Survey Party Chief

The SURVEY PARTY CHIEF position provides front-line supervisory guidance to survey field crews while performing preliminary, construction, boundary and control surveys.

• Provides effective day-to-day supervision and training of assigned survey crew staff. 
• Reads and interprets plans and specifications. 
• Operates and maintains a variety of survey equipment in a safe and efficient manner. 
• Determines equipment, materials and personnel needed for specific jobs. 
• Identifies and implements priorities, effective courses of action in order to complete work assignments by established deadlines. 
• Maintains files of maps, documents, and other records. 
• Performs extensive surveying calculations for grades, angles and distances. 
• Makes legible survey notes and drawings. 
• Efficiently operates survey instruments, including GPS, robotics, electronic total stations and data collectors. 
• Enters survey data in an organized and coherent manner into a data collector. 
• Perform related duties as assigned by supervisor. 
• Maintain compliance with all company policies and procedures. 

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements: 

• High school diploma or GED required. 
• Equivalent combination of 6 years of education and relevant, progressive technical surveying experience preferred. 
• Land Surveyor-in-Training preferred. 
• Knowledge of surveying principles and practices and engineering design and construction practices. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to effectively communicate with internal and external customers. 
• Valid driver’s license required; must have satisfactory driving record in accordance with EMC fleet insurance requirements and be able to pass a background check in order to work on military, industrial, and port sites. 
• Must be able to work under pressure and meet deadlines, while maintaining a positive attitude and providing exemplary customer service 
• Ability to work independently and to carry out assignments to completion within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices 

Physical Requirements: 

• Ability to safely and successfully perform the essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards. 
• Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards. 
• Regularly work on repetitive tasks. 
• Regularly use hands and fingers to handle, control, or feel objects. 
• Regularly hold the arm and hand in one position or hold the hand steady while moving the arm. 
• Regularly use headphones and earpiece. 
• Regularly see details of objects that are less than a few feet away. 
• Regularly speak clearly so listeners can understand. 
• Regularly understand the speech of another person. 
• Frequently bend to file and maintain files. 
• Ability to work in an environment that may contain venomous snakes and insects such as ticks, red bugs, wasps, bees, hornets, yellow jackets, etc.
• Must be able to withstand regular exposure to outdoor worksite weather conditions that may be wet and/or humid environments, with extreme cold and/or heat; sites may be moderate to moderately loud 
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs 
• Must be able to talk, listen and speak clearly on telephone 
• May be required to drive long distances daily
• May be required to travel overnight