Land Surveyor

 

Summary:

This position is located in the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Oregon State Office, Branch of Geographic Sciences. The work involves conducting field surveys, preparing field notes and draft plats for Cadastral Surveys involving establishing, investigating, and re-establishing land and property boundaries.

This position is offering a Relocation/Recruitment Incentive, of 25% of the annual salary with 2-year service agreement.

Duties:

The incumbent conducts surveys and resurveys involving problems of substantial variety and complexity, normally being assigned to projects where unique situations are not anticipated. Most assignments are characterized by inadequate or inconclusive data requiring extensive search and interpretation of land records, historical data and legal decisions. Incumbent will encounter situations of a varying degree of complexity from the simple to the most complex.

The incumbent serves as chief of party on land surveys involving complexities, such as problems caused by changing watercourses or erroneous original meander lines; distorted or fraudulent prior surveys; obliterated or unrecoverable monuments; extremely high value property; actual or probable litigation; conflicting land records and survey data; omitted lands (such as islands); or application of new or experimental survey equipment and techniques.

Functioning on their own initiative as a field party chief, the incumbent coordinates and integrates separate phases of each survey project and exercises professional knowledge and judgment in adapting and applying field survey methods, techniques and procedures in the day-to-day operations. Performs surveys in the full field-to-finish mode, using electronic data collection and computer based measurement software. The incumbent exercises professional level judgment and evaluations of the results for all computations and display of results. Examines physical evidence recovered in the field and assesses its acceptability with the support of recorded historical documents for positioning boundaries or resolving disputes.

Requirements:

Conditions of Employment:

  • U.S. Citizenship required
  • May be required to complete background investigation and drug screening.
  • Meet Selective Service Registration Act requirement for males
  • Must provide resume and supporting documents (See required documents).
  • You cannot hold an active real estate license, nor can you have an interest or hold stocks in firms with interest in Federal Lands.
  • If you are a new employee or supervisor in the Federal government, you will be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
Qualifications:

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. If qualifying based on education, a copy of your unofficial transcripts must be provided with your application.


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