Surveying Technician / Inspector I

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Inc.•Sylva, NC

About The Position

Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson is a dynamic, 100% employee-owned consulting firm with more than 2,800 professionals, providing a full range of multidisciplinary engineering, architecture, information technology, and related services to public agencies and private clients throughout the United States. JMT is currently ranked #50 on Engineering News-Record’s list of the Top 500 Design Firms. Position Summary: JMT is currently seeking Surveying Technician / Inspector I for their Sylva, North Carolina Office. The successful candidate for this position will adjust and operate surveying instruments, such as the theodolite and electronic distance-measuring equipment, and compiles notes, make sketches and enter data into computers. They will also assist the survey team by gathering and maintaining specified data for land surveying. Finally, they will complete simple routine tasks under close supervision. Immigration sponsorship or support (e.g. H1B, F-1 CPT/OPT/STEM OPT) is not available for this position, except for qualified candidates eligible for the TN visa classification.

Responsibilities

Place and hold measuring tapes when electronic distance-measuring equipment is not used
Position and hold the vertical rods, or targets, that theodolite operators use for sighting in-order-to measure angles, distances, and elevations
Record survey measurements and descriptive data, using notes, drawings, sketches, and inked tracings
Run rods for benches and cross-section elevations
Search for section corners, property irons, and survey points
Set out and recover stakes, marks, and other monumentation
Adjust and operate surveying instruments such as prisms, theodolites, and electronic distance-measuring equipment
Compile information necessary to stake projects for construction, using engineering plans
Conduct surveys using electronic distance-measuring equipment and other surveying instruments
Maintain equipment and vehicles used by surveying crews
Perform manual labor, such as cutting brush for lines, carrying stakes, rebar, and other heavy items, and stacking rods
Perform other related duties as assigned