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SURVEY TECHNICIAN

DGR Engineering
Rapid, SD Full Time
POSTED ON 12/27/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/26/2026

DGR Engineering is a growing engineering firm with offices in Rock Rapids, Sioux City and Sioux Center, Iowa as well as Sioux Falls, Rapid City and Belle Fourche, South Dakota.  

 

DGR has been recognized with the Circle of Excellence award as one of the top 20% of firms for the last 12 years by PSMJ Resource, so you can work with one of the best!  DGR has also been named by the Des Moines Register as a Top Workplace since 2018.

 

DGR Engineering offers a competitive salary and benefits package with the opportunity for advancement and ownership in a challenging and professional work environment.  Our competitive benefits package includes:

 

  • Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
  • Healthcare and Dependent Care Flex Spending Accounts
  • Company Paid Life Insurance
  • Company Paid Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan w/Company Match
  • Employee Profit Sharing
  • Paid Time Off
  • Paid Holidays

 

DGR Engineering's Civil Engineering and Surveying departments specialize in the design of roadways, subdivisions, airports, municipal utility distribution and collection lines, athletic & recreational facilities, and other related municipal, private and industrial civil engineering and surveying services.

 

Qualifications:

We are seeking a dynamic and energetic Survey Technician with a minimum of an Associate’s Degree and registration as a Land Surveyor in Training (LSIT).  Experience with land surveying equipment and computer-aided drafting software, preferred. 

 

The ideal candidate will be able to:

 

  • operate survey equipment and perform topographic and boundary surveys
  • perform construction staking
  • process field survey data
  • have a general understanding of Civil Engineering projects

 

 A working knowledge of AutoCAD Civil 3D and Trimble GPS/robotics is desired. 

 

Applicant must possess good communication skills and have the ability to work with a wide variety of clients. An ideal candidate will be self-motivated, hard-working and able to work within technical, project, budgetary, and timeline constraints.  

 

DGR Engineering is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).  DGR Engineering complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws regarding hiring and employment. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status.

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