Data is as of 6/15/2025.
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City of Austin - JOB DESCRIPTION

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Surveyor
FLSA: Standard/Exempt EEO Category: (20) Professionals
Class Code: 18465 Salary Grade: CA5
Approved: April 01, 1994 Last Revised: February 28, 2025

Purpose:
 

Under general direction, this position performs professional land surveying work in adherence to established principles and practices and may plan, coordinate, or direct surveying activities for the City.
Duties, Functions and Responsibilities:
  Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.
  1. Performs land surveys on behalf of the City.
  2. Certifies and seals survey documents.
  3. Analyzes and reviews data gathered by field crews to ensure completeness and accuracy of survey information.
  4. Uses survey data to generate coordinate files for use in determining property lines, benchmarks, topographical features, cross-sections, field notes, quantities of materials used, and metes and bounds descriptions.
  5. Prepares scale drawings and plans for various construction projects, rights-of-way, easements, or boundary line determinations.
  6. Prepares and reviews easements, property descriptions, plans, ordinances, and agreements.
  7. Researches City ownership, right-of-way, and other property issues
  8. Creates maps showing survey and topographic information.
  9. Leads survey workgroup activities on behalf of the City.
  10. May train others.
Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised:
 

May be responsible for the full range of supervisory activities including selection, training, evaluation, counseling, and recommendation for dismissal.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
  • Knowledge of the concepts, principles, theories, and methods used in the measurement or determination of land boundaries, distances, elevations, areas, angles, and other features of the earth’s surface.
  • Knowledge of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.
  • Skilled in using various Global Positioning Surveying (GPS) applications
  • Skilled in the collection, analysis, and reporting of complex numerical data.
  • Skilled in established and maintaining effective working relationships with others.
  • Ability to properly maintain complex engineering files and records.
  • Ability to read and interpret maps, plats, sketches, field books, and construction drawings.
  • Ability to adhere to the principles and practices of the Professional Land Surveying Practices Act.
  • Ability to effectively lead others in the workplace.
  • Ability to use a hand-held calculator.
  • Ability to use a desktop computer.
Minimum Qualifications:
 
  • Two (2) years of experience as a certified Surveyor in Training (SIT).
Licenses and Certifications Required:
 
  • Must be a Registered Professional Land Surveyor (RPLS) in good standing with the Texas Board of Professional Land Surveying (TPBLS)
    OR
  • Become licensed within six (6) months of hire. 

This description is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty required of the position given this title and shall not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of management to assign, direct and control the work of employees under supervision. The listing of duties and responsibilities shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of similar kind or level of difficulty.