Professional Land Surveyor

Professional Land Surveyor

We are looking for a Professional Land Surveyor.

$70,533/yr.

- $122,044/yr. The established market rate for this position is $96,289/yr.

Community and Neighborhoods

You must live in Utah while employed in this position.

Salt Lake City Corporation offers a comprehensive benefits package primarily for full‑time employees. Eligibility varies by employment status. Explore Salt Lake City employee benefits, or use our Total Compensation Calculator to estimate the overall value of pay and benefits.

Health & Wellness

• Medical insurance
• Dental, vision, life insurance
• HSA (with $1,000–$2,000 City contribution)
• Wellness clinic for employees & families
• Robust Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Financial Perks

• Tuition reimbursement (up to $4,000/year)
• Retirement contributions (pension and/or 401(k))
• Discounted pet insurance, legal services, and more

Leave Benefits

• 12 vacation days to start
• 12 paid holidays + 1 personal holiday
• Up to 80 hours personal leave annually
• 6 - 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• Bonus leave credit for eligible rehires & public sector transfers

We want to recognize the experience you bring. Please include all education and work experience relevant to this position in your application and resume. If those don’t fully capture your experience, you may attach an additional document describing your previous roles, dates of employment, hours worked, and duties. If you are selected, we’ll use this information to determine your starting pay.

For eligible positions, your prior experience may also qualify you for a higher leave accrual rate under the City’s Prior Service Leave Accrual Procedure.

We encourage you to apply early. This position will remain open until filled and may close at any time without notice.

This position reports to the City Surveyor. The successful candidate will perform Professional Land Surveyor field and office duties, assist with the development of the City’s GIS Informatics, and work with other City officials and staff, other governmental agencies, private surveyors and the public to resolve survey issues and provide support coordinating projects. This position requires proficiency in Global Positioning Systems, AutoCAD, Geographic Information Systems, as well as technical competency in a variety of engineering and surveying functions.

• Works as a professional land surveyor on City projects classified as land surveying by State law.
• Work will include City right-of-ways and easements and other City owned land.
• Utilizes PLS expertise to ensure all survey standards as stipulated by state law are met regarding all survey work performed.
• Works in the office on assigned Land Survey projects to research records and write property descriptions.
• Supervises and reviews land survey and subdivision plats, right-of-ways, easements and permits to ensure that forms and descriptive and measurement data are accurate in meeting all regulations and requirements of City, State and Federal law.
• Uses AutoCAD and GIS software to develop electronic Atlas Plats and assist with maintenance of the GIS base map.
• Utilizes coordinate adjustment and coordinate geometry software to develop, plan and establish precise horizontal control of geodetic and benchmark networks.
• Uses highly technical calculations to determine property ownership and the location of City monument lines.
• Uses GPS and Robotic survey equipment to produce surveys electronically from field to finish such as engineering design surveys, topographic surveys, street and property surveys.
• Uses AutoCAD software to draw plats, working drawings, and preliminary…