Professional Land Surveyor

** Job Posting Title
** Professional Land Surveyor
** Agency
* * 345 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
** Supervisory Organization
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* Note:

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.
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**** Full/Part-Time
** Full time
** Job Type
** Regular
* * Compensation
* * Level I: $83,400    Level II: $91,600
** Why You’ll Love Working Here:
*** Our benefits go beyond the basics, offering annual benefit allowances, a variety of health, dental, and vision plan options, paid annual and sick leave that rolls over each year, 11 paid holidays, robust retirement savings plans, and an EAP & wellness program to support you every step of the way.
* The benefits allowance covers up to $20,538.24 for employees and their dependents to enroll in benefits.
* The State offers several different medical, dental, and vision plans to better fit your needs. Including options to enroll in a Health Savings Account (HSA) or a Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).* : available to employees who began State employment after November 1st, 2015.
* Employer matches 6% with an employee contribution of 4.5%.
* Employer matches 7% with an employee contribution of 7% or above.* : available to returning employees who were previously enrolled in OPERS.
* 15 days accrued annually during the first 1–5 years of service.
* 18 days accrued annually for 5–10 years of service.
* 20 days accrued annually for 10–20 years of service.
* 25 days accrued annually for over 20 years of service.
* Sick leave:
Accrued at 15 days per year
* 11 paid holidays per year
* Longevity payments are paid annually to eligible State employees with a minimum of 2 years of State service.
* EAP is a cooperative effort between employees and administration to help employees gain access to professional services in resolving personal problems.
** Job Description
**** Position Title**:
Professional Land Surveyor I-II
** Division**: 9
** FLSA Status**:
Exempt
** Trial Period:
** 12 Months#
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* Note:

** Candidates selected for positions at the Oklahoma Department of Transportation may be required to complete a pre-employment background check, drug screening, and physical abilities test before beginning employment.*#
** Basic Purpose
** Positions in this job family are responsible for performing and supervising a variety of advanced professional tasks involved in land surveying geodetic surveying, American Land Title Association (ALTA)/American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM) surveys, dependent or independent surveys and resurveys of the public land system; serve as an expert witness for state and local agencies, consultants and the public;

to bear a high level of liability for professional survey decisions; and supervise the work of one or more survey location parties.#
** Typical Functions*** ## Evaluates existing and original land survey records, field evidence and previous surveys in re-establishing section and half section, city, state, federal, private and tribal land corner monuments and reference monuments.* ## Conducts title searches through review of current ownership, easements and deeds using knowledge of cadastral information, existing plats, filed deeds and easements.* ## Interprets and/or determines property descriptions of parcels of land.
* ## Re-establishes the exact boundaries of cities, towns and legal subdivisions, tribal and other government lands as shown on field plats of Government Land Office (GLO) notes; maintains High Accuracy Reference Network (HARN) and National Geodetic Survey (NGS) networks.* ## Establishes researches and determines control monumentation for alignments or alternate alignments of proposed freeways, complex interchanges, bridges, highways, easements or rights-of-way.
* ## Locates, deciphers and interprets watersheds and their flow characteristics for hydrological studies and/or bridge design functions.* ## Trains subordinate employees.#
** Level Descriptor
** This is the specialist level where incumbents perform professional surveying work in establishing land boundaries for various activities such as highway…