What are the responsibilities and job description for the Utility Mapping Specialist position at Storm Search?
Storm Search is seeking a highly experienced Field Survey Director to join our team. This is a Direct Hire opportunity offering a competitive salary, excellent benefits package, and a lot of growth potential.
The ideal candidate will be responsible for preparing proposals, contracts, permits, and reports; consulting with clients; and drafting maps. This role involves overseeing field surveys and recording data of marked utilities after they have been located using various electronic tools.
This position requires cross-training in utility locating theory, including surface, subsurface, and aerial utilities such as gas, water, sewer, phone, power, and CATV lines. Travel may be required depending on project locations.
Responsibilities:
- Provide daily direction and leadership to assigned field crews, ensuring quality and adherence to survey methodologies. Train and mentor junior-level employees.
- Read and interpret plans, including site, boundary, highway, profile, and cross-sections, and pipeline plans.
- Oversee field data collection processes, including total station usage, leveling, traversing, stadia, topographic mapping, interpreting control point records, locating points, and implementing staking and marking strategies.
- Understand and apply utility locating procedures while following standard operating procedures for: Field Targeting, Locating, Targeting, Field Sketching, Test Hole Documentation.
- Ensure the correct use, technique, and maintenance of all survey and locating equipment.
- Collaborate with the branch manager (SULM) and CADD manager to oversee crews and projects, ensuring QA/QC procedures and data accuracy.
- Follow correct administrative procedures.
- Assist in project reviews and evaluations.
