Surveyor Advanced

Introduction

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation System Development, Southeast Region is seeking a Surveyor Advanced for the Survey/Plat Unit. This position offers a hybridized work schedule. The position will be headquartered at and required to work from the Waukesha State Office Building at least 2 days per week. All employees working a hybrid work schedule are generally expected to telework from within the State of Wisconsin.

This topic will be discussed more at the time of the interview.

WisDOT is a great place to work! In addition to meaningful and rewarding work, we offer a competitive benefits package featuring:

• Substantial leave time including at least 3.5 weeks of paid leave time to start, 9 paid holidays, and 130 hours of sick time that roll over each year.
• Excellent and affordable health, vision, and dental benefits (health plan options start at just $49/month for single plans and $122/month for family plans after two months of employment)
• A casual office atmosphere, flexible work schedules, and telework options depending on the position’s requirements
• An exceptional pension plan with employer match and lifetime retirement payment, plus an optional tax advantaged 457 retirement savings plan
• Well Wisconsin Wellness Program
• A free and confidential employee assistance program that offers employees and their immediate family dependents a variety of tools, resources, and professional consultation services to support their health, goals, and overall well-being

This position specializes in the development of right of way plats for highway improvements. The position establishes priorities to meet scheduled program needs, directs engineer specialists to accomplish priorities and provides technical training and review of all consultant prepared right of way plats and legal descriptions. The essential functions of this position are to guide other employees and consultants in performing right of way plat development activities.

It requires expertise in surveying, writing and interpreting legal descriptions, and using computers in highway plat development. Also required is fundamental knowledge of highway engineering and property acquisition procedures, and the ability to effectively cross communicate between these professions. This position will primarily focus on SE Region program areas including the Backbone, SE Freeways, and Connecting Highway projects. It will also support other region projects as needed.

This position works closely with the Region Survey Coordinator and Technical Applications Specialist for detailed review and analysis of data. This position also acts as the liaison and assists coordination of right-of-way activities between programmatic sections and serves as one of the main region contacts to support the general public, local officials, private land surveyors, and engineering consultants. This position is responsible for providing design and construction teams with R/W plat engineering guidance for the development of highway and bridge improvement plans.

This position is in schedule-range (14-13) with an annual salary of $85,280-$97,760, plus excellent benefits. A twelve-month probationary period is required. Pay for current state employees will be set in accordance with the Wisconsin State Compensation Plan. A $3,000 sign-on bonus applies to those who do not have any prior permanent full-time state service in the last five years and agree to remain in the position for one year.

The $3,000 will be paid on the first paycheck.

This state agency does not sponsor work visas. This state agency is not enrolled in USCIS E-Verify and is not eligible to employ international F-1 students seeking STEM-OPT extension. Any appointment made will be contingent on the applicant being able to prove valid status to work in the United States. Prior to any appointments for position(s) filled from this announcement, candidates may be subject to a comprehensive criminal background check which may include FBI fingerprinting.

Minimally qualified applicants must currently hold a Wisconsin Professional Land Surveyor License.