Survey Technician
- Category: Technician Jobs
- Location: California City, California
- Job Type: Full Time / Part Time
- Salary: Estimated: $ 23K to 34K
- Published on: 2025/09/22
**Job Summary**
We are seeking a highly skilled Survey Technician to join our team in the County of Santa Clara, CA. As a Survey Technician, you will be responsible for operating transits and other instruments on an engineering field survey party.
**Key Responsibilities:**
Set up, adjust, and operate level, transit, and other survey instruments to establish lines, angles, distances, and elevations for topographic, property, and construction field engineering surveys;
Act as record keeper by taking field notes and making sketches of survey work performed;
Makes calculations;
Cleans and adjusts surveying instruments;
May act as survey party chief under direction or in the absence of the regular chief;
Assists in training and supervising subordinate personnel;
Performs related work as required.
**Requirements:**
Training and experience equivalent to completion of high school and four years of technical engineering experience, two years of which must have been in field engineering survey work;
Knowledge of the principles of geometry and trigonometry;
Ability to read and understand real property descriptions;
Accurately gather and record data;
Make accurate engineering computations;
Direct the work of others;
Work outdoors in a variety of weather conditions;
Follow oral and written directions with a minimum of supervision;
Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
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