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Survey Party Chief - Public Works Department

City of San Jose
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Minimum Qualifications: 

  1. Completion of high school or equivalent (General Educational Development [GED] Test or California Proficiency Certificate);
  2. Five (5) years of increasingly responsible sub-professional engineering/surveying experience.

Acceptable Substitution

Successful completion of two (2) academic years, or sixty (60) semester units, of college level engineering technology, surveying, geography, mathematics courses or related field from an accredited college or university may be substituted for two (2) years of the required experience.  

OR

Possession of a valid Land Surveyor-In-Training (LSIT) license issued by the California State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors may be substituted for two (2) years of the required experience.

 

The Role: 

The Department of Public Works is recruiting for 1 vacant Survey Party Chief positions to provide the following typical duties and responsibilities which may include but are not limited to:
 

  • Prepares land surveying work products in the office using computer hardware and software including: computers to reduce, analyze, and adjust field survey results; and computer aided design drafting (CADD) software to produce multi- colored plots depicting the results of the field surveys as detailed planimetric plots, contours, profiles and cross-sections.
  • Lead, oversee, review, and participate in the daily activities of a survey staff; determine equipment, procedures, to perform assigned work; evaluate work performance and products; provide training to assigned staff in sound survey principles, methods, and techniques.
  • Researches and acquires needed data for survey work from reference field books, survey files, central files, and County/ State files.
  • Reads and interprets maps, plans, and real property instruments.
  • Records legible field data, makes sketches, and prepares descriptions.
  • Meets with design engineers, construction inspectors, real estate staff , and property owners to resolve survey-related issues arising on projects.

 

If interested, apply by June 6, 2024, using the external URL link.  

If you have any questions about the duties of this position, the selection, or hiring process, please contact Chris Caruthers at chris.caruthers@sanjoseca.gov.