Surveyor , PN

Position: Surveyor 3, PN 20050931
Who We Are:

The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) oversees building and maintaining the nation's 5th largest interstate system and the 3rd largest number of bridges. We take pride in providing safe and efficient roadways for the people of Ohio and to the people traveling within our great state. And in order to achieve that, we do A LOT! From Planning, Engineering, Construction to Law, HR, Communications, IT and everything in between, ODOT has a career for just about everyone.

ODOTers are hardworking, passionate, and dedicated to public service. We strive to achieve our agency's vision every day:
To be a long term, reliable, professional, and highly productive organization.

ODOT's Mission Statement:

To provide a transportation system that is safe, accessible, well maintained, and positioned for the future.

Benefits to you:

Enjoy an excellent work/life balance.

* Receive paid time off with vacation, sick and personal leave.

* Receive 11 paid holidays per year.

* Receive regular pay increases; 1st increase after 4 months.

* Receive an extensive benefits package; including Medical and FREE Vision, Dental and Basic Life Insurance after completion of eligibility period.

* Experience growth opportunities within organization.

* Participate in employee tuition reimbursement programs.

* Receive a pension plan with 14% employer contribution.

For a list of all the State of Ohio benefits, please visit the Total Rewards website

Official Position

Description:

Independently oversees & manages complex survey projects &/or prepares legal descriptions & boundary/centerline plats for easements, sale, lease or transfer of land &/or acts as lead worker over survey field crew(s) (i.e., survey technicians &/or surveyors) & reviews, signs & certifies right-of-way plans, survey plats, & other documents as Professional Land Surveyor. Coordinates & enforces complex plan/project priorities, policies & methodologies;

coordinates project activities with other offices; oversees projects & communicates with consultants, utilities, federal, state & local agencies, general public &/or property owners to obtain project specific information (e.g., parol evidence, property lines, corner monuments); interviews property owners to gather information needed for survey; communicates plan/project purposes with general public. Provides advice/guidance to higher-level administrators in areas such as Global Positioning Systems (GPS), horizontal & vertical geodetic control, topographic mapping, consultant management, public trust lands, submerged lands &/or boundary line retracement;

advises on surveying with preparation of scope of services; determines methods & procedures necessary to obtain requested survey data; coordinates plan/project activities with other offices; coordinates with & advises consultant surveyors on survey requirements & oversees preparation of survey drawings & calculations. Uses a computer & related software (e.g., Microsoft Office) & prepares legal descriptions & gathers & assembles exhibits for public & court use (e.g., gathers factual data in boundary disputes);

testifies in court regarding methods used, final product & related issues; meets with public, property owners & public officials regarding surveys, existing & proposed right of way plans &/or acquisition of property; stays abreast of new technology & developments as relates to position.

Operates, maintains & calibrates survey instruments (e.g., total stations, GPS receivers, digital levels); monitors & accounts for factors pertaining to GPS surveying (e.g., solar storms, atmospheric interference, radio & cellular interference); performs field calculations; keeps notes & records of survey data obtained; determines acceptable quality of recorded survey positions. Uploads, downloads & organizes digital survey data; performs office calculations, data processing, coordinate computations, traverse adjustment & coordinate system transformations;

organizes, digitizes & categorizes survey data, records & archives; analyzes survey data via statistical, algebraic & geometrical methods (e.g., standard deviations, area, volume, curves, spiral curves, vertical curves, coordinate geometry, least squares adjustments, elevations, traverse closure); calculates sources of error to identify &/or correct random, systematic & procedural errors in survey measurements; resolves discrepancies in deeds & surveys; produces survey base maps for engineering projects from topographic & planimetric & photogrammetric survey data using a computer & related design software;

identifies tree species & other vegetation for environmental preservation, economic reimbursements & safety factors. Researches state, county & city public records (e.g., maps, property deeds, surveys, highway plans, city plans, subdivision plats) &/or utility companies, private engineering firms & surveying firms to provide detailed information for further analysis.

Operates state vehicles (e.g., trucks, vans) to transport equipment,…