in mapping and the measurement sciences. Candidates should be eager to learn intellectually curious and positive contributors to a team environment. Non-traditional backgrounds and experience are encouraged but applicants must still meet minimum professional standards for licensure experience and education.

THE AGENCY

The mission of Public Works is to enhance the quality of life for the people of Alameda County by providing a safe well-maintained and lasting public works infrastructure through accessible responsive and effective services. Public services provided by the Alameda County Public Works Agency include flood control planning and design storm water pollution control transportation planning and design roadway and flood control maintenance and inspection and construction and building inspections.

The goals of the Agency are to keep roads safe and well maintained provide the highest level of flood protection provide service levels that optimize infrastructure life cycles minimize deferred maintenance ensure that development and construction adhere to applicable State and County rules optimize disaster preparedness response and recover ensure that the Agencys operations and services minimize negative impacts on the environment and sustain and advance County and Agency programs through a vital business and administrative support system.

For more information about the Alameda County Public Works Agency please visit their website at POSITION

This series specification describes the two classifications of Survey Technician III and Land Surveyor which under direction at the lower level and under general direction at the higher level performs routine and difficult land surveying duties in the field and office in both the Survey Support and County Surveyor Sections of the Survey Division of the Public Works Agency; and performs other related duties.

The class of Land Surveyor is distinguished from the next lower one of Survey Technician III in that the former class is the first level of the professional Land Surveyor classifications exercising the independent control and direction of land surveying work and land surveying decisions which can only be made by a licensed Land Surveyor and are described in the following Examples of Duties. Certain positions in this class may be responsible for assigning monitoring and reviewing the work of multiple survey parties within one of the Divisions major specialized survey activities such as Global Positioning System (GPS) Surveys Boundary Determinations and in the examination of record maps in the County Surveyor Section.

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IDEAL CANDIDATE

In addition to meeting the minimum qualifications stated below the ideal candidate will have demonstrated a track record of success in the following areas:

• Experience with GIS software such as ArcGIS or QGIS
• Proficiency with computer drafting software such as AutoCAD
• Familiarity with database management systems (DBMS)
• Experience with programming languages such as Python or SQL for GIS/mapping
• Proficiency with reading legal descriptions and plotting deeds
• Experience with map related historical records and research.
• Experience with map reviews and map production
• A thorough understanding of remote sensing and GNSS technologies
• Proficiency writing narratives drafting reports or documenting procedures and methodologies related to spatial data.

TO QUALIFY FOR THE COMPETITIVE ASSESSMENT PROCESS YOU MUST MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS BY FULFILLING ONE OF THE PATTERNS LISTED BELOW (I or II).

EITHER I

Experience:The equivalent of two years of full-time experience in the class of Survey Technician III in the Alameda County classified service (non-classified includes District Attorneys Office Hospital Authority and the Consolidated Courts)

And

License:Possession of a valid current license as a Land Surveyor from the State of California. Possession of a valid California Motor Vehicle Operators license.

Education:The equivalent of two years of college-level course work in math and science that included algebra and trigonometry

And

Experience:The equivalent of six years of full-time land surveying experience that included at least two years of preparing or reviewing record boundary documents such as records of survey corner records right-of-way maps or property descriptions

And

License:Possession of a valid current license as a Land Surveyor from the State of California.Possession of a valid California Motor Vehicle Operators license.

NOTE: The Civil Service Commission may modify the above minimum qualifications in the announcement of an examination.

The most suitably qualified candidates will possess the following competencies:

Knowledge of:

• Fundamentals and laws governing survey theory and practice regarding preliminary designs construction right-of-way engineering land division boundary location control and geodetic surveying.
• Federal and State regulations such as the Subdivision Act Land Surveyors Act and other local ordinances as they relate to the preparation and examination of record documents including final maps parcel maps and records of survey.
• Survey equipment and computer software used in land survey office work.
• Sources of general engineering and/or land survey information.
• Safety procedures pertaining to survey work.
• Principles of Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
• Computer literacy including Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) and GIS.

Ability to:

• Perform technical office and/or field surveys.
• Prepare and review the work of assigned survey staff involving engineering construction and photogrammetric surveys and uniform base mapping program.
• Communicate orally explaining complex technical and legal surveying and property boundary issues to attorneys colleagues and the public.
• Process subdivision parcel and record of survey maps.
• Read and interpret drawings maps and documents related to land surveying.
• Follow oral and written instructions.
• Adhere to performance standards related to land surveying.
• Work harmoniously as member of survey team and with the public.
• Write clear and concise reports and letters to other professionals agencies and the public.
• Perform extensive physical work in all kinds of terrain and weather.
• Learn new software that supports land surveying equipment.

THE EXAMINATION WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING STEPS:

1. A review of applicants application to verify possession of minimum requirements. Those candidates who possess the minimum requirements for the class will move on to the next step in the examination process.
2. A review of the supplemental questionnaire to determine the best qualified that will be weighted as qualifying only (pass/fail). Candidates who pass the best qualified exam component will move on to the final step in the examination process.
3. An oral examination which will be weighted as 100% of the candidates final examination score. The oral examination may be administered virtually and may contain situational exercises.

Candidates must attain a qualifying rating on each portion of this recruitment.

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCED EXAMINATION STEPS.

Alameda County utilizes a Civil Service Selection System founded on merit. Such a system is competitive and based on broad recruitment efforts and equal opportunity for qualified applicants to test in an examination process designed to determine the qualifications fitness and ability of competitors to perform duties of the vacant position. Many of our recruitments are targeted and specific to the needs of a current vacant position in which case the eligible list may be exclusively used for that current vacant position. Other recruitments may be more broadly used for both current and future vacancies or for other alternate jobs with comparable scopes of work.

For more information on the Civil Service Selection process please visit the What You Need to Know section of our website AND SELECTION PLAN

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