Description

Surveying And Mapping, LLC


SUE Field Technician III

US-TX-Austin

Job ID: 26-7422
Type: Regular Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE)
Austin

Overview

For over thirty years, SAM has built a reputation as a trusted, knowledgeable, and innovative partner. Our licensed professionals transform petabytes of complex spatial data into intelligent insights in a holistic Managed Geospatial Services™ (MGS™) framework. As North America's premiere MGS™ company, SAM provides practical, precise, and high-fidelity solutions designed to enhance decision-making, mitigate risks, achieve strategic objectives, and drive costs out of our client's business. Our vision is to advance spatial data acquisition, improve analysis capabilities, and develop predictive analytics to redefine and transform how infrastructure assets are developed and managed throughout their lifecycles.

Responsibilities

• Designating all types of utilities in rural and urban environments using geophysical equipment, project field documentation and survey, and vacuum excavation to expose utilities
• Obtains and maintains all required safety certifications
• Manage individual 2D QL-B (2DB) & 3D QL-B (3DB) mapping projects, typically comprised of not more that (2) independent crews/teams
• Selects and applies non-standard surfacegeophysical equipment and accessories to accurately designate complex public and private underground utility systems for 2DB & 3DB mapping projects
• Collects data for and completes vault diagram forms for 3DB mapping projects
• Acts as "lead" on crews employing vacuum excavators and associated equipment to excavate and backfill test holes on existing utilities at deeper than average depths and/or under other than average conditions
• Employs total station survey equipment to collect horizontal data for 2DB mapping projects and QL-A test holes
• Employs RTK GPR survey equipment to collect horizontal and vertical data for 3DB mapping projects
• Employs automatic or digital levels and associated equipment to collect vertical data from structures associated with gravity flow utility systems
• Collects data for and completes Structures Data Reports for structures associated with gravity flow utility systems
• Coordinates with clients, utility owners, property owners, etc. in the field
• Coordinates with providers of traffic control, off duty officers, saw cutting and other 3rd party services in the field.
• Advanced comprehension and interpretation of planimetric and design plans, profiles and cross sections, utility records, etc.

Qualifications

High School DiplomaAbility to travel 
• Thorough understanding of ASCE 38 guidelines and associated quality levels
(4-5) years of SUE field experience preferredExperience working as a "lead" on SUE QL-A & QL-B field crew requiredExperience working as a project level field supervisor on SUE QL-A & QL-B projects preferred Survey experience preferredMilitary experience is a plus

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