Senior Survey Technician

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Senior Survey Technician
$4,216.00 to $5,730.00 Monthly
3% salary increase effective 7/1/08

The City of Long Beach is accepting applications for Senior Survey Technician.
Under general supervision, operates, adjusts and maintains survey instruments including total stations, levels, theodolites, electronic hydrographic and distance measuring equipment, GPS/RTK receivers, and other precision instruments used in conducting large varieties of survey work; performs varied field and office survey calculations including traverse, triangulation and level adjustments using a computer or programmable calculator; computes areas, volumes and grades; prepares grade sheets; reduces survey notes; plots profiles; provides project research; prepares maps, drawings and plats; may be assigned to furnish field technical experience to assist office engineering personnel; operates a City vehicle; collects, downloads, processes, adjusts, plots and creates necessary digital and hard-copy records of data; uploads, checks and lays out data in the field; creates spreadsheets and reports, and accesses databases; reviews improvement plans; trains subordinates; may act as a one-person field survey party or supervise the work of a survey party; and performs other related duties as required.

REQUIREMENTS TO FILE: One or more years (full-time equivalent) of paid experience on a survey party engaged in land surveying AND either 12 units of land surveying courses from an accredited college or 24 units of pre-engineering courses from an accredited college (proof required)*; OR, one or more years (full-time equivalent) of paid experience on a survey party engaged in land surveying AND proof of a valid State of California Land Surveyor-in-Training Certificate (proof required)*; OR three or more years (full-time equivalent) of paid experience on a survey party engaged in land surveying.
AND
· Proof of a valid motor vehicle operator's license and a current DMV driving record is required and must be submitted to the hiring department at the time of selection interview.
· A working knowledge of the care and use of modern electronic surveying instruments.
· Willingness to work overtime, nights, weekends, holidays, split shifts and possible shift work.

Apply by April 21, 2008 at 4:30 p.m. on-line at www.longbeach.gov/civilservice or call 562-570-6202 to obtain an application packet.