Location: Virginia Beach,VA, USA
The City of Virginia Beach is hiring for the position of Survey Aide I, II, or III, depending on experience. In this role, you'll play a crucial part in supporting our engineering survey party with system record keeping, field verification, and a range of survey tasks.
The Survey Aide duties include:
* Perform various tasks as a member of an engineering survey party involved in system horizontal and vertical database management, field verifications, and all types of basic survey work and office data gathering.
* Assist in land surveying by holding grade rods and giving sights on fixed points using plum bob and front or rear chaining to determine elevation, property lines, and distances.
* Perform manual tasks such as digging, cutting brush, driving hubs, and guard stakes to locate or mark property boundaries.
* Double-check calculations to ensure accurate field notes.
* Operation of all types of electronic survey equipment with accuracy and repeatability to obtain data relating to property lines, angles, and elevations.
* Work regularly in the street or right-of-way in the City to gather field information.
* Record field data accurately and in the proper format in electronic data collectors, field books, and/or field data sheets to provide to engineers and drafting technicians.
* Must be able to physically handle/carry the field equipment weighing up to 150 pounds.
* If selected at the Survey Aide III level, the incumbent may direct the survey party in the absence of the Survey Party Supervisor.
* Perform other job duties as needed
The supervisor will determine individual assignments based on the current workload and department needs.
The City offers a generous benefits package, which includes health, dental and life insurance, retirement and savings plans, maternity/paternity and parental leave, holidays and Paid-Time-Off.
To review the official City job descriptions click on the title below:
* Survey Aide I (G.13 $30,814.70 - $47,762.79)
* Survey Aide II (G.16 $35,671.90 - $55,291.45)
* Survey Aide III (G.19 $41,294.70 - $64,006.79)
Please Note: This position will remain open until filled. Candidate will be reviewed ongoingly.