Professional Land Surveyor

Professional Land Surveyor I‑II

Agency: 345 Department of Transportation. Division:
9. FLSA Status:
Exempt. Full time. Trial period: 12 months.

Positions in this job family are responsible for performing and supervising advanced professional tasks involved in land surveying, geodetic surveying, ALTA/ACSM surveys, dependent or independent surveys and resurveys of the public land system; serve as expert witnesses for state and local agencies, consultants and the public; bear a high level of liability for professional survey decisions; and supervise the work of one or more survey location parties.

• 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 GLO notes; maintains the High Accuracy Reference Network (HARN) and National Geodetic Survey (NGS) networks.
• Establishes research 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.
• Supervises multiple survey crews and/or multiple survey projects including urban projects involving numerous or multiple platted subdivisions or complex interchange projects.

Level I:

• Registration as a Land Surveyor with the Oklahoma State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.

Level II:

• Registration as a Land Surveyor with the Oklahoma State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.

• Annual benefit allowance covering up to $20,538.24 for employees and dependents.
• Health, dental, and vision plans with options including Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).
• Retirement savings plans:
  Pathfinder Defined Contribution Plan (available to employees who began State employment after November1,2015) with employer matches of 6% (employee 4.5%) and 7% (employee 7% or above); and OPERS Defined Benefit Plan (available to returning employees previously enrolled in OPERS).
• Accrued annual and sick leave (PTO) ranging from 15 to 25 days based on years of service, with sick leave accrued at 15 days per year.
• Eleven paid holidays per year.
• Longevity payments for eligible employees with a minimum of two years’ State service.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing professional services for personal problems.