Douglas County Surveyor's Office - Land Surveyor Full time exempt position. Includes excellent benefit package, including medical/vision/dental/long-term disability/basic life coverage and County-paid PERS retirement after required waiting periods. Onsite (Courthouse complex) childcare available at a discounted employee rate through Roseburg Professional Childcare (Fowler St. location only). Availability is subject to center waitlist.
Job Summary:
This position performs professional land surveying duties in planning, organizing, coordinating, and supervising surveys performed by the County Surveyor's Office; lead survey crew field operations; review privately prepared surveys for compliance; assumes responsibility in the absence of the County Surveyor. The stamping of completed surveys requires this classification to hold a Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) license.
Essential Functions:
This is not an exhaustive or all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills, duties or functions associated with the job.
Research and re-establish government survey corners; coordinate access to properties with owners; research survey records and evaluate aerial photographs; locate and document corners.
Set horizontal and vertical control monuments; establish State plane coordinates and elevations.
Lead and coordinate field operations of a survey crew, including participation in selection and training of staff.
Check new subdivision monuments for conformity to filed plats.
Survey county properties; research and evaluate surveys and descriptions; make field measurements and computations for locating and establishing corners.
Locate and maintain survey control points; prepare written descriptions of locations.
Prepare and oversee the preparation and filing of various reports.
Research survey records for county departments, land surveyors and the public.
Assist in reviewing privately prepared land surveys for compliance.
Position requires driving. Finalist will be required to provide a driving history that meets the Douglas County Driver Policy as part of contingent offer of employment. While not part of initial applicant screening, the finalist for this position may be required to pass a criminal history background check as part of a contingent offer of employment. Employment is contingent upon a pre-employment drug screen. Presence of non-prescribed drugs, including marijuana, on drug screen results will result in disqualification pursuant to the County's drug and alcohol policy. To determine if physically qualified to perform the essential functions, employment offer is conditional upon satisfactory results of a post-offer medical and hearing exam conducted at county expense.
Douglas County is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. If you require any special assistance at any point during the application or selection process and would like to request an accommodation due to a disability, please e-mail a description of your request to Human Resources.
