Overview

Shimmick is seeking a highly talented Project Surveyor based out of Chattanooga, TN. This challenging position will provide an excellent growth opportunity while improving the infrastructure of the city. 

At Shimmick, we are problem solvers. Creative thinkers. Innovators. We approach each project with fresh ideas and big thinking in pursuit of better answers, better outcomes, and better experiences for our clients. We are resourceful, nimble and resilient. We work hard together—and with our clients—to deliver high-quality projects that are on time, on budget and beyond expectations.

National Division

Shimmick’s National Division operates throughout the central and eastern U.S. Comprised of legacy companies, such as Morrison Knudsen, Washington Group, and others, this division has decades-long history of delivering successful transportation, transit, mining infrastructure, and water resources projects. In addition to state DOTs and transit agencies, the National Division has delivered more than $5 billion in work for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, primarily in the water resources (dams, reservoirs, locks, levees) sector. The National Division is delivering Oklahoma Turnpike Authority’s first build-finance project, the $260 million Gilcrease Expressway project in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Responsibilities

Typical responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Under limited supervision, normally receives little instruction on routine work, general instructions on new assignments.
• Conducts surveys to ascertain the locations of natural features and human-made structures on the earth's surface, underground, and underwater, using electronic distance-measuring equipment and other surveying instruments.
• Operates and manages land-information computer systems, performs tasks such as storing data, making inquiries, and producing plots and reports.
• Reviews information from survey teams regarding measurement of distances, directions, angles between points and elevation of points, lines, and contours on, above, and below the earth’s surface.
• Records the results of surveys, verifies the accuracy of data, and prepares plots, maps, and reports.
• An experienced professional with full understanding of area of specialization.
• Works on problems of diverse scope.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED 8 years of relevant experience OR AA/AS 6 years of relevant experience OR Bachelor’s degree 4 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of education and/or experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge and understanding of construction survey layout and techniques
• Demonstrated progressive experience to include instrument operator and crew chief for various construction projects in either heavy civil, commercial or industrial environments
• Auto Cadd experience

Additional Information:

• Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test
• This position does not include sponsorship for United States work authorization

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES: