Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Triad Engineering, Inc. has an immediate need for a full-time Survey Instrument Technician for our Hagerstown, MD office.

Vehicle Provided ~ Clothing Allowance ~ PPE Provided

Comprehensive Benefit Package including:

• Medical, dental, vision insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Paid holidays
• Life, Short- and Long-term disability insurance with company-paid premiums
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness Program
• Company supported Professional Development
• Personal Protective Equipment provided
• Career Advancement

DUTIES

• Follow all corporate and job site safety procedures
• Maintain equipment by cleaning, completing preventative maintenance and performing calibrations
• Assemble and set-up necessary equipment at project site
• Coordinate field work for a variety of standard types of surveys, under the direction of the Crew Chief
• Perform survey activities including, but not limited to, leveling, traversing, triangulation, metes and bounds surveys, construction surveys and photo control surveys
• Knowledge of the operation, checking and basic field adjustments on transits, total stations, total electronic stations, data collectors, levels, and tripods
• Perform physical tasks such as: line clearing, pounding stakes, setting monuments, and locating critical underground objects
• Knowledgeable of trigonometry, geometry, algebra, coordinate geometry, and basic surveying computations
• Demonstrate lot, area, and intersection (bearing-bearing, distance-distance, bearing-distance) computations
• Knowledge of the reduction and checking of the field notes for the determination of positions and elevations
• Knows basic sources of measurement errors
• Knows principles of staking and marking
• Ability to enter field data and produce positional information (i.e., leveling, traversing, stadia, topographic mapping) with hand-held calculator
• Knows how to interpret control point records and data sheets, as well as locate points in the field
• Understands basic plan reading and preparation (i.e., site plans, boundary plans, highway plans, profile and cross sections, horizontal and vertical curves, pipeline plans, foundation plans, and developing existing and finished contours)
• Basic knowledge of the terminology and principles of conventional drafting
• Knowledgeable of surveying ethics and technical standards
• Record field notes legibly and accurately for standard surveying operations
• Communicate effectively with crew members and other survey staff
• Strive to make each project profitable

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Additional courses in mathematics and surveying preferred

Experience

• Previous survey or survey-related experience preferred

Additional Requirements

• Must possess a valid driver's license, a clean driving record, and the ability to safely operate a motor vehicle
• Must possess the ability to read, write and perform basic math
• Must be comfortable communicating with the public
• Must be comfortable with regular use of email, internet and basic Microsoft Office applications
• Must be available to work in all types of indoor and outdoor environments

Work is performed under all weather conditions, often on busy streets or construction sites, involves extensive standing and walking, and includes clearing brush, working in difficult terrain, manholes and on difficult slopes. May be required to push, pull, lift, and/or carry up to 50 pounds. Occasional office work may be required. Work may routinely require the employee to sit, stand, walk, climb, balance, bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl. The employee is regularly required to talk and hear and frequently required to use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Required vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities, as defined by the ADA.

Triad Engineering is a multi-disciplinary consulting firm that provides geotechnical and civil engineering, environmental services, land surveying, construction testing and monitoring services to a wide range of clients. We are an employee-owned firm with nearly 200 employees throughout West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Ohio and offer an extensive benefits package.

Triad Engineering Inc. is a Drug-Free Workplace. As a condition of employment, candidates are required to take and pass a pre-employment drug screening.

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