Instrument Person - Texas

Description

• Assists in indoctrination of survey personnel assigned to a project with regard to company and project survey procedures during the initiation of survey work in the field
• Performs assigned survey activities and makes surveying adjustments for any obstructions that may have been overlooked during the detailed reconnaissance of the route
• Maintains close communications with the Survey Party Chief to report survey progress, problems with and possible resolution to pertinent issues hampering project survey completion
• Monitors the overall survey tasks for compliance to project requirements. Identifies changes in work scope, variance in scheduled completion or budgeted costs. Implements the necessary actions to incorporate work changes and if possible maintains progress schedules and budgeted costs. Document any required changes in schedules and budgeted costs as a result of work scope changes
• Monitors the survey personnel's performance of activities, completion of documentation, personal conduct, work ethics, and interface with others. Evaluates these actions and provides guidance, coaching, motivation or discipline as necessary to reinforce his role on the project
• Implements a project's specified requirements, role for compliance to safety requirements, role for emergency response, and the related documentation necessary to record the survey process.
• Assists in indoctrination of survey personnel assigned to a project with regard to company and project survey procedures prior to personnel initiating work in the field
• Performs assigned survey instrumentation operations activities and has the first line of responsibility for the collected survey data.
• Monitors documentation control and filing systems to assure the ready storage and retrieval of project documents, records, and reports
• Identify and solve organizational and other business related problems
• Orients survey personnel, as they are assigned, on project planning, polices, guidelines, procedures, safety, emergency response, and quality assurance. Assigns tasks to each survey personnel and explain the requirements for documentation of those tasks. Provides document, record, and report forms, explains the proper completion, distribution and timing for submittal of those forms.
• Assures that company and project surveying procedures are properly implemented to achieve a quality survey job. Reports to the Survey Party Chief for interpretation of the TRC Guidelines for Field Surveys
• At project completion, assists the preparation and submission, to the Project Manager/Client Representative, of the complete documentation for all survey activities performed into a project completion package
• Processes survey data
• Assist Party Chief to request assignment of personnel (by classification and number) and equipment needed to carry out the required survey activities
• Provides guidance and supervision to survey personnel in the area of the project's requirements for survey activity documentation, tracking of project progress and costs, tracking of personnel time and expense reporting, assurance that project documents are completed properly and legibly, are controlled, stored, and readily retrievable for review
• Interfaces with the Survey Party Chief for survey data translation during the interface of data in conjunction with the preliminary alignment maps and plats development
• Implements the written plan for the execution of the activities needed to meet those requirements. The Execution Plan should include the following:
• Maintains a daily log of survey angles and ties collected during the survey processes
• Identify and solve complex technical and administrative problems
• Permits or milestones and the outside inputs required to complete the necessary activities
• Copies of documents, records, and reports necessary to record the survey activities
• Procedures for controlling changes in work scope, documentation, safety, emergency response, and quality
• Maintains Field Notes as outlined in the TRC Guidelines for Field Surveys
• Maintains and operates the survey instrumentation throughout the collection process of pertinent survey data
• Assists the Survey Party Chief with the assigned project survey activities and assumes leadership of the survey team in the Survey Party Chiefs absence

Requirements

• Must be a minimum of 18 years of age to apply
• Must pass pre-employment and random drug tests
• High School Diploma/GED preferred
• Basic knowledge to support technical, administrative analysis
• Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry
• LANGUAGE SKILLS:
• Requires good oral communication skills
• Proficiency in PC operation, including spreadsheet and word processing programs. Experience in database operations and the use of engineering programs preferred
• Demonstrated leadership and supervisory skills
• Minimum experience required is two years surveying experience with previous Instrument man experience
• Good working knowledge of TRC project operations
• Must be able to write clearly and concisely to prepare reports, field notes, specifications and correspondence
• Global Positioning Systems (GPS) knowledge preferred
• Must be knowledgeable in the electronic data collection methods of cross-country pipeline surveying
• Effective problem solving skills, especially when dealing with conflicting personalities
• Ability to travel as dictated by job requirements
• Outdoor environment. Must be able to perform job duties in a variety of terrain ranging from swamps to deserts to forests to mountains. Must also be able to perform job duties in various extreme climates, in every type of weather, ranging from 10 degrees and snowing to 110 degrees desert heat. Must be able to deal with a variety of creatures such as bears, snakes, spiders, insects, and other wildlife.
• Creativity, foresight and mature judgment to identify potential problem areas and effect a solution at the earliest possible time
• Willingness to relocate to domestic or foreign locations
• Must have knowledge of survey instrumentation operating procedures and survey data collection techniques
• REASONING ABILITY:
• ACSM Survey Technician Certificate preferred
• MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
• Must have a valid driver's license
• Ability to walk 2-10 miles per day while carrying supplies and equipment. Ability to clear line with a machete, brush axe, or chain saw.

Benefits

• Paid time off contingent upon full time or part time status and level of seniority (ranging from 15 to 25 days per year).
• 401k package that includes both traditional and Roth IRA options and Company match.
• TRC ensures that all employees, including those that work part-time, receive paid sick, family, and disability leave in accordance with the laws of their state of residence.
• Medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance.
• These benefits are applicable to US employees depending on their employment status (full time, part time, or temporary). TRC offers jurisdiction specific benefit packages for International and Puerto Rico employees.
• All full-time employees enjoy a minimum of 8 Paid Holidays per year.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance