Huitt-Zollars’ Tacoma, Washington has a full-time Survey Technician opportunity. This role supports the survey manager and survey team in a wide variety of land surveying projects for land development. The successful candidate will have a minimum of 3 years' experience and proficiency in AutoCAD Civil 3D. This a great opportunity for a Survey Technician to further their experience at a premier design firm and work on notable projects.

HZ is a leading full-service design firm providing innovative planning, engineering, architectural design, construction and program management, and design-build project delivery to our clients in the public and private sector. We provide quality solutions for our clients and employment opportunities to qualified talent.

Responsibilities:

• Verify accuracy of field survey data including measurements and calculations conducted on survey projects.
• Review and process results of field survey data including the shape, contour, location, elevation, and dimensions of land features and boundaries.
• Search public records to obtain information about property boundaries and areas to be surveyed.
• Prepare metes and bounds descriptions of property boundary surveys for use in deeds, easements or other legal documents.
• Perform quality control checks of plats and drawings prepared by other technicians.
• Ensure schedules and productivity objectives set by a supervisor for preparation of survey plats and drawings are achieved.
• Review potential survey project RFP/bids and prepare cost proposals.
• Produce CAD drawings to include boundary surveys, topographic surveys, land title surveys, and ALTA/ACSM land title surveys.

Requirements:

• High School diploma or GED
• Minimum 3 years' survey tech experience using AutoCAD and preparing plats, easements and topographic surveys
• Proficiency in AutoCAD Civil 3D
• Solid listening, writing and verbal communications skills
• Ability to take direction, work independently, and work well with a team
• Knowledge of land surveying techniques, principals and standards
• Ability to review potential survey project RFP/bids and prepare cost proposals.
• Surveyor in Training (SIT) preferred but not required

• A CADD/Survey Technician must be able to concentrate for extended periods paying close attention to detail. The CADD Technician’s work environment does not require much physical movement.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for up to 8 hours per workday.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
  
• Consistent attendance is important to this role, to meet bid dates, and manufacturing deadlines dependent on the drawings and commitments to our vendors and customers.

We offer a competitive benefits and compensation package including medical, dental, vision, life, long/short-term disability plans and two retirement plans: 401(k) and ESOP.

Please apply online at: https://external-huitt-zollars.icims.com

Job ID No: TAC062