Surveyor II - 55005206

Requisition No: 832283

Agency: Department of Transportation

Working Title: SURVEYOR II - 55005206

Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 55005206

Salary: $61,795.03 - $79,970.03

Posting Closing Date: 07/08/2024

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STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

JOB POSTING DESCRIPTION

254 / Mapping

Open Competitive

Career Service

Contact Person: Ellen Stanley

Contact Phone Number: 386-758-3784

Contact Email Address: Ellen.Stanley@dot.state.fl.us

Anticipated Bi-Weekly Hiring Salary Range: $2,376.73 - $3,075.77

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State's total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:

• Health insurance (over 90% employer paid)

• $25,000 life insurance policy (100% employer paid)

• Dental, vision and supplemental insurances

• State of Florida retirement package

• Generous vacation and sick leave

• 10 paid holidays a year

• Career advancement opportunities

• Tuition waiver for public college courses

• Training opportunities

• Flexible work schedules and telework (for designated positions)

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Join FDOT and be part of the team that works as one to improve safety, enhance mobility and inspire innovation in the Florida transportation system!

For additional benefit information available to State of Florida employees, go to https://www.mybenefits.myflorida.com/

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS: You may be required to provide your Social Security Number to conduct required verifications. Male applicants born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion in the Career Service, or appointment in the Selected Exempt Service (SES) or Senior Management Service (SMS) unless they are registered with the Selective Service System (SSS) before their 26th birthday, or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS.

THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VALUES AND SUPPORTS EMPLOYMENT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. In accordance with Section 110.112, Florida Statutes, and the Florida Department of Transportation's Individuals with Disabilities Affirmative Action Plan, the agency is committed to ensuring affirmative action and equal employment opportunity for qualified individuals with disabilities. Upon request and as appropriate, reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities may be provided. Please contact the Florida Department of Transportation's Human Resources Office located at 605 Suwannee Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, or call (850) 414-5300 for assistance.

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

Performs Quality Assurance reviews of control surveys, right of way maps, parcel sketches, and other right of way related surveys and maps prepared by in-house and consultant staff. Ensures proper judgment has been used in establishing correct property boundaries in accordance with the intent of the deed of record. Checks geometric accuracy and completeness, verifies adherence with Chapter 472 Florida Statutes, Minimum Technical Standards Chapter 5J17 Florida Administrative Code, Department policies and procedures, including compliance with Computer Aided Drafting & Design (CADD) standards.

Assists in the preparation of Right of Way Control Surveys and Right of Way Maps for in-house projects. Ensures adherence with Chapter 472 Florida Statutes, Minimum Technical Standards Chapter 5J17 Florida Administrative Code, Department policies and procedures, including compliance with CADD standards. Sign and seal survey maps as required. Prepares and certifies legal property descriptions. Review consultant prepared legal property descriptions.

Coordinates with in-house customers such as, design, drainage, structures, geotechnical, utilities, maintenance, construction, Project Management, consultant engineers, and surveyors, to determine project objectives, scope of survey and mapping work, deliverables, and set schedule for contract assignments. Determines survey and mapping staff hour estimates, reviews consultant surveyors staff hour proposals, and negotiates project specifics and work efforts. Attends office and field project meetings such as, scope of services, oral presentations, pre-negotiations, scope negotiations, kick-off meetings, field reviews, map reviews, and/or project progress meetings.

Researches existing records for upcoming projects such as, right of way maps, survey field books, construction plans, and deeds for use in determining scope of services for consultant and in-house survey and mapping services. Respond to public inquiries and requests pertaining to survey and map information.

Establishes survey alignments and right of way boundaries for electronic design survey files. Reviews information on consultant design surveys and coordinates modifications as needed. Ensures alignment and right of way limits are rectified against horizontal and vertical control data that has been collected in the field and loaded in a survey database. Compares right of way maps with roadway plans to verify limits of construction and right of way requirements are consistent.

Coordinates the preparation of expert testimony regarding survey matters, including the preparation of exhibits for use in condemnation cases. Serves as expert witness at court proceedings, as required. Identifies parcels under field review by a jury.

Performs survey calculations for in-house survey crews. Trains in-house survey crews in all of the new technologies and survey methodologies. Trains staff in the effective use of CADD equipment and related software for the preparing, revising, and reviewing of survey drawings, maps, and legal descriptions.

Authorizes contract invoice transmittal (CITS) for payment of consultant services, program workload for future fiscal years and program consultant budgets. Prepares time extensions and supplemental agreements to consultant contracts when necessary. Evaluates consultants on performance and management.

Ensures the review, management, archive, and delivery of all consultant and in-house survey data, aerial imagery, and lidar data for work program projects. Reviews in-house surveys to ensure conformity to all applicable standards and procedures.

Analyzes complex surveys and products delivered by consultants utilizing Department supported design, and surveying and mapping software. Consultant products may include, survey databases, digital terrain models, baseline, and any survey information necessary for production of a design project. Ensures that all surveying products and data meet the minimum technical standards, as set forth in Rule 5J17 Florida Administrative Code, as well as Department standards.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of land surveying procedures and minimum standards in accordance with chapter 5J-17, Florida Administrative Code, pursuant to chapter 472.027, Florida Statutes, as well as mapping terminology and preparation.

• Knowledge of Department approved CADD and Coordinate Geometry software programs, including Geopak and Microstation.

• Knowledge of Statute requirements governing surveying and map preparation.

• Knowledge of the use of personal computers.

• Skill in Coordinate Geometry computations.

• Skill in prioritizing work assignments.

• Skill in utilizing electronic survey equipment, as well as processing and reviewing electronic survey data.

• Skill in project research and information gathering.

• Skill in verbal and written communication.

• Ability to analyze deeds and maps, determine position and plot property ownership lines, interpret and put into practical use data contained in map preparation manuals.

• Ability to track and maintain projects for schedule adherence.

• Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.

• Ability to effectively negotiate survey and mapping services.

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.

REQUIRED LICENSURE/REGISTRATION/CERTIFICATION:

Registration as a Surveyor & Mapper in accordance with Florida Statute 472.

OTHER JOB RELATED REQUIREMENTS:

This position is required to respond before, during and following emergency situations.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Registration as a Surveyor and Mapper in accordance with Florida Statute 472.

As a CANDIDATE, you may be required to provide documentation (i.e. HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR EQUIVALENCY, college transcripts, ETC.) to verify meeting these Minimum Qualifications.

THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VALUES THE SERVICE VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE GIVEN TO OUR COUNTRY AND SUPPORTS THE HIRING OF RETURNING SERVICE MEMBERS AND MILITARY SPOUSES. If you are a preference-eligible applicant who receives notice of a hiring decision and believe that you were not afforded employment preference in accordance with applicable Florida law and regulation, you may file a written complaint within 60 calendar days from the date you receive the notice, requesting an investigation to the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs, Division of Benefits and Assistance, 9500 Bay Pines Boulevard, Room 214, St. Petersburg, Florida 33708.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

VETERANS' PREFERENCE. Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans' Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements. Candidates claiming Veterans' Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans' Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here. All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.