Surveyors Field Operations Manager - Salt Lake County

Salt Lake County… A career with a purpose in the community you love!

Salt Lake County invites you to explore our exciting career opportunities. We seek highly enthusiastic individuals to enrich our County with your experience and talent. If you enjoy working in a team environment that is committed to changing the lives of its community, please keep reading.

What it is like to work here:

At Salt Lake County our culture is woven into all aspects of our work and our employees’ lives, from the way we treat each other to the way we support the community.  To promote and foster a fun and healthy work environment, we appreciate employees through great benefits, a healthy work life balance and room to grow and develop.

Surround yourself with:

Peers who are motivated to make a difference in the lives of those we serve. We serve Salt Lake County and envision a safe and beautiful place for all to live work and have fun. Salt Lake County is about connecting people and championing our community.  Community is more than a place... it’s our heart and service that bring us together.

We encourage a work life balance:

Working for Salt Lake County is more than just a paycheck.  A career with /Salt Lake County includes several benefits and perks.  We support our employees with 12 Holidays, up to 24 vacation days, 12 sick days and one personal day every year. 

Additional Benefits include:

• Retirement options for hybrid pension/401(k) or 401(k) only with a 10% contribution
• Medical coverage including a 100% county paid premium option-Dental and Vision coverage including coverage for adult designees.
• Health Savings account with a county contribution up to $1200/year, Flexible Spending Account
• Long-Term Disability and Short-Term Disability
• Professional Development
• Plus: Onsite medical clinic, childcare, and gym; hospital insurance, pet insurance auto and home insurance and discounts at County facilities.

JOB SUMMARY

Provides direct supervision of the field support staff and daily management of projects and activities.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Surveying, Civil Engineering, or other closely related field, plus four (4) years of related experience, of which two (2) years must have been supervisory. OR an equivalent combination of related education and experience. Education may not substitute for the required supervisory experience.

Must possess and maintain a Professional Land Surveyor's License in the State of Utah.

A valid Driver's License issued by the State of Utah is required to operate a County vehicle.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Manages, directs, assigns, reviews, and approves work required to support boundary, profile, topographical, and construction surveys for Salt Lake County Real Estate, Parks and Recreation, Engineering, and other agencies.
• Determines goals and implements plans to achieve the directives of the County Surveyor.
• Supervise the preservation, maintenance, and monumentation of a state mandated horizontal survey control system, and County wide benchmark system, using global positioning equipment, total stations, and electronic levels.
• Manages and monitors assigned use of automobile fleet.
• Assists in developing and implementing performance measures. Monitors and analyzes outcomes and goals.
• Supervises staff, which includes hiring, promoting, orienting, training, assigning and reviewing work performance, annual work performance appraisal, and discipline.
• Develops and implements sectional policies and procedures that create effective and efficient use of personnel, materials, and equipment.
• Conducts instructional meetings for various personnel on the functions of the agency's office.
• Works with various managers, departments, firms, and developers to manage contractual agreements with incorporated cities of Salt Lake County.
• Schedules, conducts, and coordinates detailed phases of survey work ensuring that the spatial relationship between sectional monumentation depicted on recorded subdivision boundary plats exists as stated on the ground (as per State statutes and County ordinances).
• Prepares letters of acceptance and compliance of the Monument Approval Process. Authorizes the release of funds pursuant to bonding for monumentation.
• Assists in the development and preparation of budget and manages approved budget following department policy.
• Recommends, prepares, and submits purchases to Fiscal Manager for approval. Maintains a record of section encumbrances and expenditures.
• Ensures that information transferred between field, office, and/or a requesting agency is complete, accurate, and compatible with project requirements. Reviews and approves field information prior to delivery.
• Develops standards and directs the process by which field information is gathered and transferred.
• Communicates with office personnel, County agency representatives, private surveyors, and government entities in the preparation and finalization of work requests.
• Interfaces and coordinates with local, state, and federal jurisdictions to provide maximum service to the public.
• Reports, investigates, and corrects valid complaints received by the County Surveyor following departmental and County policies and procedures.
• Develops and implements an ongoing plan to preserve and maintain the integrity of public survey monuments.
• Represents the County Surveyor as a public relations liaison with private and public agencies. Ensures that property rights are protected while conducting County surveys.
• Coordinates work order assignments and transfer of information with the Office Operations Manager to ensure interoffice project cooperation.
• Determines the purpose of the boundary survey or subdivision plat with the requesting parties.
• Communicates and coordinates with County, cities, and title company personnel throughout the subdivision process.
• Provides the performance of title searches and abstracts of records to identify ownership of property, easements, and rights of way.
• Evaluates written and unwritten evidence to calculate and determine location of boundary lines.
• Prepares, reviews, files, and submits to County Surveyor or designee for approval prepared record of survey and subdivision plats.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSA)
Knowledge of:
• Civil Engineering mathematics, principles, and practices
• Highway street and drainage design
• Principles, methods, and techniques of effective supervision and training of personnel
• Government budget process and structure at a local level
• Laws and regulations regarding legal boundaries
• Applicable legal regulations, codes, standards, and ordinances
• Land surveying principles, techniques, methods, and procedures
• Boundary law, record abstracting, and boundary conflict resolutions

Skills and Abilities to:
• Use tools, equipment, software, applications, and technology related to job specific duties.
• Use and operate a motor vehicle
• Perform geodetic surveying with State Plane Coordinate System
• Communicate clearly and effectively both verbally and in writing
• Supervise, direct, and allocate work assignments
• Develop technical surveying/engineering designs and specifications
• Effectively communicate surveying information in non-technical terms
• Work independently and exercise independent judgment to carry out assignments and operations
• Interpret complex survey field notes and make boundary line adjustments
• Read and interpret engineering plans, notes, and specifications
• Follow oral and written instructions and procedures
• Investigate and resolve problems involving legal descriptions
• Prepare and interpret descriptions of property and easements
• Design subdivisions and prepare legal plats
• Use and manipulate aerial photography
• Improve efficiency and effectiveness in specific operation areas through enhancing and improving systems, implementing technology, re-engineering processes, redesigning policies and procedures, etc.