Job Description
The Journey Level Engineer I- Land Survey will assist a Licensed Professional Engineer or higher in Construction by performing a wide variety of land surveying assignments. Duties primarily include maintaining and updating records and maps in reference to legal descriptions of land conveyances, writing legal descriptions, assisting DPS personnel with interpreting difficult land descriptions, and performing related work as required. Additional duties may include researching records at the Register of Deeds and other locations, making engineering drawings or survey plats, processing and analyzing survey data, calculating construction layouts for a variety of projects, minor design and quantity checks, supervision of survey crews performing engineering, topographic, construction staking, and boundary surveys, making field calculations, operating and maintaining survey equipment.
Responsibilities
Required Tasks
- Prepare and write legal descriptions
- Maintain and update records and maps in reference to legal description of conveyances
- Assisting DPS staff with interpreting difficult land descriptions
- Making engineering drawings or survey plats
- Research deeds and records
- Processing and analyzing survey data
- Calculating layouts, minor design and quantity checks for a variety of projects and making field calculations
- Supervision of survey crews performing engineering and topographic surveys
- Operating & maintaining survey equipment
- Travel to various locations may be required.
- Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Educational and Experience Requirements
- A Bachelor of Science Degree in Surveying, Geodesy, or a similar Engineering degree from an accredited college or university, and
- Be a Surveyor In Training (having passed the NCEES Fundamentals of Surveying Exam), or a Licensed Professional Surveyor in the State of Michigan; AND
- Have a valid Driver's License and an acceptable safe driving record.
About Us
The Charter County of Wayne
The Charter County of Wayne is Michigan's largest county. We are home to 34 cities and nine townships. From Rockwood to Livonia, from Sumpter Township to the Grosse Pointes, each community in Wayne County offers residents and businesses a unique blend of opportunity to live, work, play and raise families.
Headquartered in Detroit, our largest city and the automotive capital of the world, Wayne County offers a diversified economy and high standards for our residents' quality of life. Our history is rich and we take pride in being one of the most diverse communities that values culture, arts, and world-class amenities.
Wayne County provides leadership that ensures the County operates efficiently, effectively, and responsibly. We provide transparently while building a stronger County inclusive of collaborations, innovation, and a clear focus on serving our residents.
