Surveyor (Registered)

This job was posted by https://www.azjobconnection.gov : For more information, please see: https://www.azjobconnection.gov/jobs/7593931 Job Summary-The Mohave County Public Works Department - Engineering Division is looking to hire a Surveyor-Registered in Kingman, Arizona. We are located at 3715 Sunshine Dr., Kingman, AZ. About us: The Engineering Survey Division of Public Works, under direction of the Mohave County Surveyor, provides timely, accurate land surveying and delivers cartographic data together with rights-of-way management services for County operations. In addition, the Surveying Division makes available cadastral surveying and roadway maps. Chief among these duties is the review of the Minor Land Division process and accompanying Parcel Plat. The County Surveyors office is the public portal for citizens to initiate roadway abandonments and public easement extinguishments with the Board of Supervisors. Citizens wishing to convey land and roads to the County are encouraged to send proposals through the County Surveyors office as a first step in the Board of Supervisors consideration of the matter. The Survey Division is the point of contact for public access to the County Engineers records, maps, and cadastral records. The Engineering Survey Division directly engages the public by marking the boundaries of roadways as necessary in adjacent County Road works. Must be able to travel throughout different county locations. Working conditions would include but not limited to: - Work outdoors in varying weather conditions, including strong winds, extreme heat to extreme cold temperatures. - This position does require time spent standing, walking, bending, stooping and sitting. - The ability to frequently be able to lift 1lb up to 50lbs. - Travel to outlying county locations as needed, including Bullhead City, Lake Havasu City, Northern Arizona Strip, and other areas of Mohave County as required while operating a Mohave County provided vehicle. Essential Job Functions - Writes legal descriptions for rights-of-way, deeds of dedications, easements and other county land sales, purchases, parcel transfers and leases. - Advises various individuals and developers with legal access problems to ensure compliance with County and State regulations. - Performs plan checks for construction drawings prepared by County or private engineers within the county rights-of-way as required. - Directs survey party in gathering field information from preliminary to design of improvement projects. - Performs calculations from survey party notes for application to mapping or legal descriptions. - Assists survey party when they need help or when legal or technical problems arise. - Checks and reduces field notes submitted by survey party. - Research legal boundaries and gathers record information for survey party and for mapping procedures. - Performs survey computations and adjustments related to boundary decisions. - Stamps and seals legal descriptions, record of surveys, and cadastral survey plats. - Maintains survey records for the general public, private surveyors and engineers and other governmental agencies. - Oversees restoration and perpetuation of survey control monuments, street centerline, basic horizontal and vertical control, and cadastral monumentation. - Drafts cadastral maps and legal plats and records same. - Conducts research for mapping and legal descriptions prepared by the County. - As required, completes performance evaluations; may make hiring recommendations; recommends disciplinary actions; approves vacations and time off; prepares work schedules and assignments; supervises the activities of assigned personnel; monitors reports and record keeping activities filed by assigned personnel for completeness, accuracy, and adherence to policy and procedure guidelines; instructs personnel in departmental policies, procedures and techniques; and provides training. - Communicates and acts in a professional manner with the public, co-workers, and work contacts. SPECIAL JOB REQUIREMENT - Must possess a valid State of Arizona Driver's License at the start of employment and maintain said license while employed in this position. - Must always during employment be actively registered as a Land Surveyor in the State of Arizona and disclose all actions with any and all state boards of technical registration or equivalent regulatory agency. - Arizona licensure in good standing is a requirement to be eligible and maintain this position. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Concepts, principles, theories, and methods used in the measurement or determination of land boundaries, distances, elevations, areas, angles, and other features of the earth's surface. Title search procedures and legal descriptions of real property; field surveying methods, techniques, and principles; and of the regulations governing land boundary surveying. Principles, methods, procedures, and techniques, of