POSITION OVERVIEW:

The City of Wauwatosa is much more than an employer – it's a community. The City of Wauwatosa is a progressive, full-service municipal organization. Be a part of a team that strives to find new and better ways to improve our residents' experiences.

The Surveyor (Sr. Engineering Technician) performs a variety of office and field survey duties related to municipal engineering design and construction practices.

The starting pay for this position ranges from $26.93 to $30.76/ hour, depending on experience and qualifications. Further increases to the top of the range, $36.93/hr will be based on performance.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

The following responsibilities are normal for the position but shall not be construed as exclusive or inclusive.  Other related duties may be required and assigned.

•  Provides necessary field surveying services for design and construction of streets, sewers, water mains, streetlights, traffic signals, sidewalks, and structures for the City. 
• Operates various types of surveying equipment such as Robotic Total Station and GPS system to establish benchmarks, collect topographic data, and perform construction staking and other measurements needed for public works functions.
• Documents and maintains daily survey notes and construction logs, transfers survey data for plan preparation, keeps legible permanent records and survey data necessary for the design, layout, construction, and measurement for public works projects.
• Processes field points from self and other surveyor into an AutoCAD Civil 3D file for use in preparation of surfaces and pipe networks for engineering base plans.
• Prepares field-staking setup to generate construction stakeout file for self and other surveyor.
• Performs inspection of manhole and inlet structures for City projects.
• Ability to compute moderately complex engineering computations accurately.