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HBK Engineering, LLC Survey Field Lead in Baltimore, Maryland
HBK Engineering is seeking a Survey Field Lead for Baltimore, Maryland. This position is responsible for performing surveying duties, while work directly with Survey Field Leads, safety managers and project managers to meet the needs of HBK’s field services.
Since first opening our doors in 1998, HBK Engineering has quickly emerged as a leader in the utility infrastructure space through our experience on smart grid, modernization, resiliency, communications, fiber to the home (FTTH), and microgrid projects. Today, we’re a Quanta Services Company—a team of 43,000 dedicated individuals offering end-to-end solutions for the utility, energy, and construction industries.
Team members at HBK Engineering are committed to designing the future we want to live in, and safety is at the center of everything we do. HBK Engineering offers a professional environment where you’ll work alongside some of the best talent in the industry. We offer excellent benefits, competitive salary, employee resource groups, and a community-focused environment where our staff members believe in giving back. At HBK Engineering, you’ll discover a culture where the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion are exemplified by all. Better outcomes are achieved when we bring our authentic selves to work daily.
Our sights are set on the future, and we invite you to rise to the challenge.
The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to:
Leads a survey group consisting of a (2) person survey crew, and a (2) person training and technical support staff.
Conducts surveys to ascertain the locations of natural features and man-made structures on the surface and underground.
Adjusts and operates surveying instruments such as Total Station and GPS survey equipment.
Perform make ready engineering for aerial plant
Records survey measurements and descriptive data using notes, drawings and sketches .
Searches for property corners and survey monuments.
Positions and holds vertical rods, or targets that Total Station operators use for sighting to measure angles, distances, and elevations.
Lays out grids and/or determines horizontal and vertical controls.
Compares survey computations with applicable standards to determine adequacy of data.
Lay out and recovers stakes, marks, and other monumentation.
Performs surveys of existing utility and/or street light poles utilizing total station, rangefinders, di-electric height sticks, target poles and/or GPS survey equipment
Perform manhole inspections.
Perform value-based engineering approach to determine best construction route and placement method.
Ability to take detailed field notes and photographs.
Ability to perform a level run.
Performs the duties of the surveyor responsible-in-charge of various surveys statewide, including:
Geodetic / Project control
Mapping
Boundary surveys
Coordinates survey crew activities; monitors progress of the survey, analyzes processing and adjustment results; and/or develops and files surveys with the county.
Provides survey training and support for field personnel.
Assists in developing standards and procedures for survey related issues.
Develops and maintains liaison with project managers’ offices, region offices, design sections, and others to provide training and instruction in field survey procedures – including both conventional and electronic survey systems
Works directly with survey crews to ensure proper and efficient use of survey equipment.
Keeps abreast with advances in survey technology and/or acts as a source of information to field personnel.
Communicate with land owners for access to private property as required.
Qualifications:
Ability to travel up to 90% of the time and work nights/weekends when required.
High School Diploma or GED
Attention to jobsite safety
Valued but not required skills and experience:
PC knowledge and/or use and Microsoft Office Suite (Word / Excel) are preferred.
Proficiency in AutoCAD and/or MicroStation.
Construction experience is a plus.
Bachelor degree is a plus.
E.I.T./S.I.T Certification is a plus.
Surveying experience is a plus.
Aerial and/or underground OSP construction experience.
Physical requirements:
Physically capable of moving about on construction work sites, public streets and parkway
Capable of lifting up to 40lbs
Ability to walk and stand for extended periods of time.
Ability to sit, kneel, and squat on a daily basis – minimal frequency of kneeling and squatting
Hand-eye coordination necessary to operate surveying equipment and measurements
Work environment:
Work safely outside in all weather conditions year round.
Frequently work in excavations areas and roadways.
Occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, and vibration.
The noise level in the work environment is occasionally moderate to loud.
May be required to work nights or weekends.
Background Check and Drug Testing Information
Offers contingent upon satisfactory results from our standard background check and receipt of results of a satisfactory drug screening test from a location specified by HBK.
EEO
HBK is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.
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