Assistant Land Surveyor

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SEC Construction Management

Assistant Land Surveyor

Los Angeles, CA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Benefits:

    401(k)

    401(k) matching

    Company parties

    Competitive salary

    Dental insurance

    Health insurance

    Paid time off

    SEC Construction Management

    SEC is a construction project management firm, with niche expertise in commercial and utility scale solar power plant developments. We love challenges, excel in customer service, and actually enjoy the process.

    Come in and find out more! Join us, and help make our communities, the environment, and the world a better place!

    Work Environment

    This role is primarily office-based with occasional field visits as required. The Senior Office Engineer may need to work extended hours to meet project deadlines.

    Why Join Us?

    SEC Construction Management offers a collaborative and supportive work environment where your contributions will directly impact the success of exciting and challenging projects. We value innovation, teamwork, and professional growth.

    Job Classification Title: Assistant Land Surveyor

    Duties:

    1. Assist the Land Survey Party Chief in conducting field surveys, including boundaries, topographic, and as-built surveys for various district projects.

    2. Set up, operate, and maintain survey instruments such as total stations, smart level, and data collectors.

    3. Accurately measure distances, angles, and elevations, and record survey data according to established District and industry standards.

    4. Maintain detailed and legible survey field notes, sketches, and photographic records to document survey conditions and findings.

    5. Upload and organize raw survey data for processing in CAD software.

    6. Mark and maintain survey control points, stakes, and monuments in the field to ensure consistent reference for design.

    7. Ensure proper care, calibration, storage, and inventory of survey equipment, tools, and safety gear.

    8. Provide rapid field support for urgent and emergency survey requests, such as facility damage assessments, safety hazard evaluations, or time-sensitive construction issues.

    9. Comply with all safety protocols and ensure safe working conditions at survey sites, including traffic control when required.

    10. Performs other related tasks required.

    Minimum Requirements

    Required Experience:

    1. Three (3) years full-time paid professional experience in performing routine, non-technical work in a surveying party, including one (1) year on the job field training or experience

    2. Experience interpreting civil engineering drawings

    3. Experience in data collection by setting up and operating total stations, levels, GPS, and measuring lines, elevations and positions

    Required Education:

    1. Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or surveying, with courses in field surveying on both plane and route surveying (with three [3] years of experience)

    OR

    1. Two (2) years of civil engineering course work and four (4) years of experience as a member of a field survey party performing land surveying work in making precis readings, measurements and tests in the field, including one (1) year in of the on-the-job field training

    Knowledge/Skills:

    1. Ability to make precise measurements

    2. Ability to make accurate mathematical calculations and create primary or basic civil engineering sketches

    3. CAD Software

    4. Excellent written and verbal communications skills

    Preferred Certification:

    1. A valid Land Surveyor-In-Training Certificate, issued by the State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors