Survey Party Chief-Navasota, TX

Job ID: 525802

Texas Materials, A CRH company, is a leading supplier of aggregates, asphalt, ready mixed concrete, and paving and construction services in Texas.

Our focus is to provide quality products and reliable customer service with a safety-first mindset.

We consider our employees our greatest strength and we make it our priority to invest in their development and well-being.

When you work for Texas Materials, you are helping to support and build the infrastructure of Texas.

Position Overview

This position will be responsible for the overall survey process.

Working hours will be typical of the construction industry, 50+ during peak construction season.

The ideal candidate needs to be willing to work up to 6 days per week during the peak construction season (summer months).

Must be willing to work solo, nights, weekends, and be willing to travel (from time to time).

Key Responsibilities (Essential Duties and Functions)


* Provide support for construction crews and field managers as requested.


* Provide oversight of project survey operations in the construction survey


* Prepare geodetic surveys for construction, topographic, right-of-way, and control survey projects


* Set up, adjust, and operate survey equipment, including Trimble total station, data collector, and GPS equipment, to measure distances, elevations, and angles


* Ability to operate equipment, including but not limited to Trimble hardware, GPS, data collector, etc


* Coordinate survey and mapping methods, use of equipment, and field safety procedures


* Gather field survey data through the use of conventional and technically advanced methods


* Set up, adjust, and operate survey equipment including electronic total station, data collector, and GPS equipment, in order to measure distances, elevations, and angles


* Construction staking for roadways, utilities, and other features, as necessary


* Locating and/or establishing vertical and horizontal control, right of way, monuments, corners, boundaries, and property lines


* Perform complex surveying calculations using survey software


* Prepares finished grade sheets, topographic maps, records of survey, corner records, and other survey reports


* Knowledge and ability to search existing record information, including record maps, plans, deeds, easements, and right-of-way documents


* Calculate heights, depths, relative positions, property lines, and other characteristics of the terrain


* Ability to operate equipment, including but not limited to sUAS hardware, GPS, data collector, etc


* Schedule workloads and project survey needs


* Track employee hours and input time weekly for payroll


* Track survey costs and stay within budgets.


* Perform mapping compliance and other related office survey duties.


* Collection and transfer of field data communicated through the proper channels.


* Maintain field data records, survey project files, a...