transportation surveyor - Sacramento County, United States - State of California

Description

Job Posting: Transportation Surveyor

Department of Water Resources

$6, $11,567.00 per Month

Final Filing Date: 5/20/2024

Job Description and Duties

Why Choose Us: Working for the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) means you can practice land surveying in its purest form, because we are the owner and operator of its facilities. Our surveyors are equipped with the most modern tools such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), Multibeam bathymetric boats, LiDAR (Terrestrial and UAV Mobile), GNSS receivers, robotic total stations, and digital levels. Every employee is empowered to make the best choices whether they are researching, measuring, or recording our surveys. Our field surveyors work along some of California's most beautiful reservoirs, rivers, and water ways.

At DWR you will have the advantage of numerous resources to support your work and your professional growth—including training, organizational memberships, and knowledgeable and professional colleagues all of which collaborate for project success.

We hope you'll check out the Duties and Desirable Qualifications below and apply for this great career opportunity to join our team and help deliver water to over 26 million Californians as well as contribute to protecting our environment and species conservation efforts.

Actual assigned duties will commensurate with skill level. In this position, the incumbent works as a member of a survey crew performing boundary, control, hydrographic, topographic and construction surveys typically on a variety of projects related to flood control, environmental protection, water conveyance facilities, species conservation, and recreation. The work is in all types of terrain across the entire state of California, including on water bodies and rugged topography where access is difficult and away from headquarters. The employee is usually responsible to a supervisor at the work site but may work independently under their direction. This position is in frequent contact with and is constantly visible to the public.

Minimum Requirements

Additional Documents

Special Requirements

Candidates must possess a valid California driver's license when conducting State business that requires driving a vehicle, be able to travel around the state for a week at a time and be able to carry 50 lbs. across a distance on steep and uneven terrain. Candidates must meet the minimum qualifications for a Transportation Surveyor (Caltrans) and produce evidence of minimum qualifications before being considered eligible for appointment.

Range D of this classification requires possession of a valid California Land Surveyors License issued by the California Board of Registration of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is committed to its mission and employees, and we are grounded in our commitment to public safety. DWR offers a hybrid workplace model that is designed to support a workforce of both office-centered and remote-centered workers. Regular and consistent attendance - whether office-centered or remote-centered - is essential to the successful performance in this position.