Party Chief

Organizes and maintains field survey crew efficiently to complete assigned projects, with a strong focus on Construction Staking to support upcoming projects. Accurately collects, calculates, and records field data for topographic maps, record of survey maps, boundary surveys, and ALTA/NSPS. Reviews job specifications and plans fieldwork methods and costs.

Essential Responsibilities

• Manages and oversees a survey crew and all operations assigned to that particular crew, as well as ensures the accuracy of all work performed by the survey crew.
• Prepares and verifies mathematical calculations related to surveying and basic engineering; computes distances, bearings traverses, and elevations.
• Conducts project research, secures equipment, uses safety techniques, performs the survey operation, and handles the equipment, records data and other associated duties.
• Conduct construction staking to mark precise locations for buildings, rights-of-way, and utilities in accordance with project plans.
• Has knowledge of the operation, checking and basic field adjustments on transits, total stations, data collectors, levels, compass, tribrachs, and tripods.
• Keeps neat and orderly field notes for standard surveying operations: leveling, traversing, topographic mapping, layout, as-built surveys, boundary surveys, profile and cross-section surveys.
• Enters field data and can produce positional information (i.e., leveling, traversing, topographic mapping) with either a hand-held calculator or micro-computer software.
• Reads and interprets construction plans, topographical maps, and final maps and records or survey.
• Operates and oversees the operation of survey instruments required to perform surveys including providing the proper care and cleaning of all instruments and equipment.
• Ensures all survey materials and equipment are clean, charged and in good working condition, and adequately stowed and loaded onto the survey truck each day.
• Assists engineers with as-built information, site conditions, and conflicts found with engineering plans as requested.