Professional Land Surveyor

Job Description

Position Title: Professional Land Surveyor I-II

Division: 9

FLSA Status: Exempt

Trial Period: 12 Months

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;

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 sections and half‑sections, 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 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.

This is the specialist level where incumbents perform professional surveying work in establishing land boundaries for various activities such as highway right‑of‑way acquisitions and for other purposes as directed by higher authority, and oversee multiple survey crews and/or multiple survey projects including urban projects involving numerous or multiple platted subdivisions or complex interchange projects.

Level I: Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of registration as a Land Surveyor with the Oklahoma State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.

Level II: Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of registration as a Land Surveyor with the Oklahoma State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors and two years of land surveying experience subsequent to registration.

Some positions may require possession of a valid Oklahoma Driver's license or commercial driver's license at time of appointment to operate required equipment or vehicles, or that selected applicants pass a drug test prior to appointment. Some agencies may have determined positions in this job family to be safety sensitive as defined by 63 O.S. 427.8.

The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.

• Level I: $85,700
• Level II: $94,200

• Annual benefit allowance: covers up to $20,538.24 for employees and their dependents to enroll in benefits.
• Comprehensive insurance plans:
  State offers medical, dental, and vision plans including options to enroll in a Health Savings Account (HSA) or a Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
• Retirement savings plans:
  Pathfinder Defined Contribution Plan for employees who began State employment after November 1, 2015; employer matches 6% with an employee contribution of 4.5%, and matches 7% with an employee contribution of 7% or above; OPERS Defined Benefit Plan for returning employees previously enrolled in OPERS.
• Annual and sick leave: 15 days accrued annually during the first 1–5 years of service; 18 days for 5–10 years; 20 days for 10–20 years; 25 days for over 20 years; sick leave accrued at 15 days per year.
• Paid holidays: 11 paid holidays per year.
• Longevity pay: paid annually to eligible employees with a minimum of 2 years of State service.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): cooperative effort to provide employees with professional services in resolving personal problems.