Survey Party Chief

Expires on November 6, 2025

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Overview

Survey Party Chief / District Five / District Design / Surveying and Mapping Office

This position will lead and supervise the activities of the survey crews to successfully achieve a coordinated effort for all field-related activities.

The Difference You Will Make :

Through cooperation, coordination and collaboration among the OneFDOT team, you will be contributing to a strong and empowering culture of TRREC : Trust, Relationships, Respect, Empowerment, and Communication.

How You Will Grow :

FDOT encourages our team members to grow through engagement, empowerment, training, and professional development. Through our agency's learning management system, you have access to hundreds of computer-based training and instructor-led courses.

Where You Will Work :

District Five, 719 S. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL 32720

Annual Salary Range :

$59,490.62 – $76,987.86

Your Specific Responsibilities

Directs and supervises the activities of the field survey staff to successfully achieve a coordinated effort leading all field related activities of the group. Supervises employees by spending the majority of the time communicating with regularly, motivating, training, evaluating, planning and directing employees' work. Discusses plans, goals, schedules, and issues regularly with the District Land Surveyor and District Location Surveyor. Maintains appropriate work environment for employees through effective communications, adherence to best management practices, and the department's policies and procedures. Promotes the department's business model and contributes to the success of the department's mission and vision. Provides direction for all activities related to employee relations and personnel actions. Keeps supervisor apprised of such activities. Administers, supervises, develops, and manages the resources (staff, equipment, and materials) of field survey unit. Assigns all work to the field survey unit.

Oversees and directs survey crews in the following types of surveys : horizontal control, vertical control, alignment retracement, right of way surveys, aerial photography control, topography, profiles, cross sections and digital terrain models, storm sewers and drainage systems, underground utilities, bridges, outfalls and water retention areas, jurisdictional wetlands, construction surveys, retracement of original boundaries in the re-establishment and replacement of lost or obliterated government land corners, retracement of subdivision boundaries, right of way by maintenance, parcel staking for right of way encroachments, appraisals and acquisition, final monumentation of Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) right of way. Tracks the crew's progress, maintains project status reports, and updates project schedules for all survey assignments, notifies customer and affected property owners before commencing survey of private property, notifies customers of adjustments to the project schedule. Assists in developing, documenting, and maintaining strategies for the district's data collection and processing activities consistent with the department's established procedures and handbooks.

Coordinates with other department disciplines to provide information pertaining to design survey and right of way surveys. Obtains survey requests. Establishes the scope of work, limits of survey and list of deliverables for design surveys and right of way surveys, researches available records such as right of way maps, acquisition deeds, title information, subdivision plats, certified corner records, existing horizontal and vertical control and earlier construction plans, performs survey calculations and establishes the crew's approach to the project, guide the survey crew on site, and as necessary, ensures that all field surveys are performed in accordance with all applicable laws, rules, and technical standards pertaining to safety and accuracy.

Provides assistance to other departmental units in solving survey related issues. Attends meetings and seminars as deemed necessary to stay up to date of changes to the policies and procedures of the Department of Transportation and to ensure the district's field surveying are consistent, predictable, and repeatable.

The Successful Candidate will have the following required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

Knowledge of :

• concepts, terminology, principles and analytical techniques of an engineering specialty area (surveying)

Skills in :

Ability to :

Other Job-Related Requirements :

This position requires a valid Class E driver license with an acceptable driving record in accordance with the Department's Driver's Record Requirements Policy. An unacceptable driving record is defined as any of the following :

Your driving record will be reviewed and the status of your driver license confirmed.

The State's total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including :

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