City Surveyor

CITY SURVEYOR

in Mohave County, AZ

Job Description

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF POSITION

Plans, develops and supervises the performance of highly specialized and complex professional and technical survey engineering work of City cadastral, location and construction surveys for engineering design and other related surveying activities; Determines means or processes of achieving the objectives, standards or guidelines established by City Engineer. Exercises a high degree of independence and initiative in complex work assignments and priorities and managing division personnel. Conducts land and construction surveys to develop and maintain survey monuments, boundaries, and benchmarks for survey control of City infrastructure and private development projects; Provides technical support for Capital Improvement Programs (CIP) and property acquisition projects.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

Work is performed independently with considerable latitude for discretion and judgment, under the general direction of the City Engineer who reviews work through conferences and the evaluation of overall results achieved.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED

Exercises supervision overall Survey Division personnel, either directly or through subordinate supervisors.

Essential Functions

Essential Functions are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills. They are intended to be accurate summaries of what the job classification involves and what is required to perform it.

Plans, coordinates and supervises the work of the Survey Division; interprets policies and procedures.

Provides direction to survey party in gathering field information preliminary to design of improvement drawings.

Provides direction to survey parties on all land or control survey projects.

Directs survey party on all legal and technical matters.

Supervises division staff including making recommendations for hiring, training, planning and prioritizing tasks, assigning work, scheduling, ensuring policy and procedure complains, monitoring staff performance and development. Conducts performance planning and evaluations and processes disciplinary actions.

Directly or through the Assistant City Surveyor, organizes the work flow of the day-to-day activities of the survey party staff; Instructs and trains subordinates in a field and office setting regarding the technical aspects of surveying; and ensures survey party cooperation and support to other departments within the City as required. As needed, assists survey staff with daily tasks to ensure time lines are being met; Ensuring work flow and tasks completed are efficient and accurate.

Instructs survey crews in the field layout of the more difficult construction projects in gathering field information preliminary to design of improvement drawings, in replacing lost survey monuments, in setting property corners on city land from legal descriptions and title information, and in performing other aspects of survey work.

Sets priorities for the surveying projects; Reviews and verifies data, GPS coordinates, and control points; Reviews, reduces and approves field notes and data calculations submitted by survey party; Reviews, evaluates and seals completed field surveys.

Manages, organizes, coordinates, and monitors surveying activities and functions for conformance to State laws, regional ordinances, public records, and property boundary data.

Reviews subdivisions, Record of Surveys, and Parcel Plats submitted to the City of Kingman for review and approval.

Writes legal descriptions for rights-of-way, deeds of dedications, easements and other city land sales, purchases, parcel transfers and leases.

Advises various individuals and developers with legal access problems to ensure compliance with City and State regulations.

Advises planning officials on technical problems and questions relating to rights-of-way, subdivision design and surveying.

Performs computations from survey party notes for application to mapping or legal descriptions.

Researches legal boundaries and gathers record information for survey party and for mapping procedures.

Performs reconnaissance for outlining survey instructions for survey party.

Makes survey computations and adjustments related to boundary decisions.

Stamps and seals legal descriptions, record of surveys and cadastral survey plats.

Surveys and replaces property corners destroyed by city street or maintenance crews.

Maintains survey records for the general public, private surveyors and engineers and other governmental agencies.

Oversees restoration and perpetuation of survey control monuments; street centerline, basic horizontal and vertical control and cadastral monumentation.

Drafts cadastral maps and legal plats and records same.

Conducts research for mapping and legal descriptions prepared by the City.

Researches and stays current in Surveying industry best practices and information technology trends. Recognizes the need for change and makes recommendations to City Engineer on new or revised programs and technology systems that support the department's goals and can add sustainable value.

Writes clear and accurate reports which may be complex and requires the registered land surveyor to provide their seal and/or signature to their approved review and attestation of documents/survey results.

Delineates rights of way; Conducts topographic surveys for design projects; and, establishes control monuments for property surveys, construction staking, and aerial mapping control.

Compiles accurate notes, records, and sketches of work performed and data secured to document the results of the survey effort.

Communicates with the general public, other City employees, management, and contractors to answer questions, resolve problems, and coordinate work assignments.

Uses a variety of computer programs such as CAD and data transfer programs to analyze survey results and produce maps and survey data of all types.

Sets real property boundaries; Assures the accuracy of files and indexes of maps, deeds and other legal documents as a matter of public record in accordance with State law.

Assists with data collection for GIS for the City of Kingman.

Reads and interprets technical engineering plans and plots. Prepares and reviews legal description and deeds.

Provides excellent customer service to both internal and external contacts.

Responds to inquiries and complaints and makes necessary arrangements to resolve any problems as needed.

Maintains regular attendance and punctuality.

Maintains confidentiality of work-related information.

Works in a safe manner and reports unsafe activity and conditions.

This position is subject emergency recall during non-working hours due to staff shortage, to interact with staff on various shifts and/or operational needs.

Performs related work as required.

PERIPHERAL DUTIES

Serves as a member of various employee committees as assigned.

Provides training of assigned personnel related to cadastral and location surveying.