Land Surveyor-in-Training or Land Surveyor

Job Description

*** $2,000 Hiring Incentive! ***
Current Department of Transportation Employees do NOT qualify for the Hiring Incentive

Job ID: 30512
Agency: Department of Transportation / Division of Operations
Location: Aberdeen, SD - Negotiable
Salary: Land Surveyor-in-Training $25.99 - $30.93 per hour and Land Surveyor $34.36 - $41.23 per hour, depending on experience
Pay Grade: GI or GJ
Closing Date: 03/05/2025

This is a full-time position with the Department of Transportation. For more information on the Department of Transportation, please visit https://dot.sd.gov/ .

Introduction:
Ready for a rewarding career that provides exciting and meaningful work? Looking for a place that values innovation and teamwork? In need of schedules and benefits that make it possible to both support and enjoy your family?

The South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) has a perfect opportunity for you as a Land Surveyor-in-Training or Land Surveyor!

Job Description:
Ready for a rewarding career that provides exciting and meaningful work?

We're looking for a Land Surveyor or Land Surveyor-In-Training whose duties include being responsible for legal land surveys for the Department of Transportation (DOT). You'll have opportunities to work both independently and in team settings, both in the office and in the field.

This position may be located in Aberdeen, Watertown, Huron, Brookings, Sioux Falls, Mitchell, or Yankton. Position location is negotiable.

What You Bring to the SDDOT:

• Growth mindset
• Vision and creativity
• Team-oriented attitude
• Confident, action-oriented personality
• Attention to detail and a passion for organization
• Commitment to fostering high ethical standards

What the SDDOT Offers:

• Hiring incentive
• Health insurance (low and high deductible plans which include a $0 premium employee-only coverage plan)
• Well-being program
• Employee assistance program
• Dental and Vision
• Health savings account
• Free basic life insurance policy
• Membership in the South Dakota Retirement System with partial state match
• Paid leave (15 vacation days per year)
• Sick leave (14 days per year)
• Paid family leave (12 weeks for birth and adoption of child, equivalent to 40 hours per week)
• Military leave (15 days per year)
• 11 paid holidays
• Longevity pay
• Semimonthly pay periods
• Eligibility for meal per diems

Duties and Responsibilities:
This position will research historical records, determine boundaries of department properties and rights-of-way, prepare plats and corner records, corners of adjacent properties, monument property corners, and alignments for upcoming construction projects. This person will assist and may help with training area technician surveyors in various activities. This person will evaluate and recommend acquisition of survey equipment and coordinate survey equipment within various SDDOT Offices.

Significant travel is required with this position.

Work assignments are frequently performed outside in all weather conditions and around highway traffic.

Desired Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge:

• the laws governing the practice of land surveying and the laws governing the ownership of real property;
• the principles, theories, and practices of highway or road engineering;
• mathematics, especially the application of geometry and trigonometry, and physics;
• effective practices, methods, techniques, and equipment of land surveying;
• personnel and fiscal management.

Skills:

• to use a computer and operate Microsoft software;
• to use CAD software (Bentley products);
• to use surveying software and hardware (Trimble products) used by the Department;
• to think independently and solve problems, individually or as a team.

Abilities:

• understand the foundational elements of mathematics that would lead to choosing one method over another for a particular task;
• make judgements and decisions based upon a preponderance of evidence;
• interpret statutes, and documents and defend decisions made;
• interpret legal descriptions of land into tangible positions on the ground;
• prepare plats and corner records;
• plan, organize, coordinate, prioritize, assign, and evaluate the work of others;
• maintain a variety of technical records and adapt records systems to computerization;
• make accurate, meticulous, and precise survey computations;
• establish and maintain effective working relationships with other land surveyors, local government officials, engineers, and the public;
• communicate effectively;
• see details at close range, i.e., within a few feet of the observer; and to see details at a distance.

Position Requirements:
Must be a licensed as a Land Surveyor or Land Surveyor-In-Training by the South Dakota Board of Technical Professionals.

Qualifications of the successful applicant will determine the classification level assigned. Salary will be set depending on qualifications.

Land Surveyor-In Training incumbent must obtain their Land Surveyors license within 4 years of hire date to retain employment.

Valid Driver's License.

This position is eligible for Veterans' Preference per ARSD 55:10:02:08.

The State of South Dakota does not sponsor work visas for new or existing employees. All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete an Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9. The State of South Dakota as an employer will be using E-Verify to complete employment eligibility verification upon hire.

The State of South Dakota offers $0 premium employee health insurance option plus eleven paid holidays, generous vacation and sick leave accrual, dental, vision, and other insurance options, and retirement benefits. You can view our benefits information at https://bhr.sd.gov/job-seekers/work-for-state-government/ . This position is a member of Class A retirement under SDRS.

Must apply online: https://gen-stateofsouthdako-trn.inforcloudsuite.com/hcm/xmlhttp/shorturl.do?key=16X
You must apply online, emailed resumes or submissions will not be accepted.
South Dakota Bureau of Human Resources
Telephone: 605.773.3148 Email: careers@state.sd.us
http://bhr.sd.gov/workforus
"An Equal Opportunity Employer"

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