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Survey Technician
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What they do
A Surveying or Mapping Technician works with surveyors and cartographers to gather data and create maps. Visits sites and records survey measurements and descriptive data. Selects data needed to create maps, including photos, aerial photos and satellite information, and helps produce and update maps that show boundaries or topographical information.
$46,302 / year median in North Carolina
+8% projected growth
Job Description
Do you have an eye for detail and a love for problem-solving? Ready to be part of a team that builds the world from the ground up? We're looking for a Survey Technician to bring technical skill, analytical thinking, and passion to the backbone of every successful design, engineering, and construction project. As a Survey Technician, you'll support field crews and project managers in producing precise, high-quality survey deliverables. From processing field data and drafting topographic maps to reviewing boundary records and supporting layout plans, your work will directly shape the structures, roads, and infrastructure of tomorrow. Colliers Engineering & Design professionals provide a broad range of survey and engineering services to a variety of clients that include: power, energy, DOT, city, county and private owners. One of our biggest advantages is the collective expertise of our multi-disciplined team that enables us to provide complete project engineering in-house, under one umbrella, through our civil and structural engineers, permitting specialists, surveyors, and scientists. Together, we make every effort to ensure that each project and goal will be met in the most efficient and cost effective way possible. Join our Survey/Geospatial team, which offers a full range of survey and geospatial data and mapping services that enable us to collect data faster, safer, and more accurately than ever before. Collect data from the air, ground and subsurface to provide precision data interpretation with us and accelerate YOUR success to become tomorrow's industry leader. Responsible for performing selected drafting assignments, quickly and accurately. Transform field collected electronic files into Autodesk Civil 3D (CAD) produced drawings. Produces ALTA, Boundary, Topographic Surveys, As-Built drawings, maps, Specific Purpose Surveys, Plot plans and Subdivision Record Plats. by using Autodesk Civil 3D (CAD). Reduce field notes from field collected data into survey/civil grade base maps. Experience in Survey/Civil profession required. Minimum of 2+ Years of experience using AutoCAD/Civil 3D. LASER Scanning/ LIDAR/ experience a plus. Ability to read, write and understand English for purposes of comprehending written job-related communications and verbal instructions and interactions.