Survey Technician I - AECOM

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AECOM is hiring within their Transportation Business Unit. AECOM is actively seeking a creative, highly talented Survey Technician for immediate employment in the Denver DTC office and/or the Colorado Springs office. The appropriately qualified applicant will be able to demonstrate a desire to pursue a career in Land Surveying specific to CDOT and Land Development projects.  AECOM is proud to provide our employees with exciting, challenging projects. The candidate can look forward to projects including preconstruction phases highways projects and all phases of subdivision development.  Experience is very helpful but attitude is more important. Working mostly forty hour weeks with occasional overtime and overnight projects, with a possibility of week-long surveying trips – mostly in Colorado.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• An active participant of the day to day operation of a one or two person field crew.

• Ability to upload and download data collectors, both conventional and GPS, reduce field notes, perform courthouse research, review title work, be able to perform coordinate geometry calculations, and perform drafting duties utilizing AutoCad and/or Microstation.  

• The Survey Technician should be able to do field reconnaissance of a site searching for property corners, set up and traverse control for a field survey, and setting and checking property monument positions.

• Responsible for various tasks in the field (including bending, lifting, hiking)

• Responsible for safely executing various survey field activities related to the preconstruction tasks and/or construction tasks of structures, bridges, roads.

• Serve as a cross-disciplinary resource to best serve the needs of the AECOM Corporation

Minimum Requirements :

• High School Diploma or equivalent

• Must have a valid driver's license

Preferred Qualifications :

• 2+ years of experience

• Understanding of various construction and field tasks

• Knowledge of mathematical principles

• Ability to lift up to 50lbs

• Ability to stand and sit as needed on project work sites. Ability to safely navigate construction work sites – roads, buildings, and areas with uneven terrain

• This position will require working outdoors in a wide range of weather conditions

• Must have a strong interest in a career within Survey and Right-of-Way services

• Previous coursework in surveying, engineering, drafting, mathematics, physics or other relevant technical/scientific programs

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absence, voluntary benefits, perks, U.S. and global well-being programs, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.