DOWL · 1 day ago
Survey Technician (Mid-Senior)
Vancouver, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$28.83/hr - $43.25/hr
4+ years expDOWL is a top-ranked, multi-disciplined consulting firm with over 60 years of experience in civil engineering and related services. The Survey Technician 3 supports licensed survey staff in providing a variety of surveying tasks in the field and the office including topographic surveys, boundary surveys, preparing legal descriptions, mapping, and 3D scanning.
Consulting
Responsibilities
Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) - Proficient
Market Sector Software - Developing
+ Trimble Business Center
+ Trimble Access
+ CAD processing software
+ Point Cloud extraction software
Substantial understanding of field surveying equipment use, care, and storage
Intermediate understanding of technical fundamentals
Performs moderately complex design tasks independently
Effectively divides projects into individual tasks
Leads technical effort on small projects
Conducts quality control of basic deliverables
Team player who follows on large, complex projects, leads a small team on simple tasks, anticipates the needs of other technical disciplines, and takes responsibility for their results
Produces the following independently in the field, office, or both. Field data including:
Clear and concise field notes
Basic equipment maintenance checks
Topographic data collection
Monument field recovery
Produces the following under limited direction/oversight from others in the office:
Basic boundary resolutions
Basic construction calculations
Control network planning
Point cloud extractions
Research of public records
Basic construction layout
Remote sensing data
Strong understanding of scopes, schedules, and budgets. Demonstrates ability to predict and deliver individual tasks within a set level of effort. Able to consistently meet budget and schedule expectations on projects. Assists with budget creation on simple projects
Understand and employ applicable industry or client standards such as the following:
ALTA surveys
Local platting, surveying standards
ASPRS
BLM cadastral surveys
Client standards
Infrequent direct client interaction. Reads emails. Occasionally attends client meetings. Listens and prepares meeting minutes
Other duties as assigned
Performs moderate to advanced levels of technical work on larger and more complex projects as assigned by the market sector. Operates with a moderate level of autonomy. May assist with some assistant project management tasks
Qualification
Required
Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)
Developing skills in Market Sector Software including Trimble Business Center, Trimble Access, CAD processing software, and Point Cloud extraction software
Substantial understanding of field surveying equipment use, care, and storage
Intermediate understanding of technical fundamentals
Ability to perform moderately complex design tasks independently
Ability to effectively divide projects into individual tasks
Ability to lead technical effort on small projects
Ability to conduct quality control of basic deliverables
Team player who follows on large, complex projects
Ability to lead a small team on simple tasks
Ability to anticipate the needs of other technical disciplines
Ability to take responsibility for results
Ability to produce clear and concise field notes
Ability to perform basic equipment maintenance checks
Ability to collect topographic data
Ability to recover monuments in the field
Ability to produce basic boundary resolutions under limited direction
Ability to perform basic construction calculations
Ability to plan control networks
Ability to perform point cloud extractions
Ability to research public records
Ability to perform basic construction layout
Ability to handle remote sensing data
Strong understanding of scopes, schedules, and budgets
Demonstrates ability to predict and deliver individual tasks within a set level of effort
Ability to consistently meet budget and schedule expectations on projects
Ability to assist with budget creation on simple projects
Understanding and employment of applicable industry or client standards such as ALTA surveys, local platting, surveying standards, ASPRS, BLM cadastral surveys, and client standards
Infrequent direct client interaction
Ability to read emails and occasionally attend client meetings
Ability to listen and prepare meeting minutes
Ability to perform moderate to advanced levels of technical work on larger and more complex projects
Ability to operate with a moderate level of autonomy
Ability to assist with some assistant project management tasks
Associate's or Bachelor's Degree preferred
4 years of experience required
Field surveying and office production-specific certifications preferred
Valid driver's license required to support legitimate business purposes
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
Ability to create and interpret graphs and understand statistical analysis
Ability to sit, talk, hear, stand, walk, and use hands regularly
Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
Specific vision abilities required include close vision and ability to adjust focus
Ability to cut brush using chain saw or machete
Ability to dig with shovel or digging bars, use a jack hammer and sledgehammer, and drive in stakes and rebar (monuments)
Ability to walk and hike through rough terrain, snow, and ice
Ability to routinely lift and carry between 30 and 50 pounds
Ability to work at remote sites
Preferred
Associate's or Bachelor's Degree preferred
Field surveying and office production-specific certifications preferred
Benefits
High Deductible Health Plan with a Health Savings Account (HSA) (including employer contribution)
Flexible spending account
Dental
Vision
Life and AD&D insurance
Short- and long-term disability insurance
Dependent care account
Employee assistance program
401(k) plan with discretionary employer contributions for matching
Profit sharing
Student debt repayment
Paid time off
Paid holidays
Company
DOWL
DOWL is a civil engineering company that offers planning, surveying, and civil services.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Larry Fox
Retired Chief Operating Officer
Ali Alsaleh, MBA
Chief Information Officer
Recent News
2025-06-12
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