Survey CAD Technician II - Richmond, VA

About the position

Bowman has an opportunity for a Survey CAD Technician II to join our team in Richmond, VA. At Bowman, we believe in creating opportunities for aspiring people to thrive and achieve ambitious goals. That's why a career at Bowman is more than a job. It is an opportunity to be part of a diverse and engaged community of professionals, to be treated as a respected and valued member of a motivated team and to be empowered to do exceptional work that advances the best interest of everyone involved. We recognize the importance of creating a work environment that is both rewarding to our employees and supportive of our unwavering commitment to provide unparalleled service to our clients.

Responsibilities

• Perform work under moderate supervision.
• Receive direction on moderately complex assignments, tasks, and execution.
• Work closely with more senior staff members to learn and assist in design work.
• Convert all applicable information into electronically generated drawings and project documents with accuracy, neatness, and speed.
• Perform horizontal computations for boundary surveys and analyses of field location and record information to determine property lines.
• Draft final house location surveys from survey crew field notes and personal field measurements of building improvements.
• Compute horizontal positions of planned buildings, streets, curbs, etc. for stakeouts.
• Check record plats for completeness and accuracy prior to submitting for review.
• Submit plots to county for review.
• Gain a thorough knowledge of ALTA Land Title Surveys, topographic surveys, boundary surveys, residential and commercial construction stakeout procedures, and practices.
• Perform a variety of complex computations for traverse, record plats, boundary surveys, construction stakeouts, horizontal control, etc.
• Complete land development related surveys as well as boundary surveys, ALTA surveys, topographic surveys, construction layout, and subdivision layout.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required, associate's degree in survey, geography, architecture or civil engineering preferred.
• Three or more (3+) years of survey and/or CAD experience in the land development/land survey industry.
• Knowledge of basic design concepts and technical calculations.
• Knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Surveyor-In-Training certificate preferred.
• Relevant survey licensure a plus.
• Demonstrated proficiency in land surveying and/or surface modeling software such as Carlson, Bentley Inroads/Geopak, Revit, or similar civil engineering design software.