Land Surveying Assistant

Land Surveying Assistant positions provide office and field survey services in support of the City's public works, land acquisition and private development projects; review, approve and process subdivision and other types of maps, and land title documents to ensure they are in compliance with state and local ordinances; establish and confirm property boundaries on subdivision maps; record maps with the San Diego County Surveyor’s Office and San Diego County Recorder’s Office; prepare legal descriptions, Records of Surveys, easement and survey plats, and Certificates of Correction and Compliance; provide support and supervision to the City Geographic Systems Cadastral Mapping Program; may perform Computer-Aided Drafting & Design (CADD) project processing using various computer programs and may direct field crews for additional field surveying data collection to finalize CADD projects; may serve as Party Chief on a survey crew; train, review and evaluate the work performance of subordinates; read and interpret construction plans, field survey notes, maps and records-of-survey and right-of-way drawings; prepare survey notes and sketches by hand and using CADD programs; prepare corner records and records of survey; establish horizontal and vertical control for field surveys; utilize electronic total stations, data collectors, bar code level and Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment; perform complex coordinate geometry land surveying calculations; and perform other duties as assigned.

NOTES:

• Land Surveying Assistant employees with valid State of California registration as a Professional Land Surveyor are eligible for 31% additional pay.
• Land Surveying Assistant employees who do not have a valid State of California Professional Engineer registration but have a valid Land Surveyor-in-Training (LSIT) certification that meets the requirements established by California’s Department of Consumer Affairs, Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists are eligible for 8% additional pay. Please note that LSIT certification pay will end once Land Surveying Associate employees receive a state registration.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

You must meet the following requirements on the date you apply, unless otherwise indicated.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:  You must meet ONE of the following options:

1. Bachelor's Degree in Land Surveying AND two years of full-time journey-level land surveying experience as described in the NOTES below.
2. Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or Geographic Information Systems (GIS), which MUST include a minimum of 30 semester/45 quarter college-level units of land surveying course work AND two years of full-time journey-level land surveying experience as described in the NOTES below.
3. Registration as a Professional Land Surveyor with a state licensing board.
4. Land Surveyor-In-Training (LSIT) Certificate issued from a state licensing board AND two years of full-time journey-level land surveying experience as described in the NOTES below.

      NOTES:

• Qualifying journey-level land surveying experience must include performing at least ONE of the following functions:

1. Producing and/or reviewing survey, subdivision and topographic maps, or land title documents.
2. Producing cadastral components of a Geographic Information System.
3. Performing as a Party Chief or Instrument Operator on a survey crew.

• Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for education lacked on a year-for-year basis.  One year of full-time experience = 30 semester/45 quarter college-level units.
• A Master’s Degree in Land Surveying, Civil Engineering or Geographic Information Systems may be substituted for a MAXIMUM of one year of the required experience.

LICENSE:  A valid California Class C Driver License may be required at the time of hire.

For official information, please visit sandiego.gov/jobs