Professional Land Surveyor

Essential Functions:

Office Work:
 

• Preparation and review of survey documents of in-house and contract personnel.
• Enter, compute and verify field data and record property information with the aid of CAD work station.
• Prepare construction documents.
• Research and produce sealed survey documents such as Right-of-Way strip maps, easements, legal descriptions and other documents.
• Help solve problems and participate in unusual surveying projects.
• Review office and field work for completeness and accuracy.
• Maintain records and prepare reports.
• Meet with engineers and survey consultants, and in-house personnel to enforce and assure correctness and overall consistency of District documents.

Fieldwork:

Oversee the work and/or serve as a team leader for a field survey party engaged in establishing
property lines, construction staking, topographic and other engineering surveys.

Additional Responsibilities:

Perform related work as required or as delegated by supervisors.

Qualifications

Training and Experience:
 

• Graduation from high school or equivalent.
• Completion of 30 college credit hours, or Certificate of Applied Management I.
• Four years of progressively responsible experience in sub professional field engineering work.
• Two years of experience as a survey party chief.

Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
 

• Strong working knowledge of AutoCAD and associated software, skill in making surveying computations and calculations.
• Skill in the review and overseeing the work of others.
• Skill in handling contacts with general public, state, city and county agencies, and employees of other utilities, considerable knowledge of field surveying and surveying instruments; considerable knowledge of mathematics as applied to engineering survey work.
• Considerable skill in the use of modern field survey instruments including total stations and GPS.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENT:

• Professional Land Survey License (PLS) in the State of Missouri.
• Must possess a valid driver's license issued by the state in which employee resides.
• Pursuant to MSD's "Substance Abuse Policy and Procedures," this position has been designated as safety sensitive and candidate must pass a Non-D.O.T. Drug Test for this position. Employees occupying this position are not subject to Federal (D.O.T.) Drug and Alcohol Testing Regulations.
• Employees of MSD must have a meets expectations.

Physical Demands

• Stationary Position:
• Move/Traverse:
• Stationary Position/Seated:
• Transport/Lifting:
• Transport/Carrying:
• Exerting Force/Pushing:
• Exerting Force/Pulling:
• Ascend/Descend:
• Balancing:
• Position Self/Stooping:
• Position Self/Kneeling:
• Position Self/Crouching:
• Position Self/Crawling:
• Reaching:
• Handling:
• Grasping:
• Feeling:
• Communicate/Talking:
• Communicate/Hearing:
• Repetitive Motions:
• Coordination:

Work Environment

• Extreme cold:
• Extreme heat:
• Humid:
• Wet :
• Noise:
• Hazards:
• Temperature Change:
• Atmospheric Conditions:
• Vibration: