Professional Land Surveyor - Winston-Salem, NC

Description

The Wooten Company’s Winston-Salem, NC office is seeking a Professional Land Surveyor who will work closely with the Geomatics Practice team. This position provides the opportunity to be an essential part of the growth of our Geomatics practice while also being an integral participant in the continued growth of our firm.

ABOUT THE WOOTEN COMPANY

We are a multi-disciplinary firm dedicated to providing engineering, geomatics, building systems and architectural services to municipalities, counties, water and sewer authorities, educational institutions, mission critical facilities, and private industry across the Carolinas. We provide our clients with consulting for civil / environmental engineering, mechanical / electrical / plumbing engineering, architecture, and GIS / surveying services. These departments work together with our team of funding specialists to provide financing assistance for many local government projects, and we pride ourselves on having helped secure over $600 million in grants and loans for infrastructure improvements and community enhancements.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Consistently utilize professional level knowledge and expertise; perform specialized duties in a highly independent manner, and responsible for project management.
• Assigned duties require the consistent use of professional judgment and application of specialized knowledge and skill required of a Professional Land Surveyor.
• Manage project related research and reconnaissance.
• Manage project field activities.
• Perform and manage project computations in accordance with statutory and standardized procedures.
• Prepare and manage preparation of project deliverables including certified professional reports and maps in hard copy and digital format prepared in accordance with statutory and standardized procedures.
• Provide recommendations for continued refinement and collective implementation of high quality and efficient geomatics practice processes, including the use of emerging technologies.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• NC Professional Land Surveyor license (required)
• Minimum of 5 years land surveying field experience performing property, topographic, route and construction surveys.
• Minimum of Associate Degree in relative field OR comparable related experience.
• Comprehensive grasp of survey field data processing.
• Fundamental understanding of GNSS technology.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Experience and flexibility to perform field work with robotic total station and GNSS is a plus.
• Proven performance of property boundary research, computations, and platting.
• Proven competence with industry standard computer aided drafting software.
• Proficiency in MS Office suite including MS Word and MS Excel.
• Proven experience with construction plan interpretation and staking plan preparation.
• Demonstrated ability to be a team player.
• Demonstrated attitude to grow personally and professionally in a mutually rewarding culture.

Who are you?

The Professional Land Surveyor will be comfortable in managing numerous and varying projects simultaneously and bring self-motivation, initiative, and energy to the Geomatics Department. You will be able to take survey data and make it walk and talk, understand the importance of the legal aspects of surveying, and work through potential problems.

What will you be doing?

The Professional Land Surveyor will be responsible for addressing the project needs of internal and external clients by providing high quality and efficient service with professional integrity and exemplifying the corporate vision and core values of The Wooten Company. These responsibilities include but are not limited to: preparation of scope and fee proposals; consideration of applicable resources, tools, and methods; survey calculations for existing conditions and existing and proposed property and easement lines;

and production and certification of plats for topographic, property, and easement surveys.

Who will you be working with?

The Professional Land Surveyor will be working directly with external and internal clients, and survey field and office technicians for a variety of land surveying projects.

Where will you be working?

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