Land Surveyor (Right-of-Way/Utility Specialist)

Land Surveyor (Right-of-Way/Utility Specialist) Department of Transportion Department of Transportion - Agency Wide Summary As a Right-of-Way and Utility Specialist, you will secure the land rights necessary to build infrastructure for Nional Parks, Forests, and Wildlife Refuges. Since the 1900s, Federal Lands Highway has delivered innovive transportion solutions in complex, unique environments. Join our team and make a difference!

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Click here We work where you play! Learn more about this agency Summary As a Right-of-Way and Utility Specialist, you will secure the land rights necessary to build infrastructure for Nional Parks, Forests, and Wildlife Refuges. Since the 1900s, Federal Lands Highway has delivered innovive transportion solutions in complex, unique environments. Join our team and make a difference!

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Click here We work where you play! Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/10/2026 to 05/11/2026 Salary $83,265 - $129,742 per year Pay scale & grade

GS 11 - 12

Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Lakewood, CO Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—This position may be eligible for situional telework. Telework approval determined by your immedie supervisor or manager following the agency's telework policy and guidance. If participing in the telework program, you required to sign a telework agreement detailing agency telework policy requirements, working conditions, and expections for the position. Travel Required 25% or less - Occasional travel maybe required. Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—Relocion expenses have been authorized. Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time - Full Time Service Competitive Promotion potential 12 Job family (Series) 1373 Land Surveying Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Trust determinion process Credentialing Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure No Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number

FHWA.CFL-2026-0006

Control number 864582200 This job is open to Help Federal employees - Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management's hiring rules and pay scales. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Land and base management Current or former employees of a base management agency. Veterans Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference Military spouses Military spouses of active duty service members or whose spouse is 100 percent disabled or died on active duty. Individuals with disabilities Individuals who are eligible under Schedule A. Family of overseas employees Family members of a federal employee or uniformed service member who is or was, working overseas. Peace Corps & AmeriCorps Vista Individuals who have served least 2 years with the Peace Corps or 1 year with AmeriCorps VISTA. Special authorities Individuals eligible under a special authority not listed in another hiring ph. Clarificion from the agency Open to current and former Federal employees with competitive stus and VEOA Applicants. Videos Duties Help As a Land Surveyor (Right-of-Way/Utility Specialist) , you will : Research various land records such as deeds, tax records, and chain of titles to determine initial boundary locions and ownership of public and prive lands and utilities. Analyze boundary evidence and reconcile field evidence with recorded documents to develop legally supportable boundary maps, pls, and plans. Use Computer-Aided-Drafting and Design (CADD) software to develop right-of-way plans th show new and existing right-of-way boundaries relive to existing parcel boundaries. Prepare property descriptions using approprie methods such as Public Land Survey System rectangular grid, metes and bounds, and stion and offsets. Facilite locing utilities, identify conflicts, define liability for the cost of relocing utilities, and prepare utility agreements in conformance with law, policies, manuals, guidelines, standard practice, and industry best practices. Support local agencies, Ste Departments of Transportion (DOT), and Federal agencies in acquisition of real property. The ideal candide for this position is a mid-to-senior career land surveyor with extensive right-of-way and utility coordinion experience for transportion improvement projects, including interpretion and applicion of the Uniform Relocion Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (Uniform Act) and other applicable laws. Requirements Help Conditions of employment You must be a U.S.Citizen and eligible for considerion. You must meet specialized experience to qualify. Required documents must be submitted by the closing de. Submit applicion and resume online by 11:59 PM EST on the closing de. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you required to serve a 1-year probionary period during which we will evalue your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance the organizional goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probionary period, your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

SELECTIVE SERVICE:

Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for the Selective Service.

GOVERNMENT TRAVEL CARD

This position involves travel. A government contractor-issued travel card issued and must be retained for official business only.

PCS/RELOCATION/RECRUITMENT

Permanent Change of Stion (PCS), Relocion, and Recruitment Incentive authorizion varies by position/selection and a service agreement may be required.

PROBATIONARY PERIOD

You must complete a one-year probionary period (unless already completed).

TIME-IN-GRADE

Federal applicants must have served 52 weeks the next lower grade in the competitive or excepted service in the executive branch to sisfy time-in-grade restrictions contained in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. Qualificions To meet the minimum qualificions for this position, you must (1) meet the Educion Requirement for the series, (2) provide a copy of transcripts for verificion, AND (3) meet either the educion or experience qualificions for the grade which you are requesting considerion. To qualify for the GS-11 on Experience, you must have least one year of experience equal or equivalent to the GS-09 it must include: Experience researching land records, such as deeds, tax records, and chain of titles, to determine initial boundary locions and ownership. Experience utilizing Computer-Aided-Drafting and Design (CADD) software to develop right-of-way plans and preparing property descriptions using methods such as the Public Land Survey System, metes and bounds, or stion and offsets. Experience assisting in locing utilities, identifying utility conflicts, and drafting utility agreements in conformance with applicable policies and guidelines. To qualify for the GS-11 on Educion alone, you must have: 3 years of progressively higher level gradue educion leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. You can also qualify based on a combinion of higher level gradue educion and experience. This must be fully supported by your resume and transcripts, provided with your applicion. To qualify for the GS-12 on Experience, you must have least one year of experience equal or equivalent to the GS-11 it must include: Experience performing computions of field survey da to reconcile field evidence with recorded documents to develop legally supportable boundary maps, pls, and plans. Experience providing professional advice regarding the locion of boundaries, interpretion of documents th vest real property interests, and liability for the cost of relocing utilities. Experience applying the Uniform Relocion Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (Uniform Act) and evaluing real property appraisals to ensure acquisition projects are developed in compliance with federal regulions. You cannot qualify on educion the GS-12 level; you must have experience.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

(KSAs): Your qualificions evalued on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: 1. Surveying - Knowledge of the concepts, principles, theories, and methods used in the measurement or determinion of land boundaries, distances, elevions, areas, angles, and other feures of the earth's surface. 2. Technical Competence - Uses knowledge th is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one's job; works with, understands, and evalues technical informion reled to the job; advises others on technical issues. 3. Written Communicion - Writes in a clear, concise, organized, and convincing manner for the intended audience. 4. Oral Communicion - Expresses informion (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nure of the informion (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentions; listens to others, tends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriely. For all types of considerion, experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience For additional informion about applying to Federal positions, please click on the following link: https://www.opm.gov/frequently-asked-questions/employment-faq/federal-hiring/how-do-i-apply-for-federal-jobs/ Students enrolled in a qualifying degree program can apply if the anticiped graduion de is within six months of closing de of the announcement. Graduion transcript must be received before start de. Other applicants must meet all qualificion requirements by the closing de of this announcement. Educion Additional informion The Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act prohibits the Department of Transportion and its Opering Administrions from requesting an applicant's criminal history record before th individual receives a conditional offer of employment. In accordance with 5 U.S. Code § 9202(c) and 5 C.F.R § 920.201 certain positions are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Chance to Compete Act. Applicants who believe they have been subjected to a violion of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act, may submit a written complaint to the Department of Transportion by email , FairChanceAct@dot.gov . To learn more, please our page : The Fair Chance to Compete Act | US Department of Transportion This announcement may be used to fill additional positions if similar vacancies occur within 90 days of the issue de of the referral certifice. Failure to submit any of the required documents by the closing de of the vacancy will result in your removal from considerion for this position. Please review your applicion prior to final submission and ensure you have submitted all approprie documents. Uploading documents to USAJobs does NOT ensure inclusion with your applicion to our system. You must verify th the documents are in the system with your applicion prior to final submission. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE

PLEASE

BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

If your resume/ applicion does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). Your resume must contain sufficiently detailed informion upon which to make a qualificion determinion. Please ensure th your resume contains specific informion such as position titles, beginning and ending des of employment for each position, average number of hours worked per week, and if the position is/was in the Federal government, you should provide the position series and grade level. Your applicion reviewed in two phases determine how you move forward in the hiring process.

Phase I:

Your resume reviewed to determine your technical qualificions for this position based on the required specialized experience. ONLY two (2) pages of your resume reviewed. Additional informion beyond your resume (e.g., cover letter, links embedded in your resume) will not be reviewed. Applicants passing "Phase I" will move on to the "Phase II" of the assessment process where your applicion reviewed and red based on the KSAs/Competencies listed in the vacancy announcement by a Subject Mter Expert (SME). You may preview questions for this vacancy. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents

Required Documents Help RESUME:

In accordance with the OPM memorandum titled Merit Hiring Plan, ded May 29, 2025, resumes with a maximum of two (2) pages in length accepted as part of your applicion. These should be legible and in a readable font size. A determinion of your eligibility and/or qualificions based only on those two (2) pages. Your resume MUST contain specific informion th can be used to make a qualificion determinion , including employment beginning and ending des for each position, whether employment is Full-time or Part-time, or average number of hours worked per week, and position titles. If the position is/was in the Federal government, you will need to provide the position series and grade level. The resume should show relevant experience and educion, as well as support the required specialized experience.

TRANSCRIPTS

are

REQUIRED

if there is a sted educion requirement for the series OR if you are substituting educion for experience. The transcripts need not be official, but must show th you meet the sted educion requirements, including specific major or class requirements.

PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS/INCENTIVE AWARDS

If applicable, performance appraisals and/or Incentive award documention may be submitted and forwarded to the selecting official in considerion of your applicion. To receive credit, submit a recent performance appraisal (ded within 18 months) showing the official ring of record, signed by a supervisor, or stement why the performance appraisal is unavailable (do not submit a performance plan) and/or incentive award documention ded within the last 18 months (i.e. performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increases, etc.).

VETERANS

Your last DD214 (member 4 copy), Certifice of Release or Discharge From Active Duty, th shows the type of discharge and all des of active duty is required to verify your eligibility. If applying to a vacancy opened to all US Citizens under cegory ring and wish to be considered as a preference eligible, you need to submit a copy of your DD214 (member-4 copy). If claiming preference eligibility as a disabled veteran, you must submit proof of entitlement of this preference which is normally a valid letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs certifying to the present existence of the service-connected disability and indicing the percentage of your disability. An SF-15 is desired, but not required. If applying to a vacancy opened Stus and you are requesting considerion under Veteran's Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) ( https://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/shav/#veoa ), you need to provide a copy of your last DD214 (member-4 copy), which verifies your military service des, reason for separion, OR certificion of separion th shows a discharge de within 120 days of the closing of this announcement, and eligibility for considerion under the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act.

FEDERAL APPLICANTS

You must submit SF-50(s) th verify your highest competitive grade, full performance level, and eligibility as a federal applicant. DO NOT submit an award SF-50 as these often do not verify grade or eligibility. For considerion for a promotion, Box 4 of the SF-50 must show a de th is least 52 weeks prior to the job announcement closing. We recommend submitting your last promotion SF-50 or within-grade increase SF-50. Pay adjustment raise SF-50s for the current year will not support the 52 weeks' time-in-grade requirements.

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//help.usajobs.gov/working-in-government/service/sf-50 NON

COMPETITIVE APPLICANTS

If requesting concurrent considerion for Non-competitive (NC) appointment eligibility, you must provide the approprie

SPECIAL APPOINTING AUTHORITY

DOCUMENTS, such as PCS orders (military spouse) describing move & marriage certifice; letter from VA or DD214 describing 100% disability of spouse; letter from Ste Vocional Office certifying disability (schedule A), etc. For more informion, military spouse NC appointments or Persons with Disabilities NC appointments.

DISPLACED EMPLOYEES

If requesting considerion under the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or Interagency CTAP program (ICTAP), you must meet the well qualified standards for this vacancy (meeting minimum requirements for position and scoring least an 80) and provide all of the following documents: your most recent performance appraisal, the proof of eligibility letter from the Agency, and your most current SF-50, displaying current series and grade. Displaced employees may be eligible for ICTAP or CTAP priority considerion. For more informion, please review the OPM Employee's Guide to Career Transition . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help You must submit a complete applicion package (including resume, vacancy questions and supporting documents) no ler than 11:59 pm (EST) on the closing de of the announcement. To begin, click the "Apply Online" button on the job announcement posting. Follow the directions to register, submit all required documents and complete the assessment questionnaire. You may review your saved applicion(s) https://help.usajobs.gov/ If you are having difficulty applying online, please contact the DOT Automed Staffing Office via email : Transjobs@dot.gov Agency contact informion Automed Staffing Office Phone 000-000-0000 Fax 000-000-0000 TRANSJOBS@dot.gov Address

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Submit Applicion and Documents Online 1200 New Jersey Ave

SE / HAHR - 50

Washington, District of Columbia 20590 United Stes Next steps You may check your applicion stus by logging into USAJobs.com. (Select "My USAJOBS" and click "Applicions"). Within two weeks of the closing de, a Human Resources Specialist will evalue your applicion. Rings determined based on the documents and informion received by the closing de. As the vacancy is advertised under stus, your applicion scored on a scale between 70 - 100. The most highly qualified candides are then referred to the hiring manager for further considerion. If you are selected for an interview, the hiring agency will contact you directly. Once the position is filled, we will notify all applicants of their final stus. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request

Required Documents Help RESUME:

In accordance with the OPM memorandum titled Merit Hiring Plan, ded May 29, 2025, resumes with a maximum of two (2) pages in length accepted as part of your applicion. These should be legible and in a readable font size. A determinion of your eligibility and/or qualificions based only on those two (2) pages. Your resume MUST contain specific informion th can be used to make a qualificion determinion , including employment beginning and ending des for each position, whether employment is Full-time or Part-time, or average number of hours worked per week, and position titles. If the position is/was in the Federal government, you will need to provide the position series and grade level. The resume should show relevant experience and educion, as well as support the required specialized experience.

TRANSCRIPTS

are

REQUIRED

if there is a sted educion requirement for the series OR if you are substituting educion for experience. The transcripts need not be official, but must show th you meet the sted educion requirements, including specific major or class requirements.

PERFORMANCE APPRAISALS/INCENTIVE AWARDS

If applicable, performance appraisals and/or Incentive award documention may be submitted and forwarded to the selecting official in considerion of your applicion. To receive credit, submit a recent performance appraisal (ded within 18 months) showing the official ring of record, signed by a supervisor, or stement why the performance appraisal is unavailable (do not submit a performance plan) and/or incentive award documention ded within the last 18 months (i.e. performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increases, etc.).

VETERANS

Your last DD214 (member 4 copy), Certifice of Release or Discharge From Active Duty, th shows the type of discharge and all des of active duty is required to verify your eligibility. If applying to a vacancy opened to all US Citizens under cegory ring and wish to be considered as a preference eligible, you need to submit a copy of your DD214 (member-4 copy). If claiming preference eligibility as a disabled veteran, you must submit proof of entitlement of this preference which is normally a valid letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs certifying to the present existence of the service-connected disability and indicing the percentage of your disability. An SF-15 is desired, but not required. If applying to a vacancy opened Stus and you are requesting considerion under Veteran's Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) ( https://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/shav/#veoa ), you need to provide a copy of your last DD214 (member-4 copy), which verifies your military service des, reason for separion, OR certificion of separion th shows a discharge de within 120 days of the closing of this announcement, and eligibility for considerion under the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act.

FEDERAL APPLICANTS

You must submit SF-50(s) th verify your highest competitive grade, full performance level, and eligibility as a federal applicant. DO NOT submit an award SF-50 as these often do not verify grade or eligibility. For considerion for a promotion, Box 4 of the SF-50 must show a de th is least 52 weeks prior to the job announcement closing. We recommend submitting your last promotion SF-50 or within-grade increase SF-50. Pay adjustment raise SF-50s for the current year will not support the 52 weeks' time-in-grade requirements.

https:

//help.usajobs.gov/working-in-government/service/sf-50 NON

COMPETITIVE APPLICANTS

If requesting concurrent considerion for Non-competitive (NC) appointment eligibility, you must provide the approprie

SPECIAL APPOINTING AUTHORITY

DOCUMENTS, such as PCS orders (military spouse) describing move & marriage certifice; letter from VA or DD214 describing 100% disability of spouse; letter from Ste Vocional Office certifying disability (schedule A), etc. For more informion, military spouse NC appointments or Persons with Disabilities NC appointments.

DISPLACED EMPLOYEES

If requesting considerion under the Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or Interagency CTAP program (ICTAP), you must meet the well qualified standards for this vacancy (meeting minimum requirements for position and scoring least an 80) and provide all of the following documents: your most recent performance appraisal, the proof of eligibility letter from the Agency, and your most current SF-50, displaying current series and grade. Displaced employees may be eligible for ICTAP or CTAP priority considerion. For more informion, please review the OPM Employee's Guide to Career Transition . If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help You must submit a complete applicion package (including resume, vacancy questions and supporting documents) no ler than 11:59 pm (EST) on the closing de of the announcement. To begin, click the "Apply Online" button on the job announcement posting. Follow the directions to register, submit all required documents and complete the assessment questionnaire. You may review your saved applicion(s) https://help.usajobs.gov/ If you are having difficulty applying online, please contact the DOT Automed Staffing Office via email : Transjobs@dot.gov Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Automed Staffing Office Phone 000-000-0000 Fax 000-000-0000 TRANSJOBS@dot.gov Address

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Submit Applicion and Documents Online 1200 New Jersey Ave

SE / HAHR - 50

Washington, District of Columbia 20590 United Stes Next steps You may check your applicion stus by logging into USAJobs.com. (Select "My USAJOBS" and click "Applicions"). Within two weeks of the closing de, a Human Resources Specialist will evalue your applicion. Rings determined based on the documents and informion received by the closing de. As the vacancy is advertised under stus, your applicion scored on a scale between 70 - 100. The most highly qualified candides are then referred to the hiring manager for further considerion. If you are selected for an interview, the hiring agency will contact you directly. Once the position is filled, we will notify all applicants of their final stus. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/10/2026 to 05/11/2026 Salary $83,265 - $129,742 per year Pay scale & grade

GS 11 - 12

Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Lakewood, CO Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—This position may be eligible for situional telework. Telework approval determined by your immedie supervisor or manager following the agency's telework policy and guidance. If participing in the telework program, you required to sign a telework agreement detailing agency telework policy requirements, working conditions, and expections for the position. Travel Required 25% or less - Occasional travel maybe required. Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—Relocion expenses have been authorized. Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time - Full Time Service Competitive Promotion potential 12 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

FHWA.CFL-2026-0006

Control number 864582200