Surveyor; Registered

Overview

The Mohave County Public Works Department - Engineering Division is looking to hire a Surveyor-Registered in Kingman, Arizona. We are located at 3715 Sunshine Dr., Kingman, AZ.

About Us:

The Engineering Survey Division of Public Works, under direction of the Mohave County Surveyor, provides timely, accurate land surveying and delivers cartographic data together with rights-of-way management services for County operations. In addition, the Surveying Division makes available cadastral surveying and roadway maps. Chief among these duties is the review of the Minor Land Division process and accompanying Parcel Plat. The County Surveyor’s office is the public portal for citizens to initiate roadway abandonments and public easement extinguishments with the Board of Supervisors.

Citizens wishing to convey land and roads to the County are encouraged to send proposals through the County Surveyor’s office as a first step in the Board of Supervisor’s consideration of the matter. The Survey Division is the point of contact for public access to the County Engineer’s records, maps, and cadastral records. The Engineering Survey Division directly engages the public by marking the boundaries of roadways as necessary in adjacent County Road works.

Surveyor (Registered) – Salary Range 19 Steps 1-18 $ 28.28 - $46.72/hr

• Monday-Friday, 7:00am-3:30pm; weekends and holidays off. Work is primarily performed in the field with occasional office work.
• Must be able to travel throughout different county locations. Working conditions include exposure to varying weather conditions (outdoors, wind, heat, cold).
• Perform duties such as writing legal descriptions for rights-of-way, deeds of dedications, easements, and other county land transactions; advising on legal access issues to ensure compliance with County and State regulations.
• Perform plan checks for construction drawings within county rights-of-way; direct survey party in gathering field information from preliminary to design stages.
• Perform survey computations and adjustments; assist survey party when needed; check and reduce field notes; research legal boundaries and record information for survey and mapping procedures.
• Stamps and seals legal descriptions, records of surveys, and cadastral survey plats; maintain survey records for the public, private surveyors, engineers, and other governmental agencies.
• Oversee restoration and perpetuation of survey control monuments, street centerlines, basic horizontal and vertical control, and cadastral monumentation; draft cadastral maps and legal plats; conduct research for mapping and legal descriptions.
• Complete performance evaluations, potentially make hiring recommendations, supervise assigned personnel, monitor reports and records, and provide training as required.
• Communicate and act in a professional manner with the public, co-workers, and work contacts.

• Associate degree in land surveying, engineering, geography, computer science, earth science, or a related field.
• Two (2) years of progressively responsible surveying experience in all phases of land survey work, including instrument operation, record keeping, survey calculations, and plans interpretation.
• Two (2) years supervising surveying activities.
• OR an equivalent combination of education, experience, and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

• Must possess a valid State of Arizona Driver's License at the start of employment and maintain it while employed in this position.
• Must be actively registered as a Land Surveyor in the State of Arizona during employment and disclose all actions with any state boards of registration or regulatory agencies.
• Arizona licensure in good standing is required to be eligible and to maintain this position.
• Knowledge of concepts, principles, theories, and methods used in measuring or determining land boundaries, distances, elevations, areas, angles, and related features.
• Title search procedures and legal descriptions of real property; field surveying methods and regulations governing land boundary surveying.
• Principles and practices of surveying and cartography; operation of optical, electronic, magnetic, and mechanical measuring devices.
• Federal, state, and local technical, administrative, and legal requirements related to surveying, rights-of-way, and subdivisions.
• Laws, regulations, directives, policies, and organizations related to surveying administration and rights-of-way.
• Survey math including algebra, geometry, and trigonometry; civil engineering and surveying terminology; and CAD/GIS tools relevant to surveying and mapping.
• Record-keeping, reporting, and record management within governmental contexts; leadership, supervision, and training principles.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, other departments, private engineers, surveyors, and the public.