Land Surveyor

The Texas General Land Office is seeking a Land Surveyor within the Surveying Services Department of the agency.

Performs moderately complex to complex (journey-level) surveying work. Work involves planning and conducting field surveys; conducting inspections; taking field measurements; and compiling, updating, and maintaining maps. Assists with the training on technical equipment and methods. Works under general supervision, with moderate latitude for use of initiative and independent judgment. Routinely assist other staff in performing duties of greater complexity as needed and is considered a technical expert in the field and may manage and verify survey work.

The Texas General Land Office primarily serves the schoolchildren, veterans, and the environment of Texas. The agency does so by preserving our history, maximizing state revenue through innovative administration, and through the prudent stewardship of state lands and natural resources.

• Leads and conducts field surveys, processes technical field survey data, ascertains accuracy of the data, makes surveying computations, analyzes boundary construction, composes field notes, prepares or oversees the preparation of survey plats, prepares surveyor reports, and signs/seals documents for certification. Performs senior-level technical and professional support of the leveling of coastal tide gauges for the Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network (TCOON) and GLO Coastal Resources.
  
  This position will lead and direct field operations relating to the leveling of coastal tide gauges. Advises, consults, and collaborates on the interpretation, application, and modification of existing policies and procedures relating to the TCOON Tide Gauge Leveling Program.
• Researches, investigates, and assimilates legal and survey records, maps, aerial imagery, and other information used to make state ownership and boundary determinations, navigable and/or perennial stream determinations, and to identify areas of encroachments on Permanent School Fund (PSF) land or other land in which the State may have an interest; will assemble information and prepare overlays, manually or using Computer Aided Design (CAD) software, and make mathematical calculations as needed, accurately and timely.
  
  This position will lead and direct the survey review procedural process of Coastal Boundary Surveys (CBS) submitted to the GLO by private surveyors in accordance with Texas Natural Resources Code 33.136 for final approval.
• Assists with the preparation of any products required to conduct or complete a field survey or other tasks/projects as requested or assigned, completing all projects with competence, accuracy, initiative, and independence, meeting all deadlines. Includes the review, processing, and endorsement of archive files/maps/plats/reports associated with Patent Requests, Deeds of Acquittance, and Vacancies.

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in land surveying/mapping, geomatics, or civil engineering is generally preferred.
• Must be a RPLS and in good standing with the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (TBPELS).
• Six (6) months
  ¿ experience and working knowledge of littoral coastal shoreline boundary surveying in Texas.
• Experience and education may be substituted for one another.

This position requires the employee to primarily perform sedentary office work; however, mobility (moving around the worksite) is routinely required to carry out some duties. This position requires extensive computer, telephone and client/ customer contact and communication. It requires the ability to move and position…