Survey Field Services Assistant - Alliant Engineering, Inc.

You deserve a job that you feel proud of, where you can channel your knowledge and skills into projects that positively affect communities, and where you design your own path. This is Alliant. Become an employee-owner of a growing engineering and consulting firm where we strive to provide a culture of support and opportunities in a fast-paced team environment. Our success is driven by our employee-owners, and we're excited to have you be a part of it.

The Impact You'll Have:

The Field Services Assistant works in support of the Field Services Manager and Survey field staff. This position will largely be in the office assisting with scheduling field staff, managing project information, and maintaining client contacts. A Field Services Assistant will be well rounded in surveying principles and practices and have the ability to compute data for all types of surveying projects. A Field Services Assistant will have good oral and written communication skills and can operate surveying equipment, data collectors, and understands field procedures and may provide support to field staff when warranted.

Responsibilities:

• Support the Survey Group through tracking and processing orders, assisting with scheduling field personnel, and communicating with field staff, clients, and contractors.
• Generate points for layout and staking data in support of field crews.
• Assist in organizing field services and developing search coordinates on data collection projects.
• Submit utility locate requests for projects as needed.
• Subject to workload and schedule requirements, may assist in preparing lot certificates, grading as-builts, foundation as-builts, and computing earthwork calculations related to home building services.
• Support in the preparation of typical surveying deliverables such as boundary surveys, existing conditions surveys, subdivision plats, common interest community plats, registered land surveys and survey exhibits.
• Respond to requests for data and exhibits by internal and external clients.
• Support designs and perform calculations for surveying and mapping projects using AutoCAD Civil 3D and Trimble Business Center.
• May provide support to Survey Field Technicians, Crew Chiefs or Senior Crew Chiefs on an as-needed basis to support field services.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 2-year Technical Degree in Surveying, Civil Engineering Technician Program or similar education.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant field experience, including at least 2 years in a leadership role, such as a Crew Chief or higher.
• Must have experience in boundary surveys, topographic surveys, utility surveys, and construction staking services.
• Strong ability of reading surveying documents, engineering plans, and performing relevant computations to determine alignments, grades and offsets and the ability to compute earthwork volumes.
• Experience with AutoCAD Civil 3D, MicroStation and other drafting software.
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel and Bluebeam.
• Experience with Trimble Business Center and GPS data processing.
• Self-motivated with ability to work in a fast-paced environment alone or as part of a team.
• Strong attention to detail.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by you to successfully perform essential functions of this job. This position primarily works indoors: however, some outdoor work may be required. May work longer hours when seasons demand (Spring, Summer, Fall). May be exposed to all kinds of weather and engage in active, sometimes strenuous work including standing for long periods, pounding stakes, walking considerable distances, and climbing hills with heavy instruments and other equipment or materials.

Benefits:

At Alliant, we take care of our employees by offering a world class benefit package including:

• Competitive Salary with Bonus Opportunities
• Market-Leading Profit Sharing, ESOP and 401k Contribution Programs
• Medical (with HSA Contribution), Dental, and Vision Plans
• Company Paid Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Medical and Dependent Care
• Wellness Programs and Competitions
• Generous Annual Leave and Compensatory Time Off Programs
• Flexible Schedules
• Casual Work Environment
• Paid Professional Development and Training
• Community Involvement/Charity Events
• Numerous Employee Focused Events (Lunch & Learns, Office Recreation Room, Off-Site Socials, Etc.)

Who We Are:

Alliant Engineering, Inc., an employee-owned company, is a growing engineering, planning, landscape architecture, and surveying firm with a strong culture of customer service, quality, delivery, and innovation. At Alliant we work hard; we have fun; and we love it.

We design solutions that address current needs while paving the way for a brighter future. We provide a culture where everyone is allowed the opportunity to grow and succeed. We approach every project with unwavering confidence yet remain humbly committed to designing work that speaks for itself. At Alliant, our employee-owners are the force behind our success, and we can't wait for you to join us to build better communities with excellence and passion.

The base salary for this position is expected to be in the range of $65,000 - $75,000 annually, depending on experience and qualifications.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. without requiring visa sponsorship now or in the future.