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We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced City Surveyor to join our team at the City of Kingman, AZ. As a key member of our Engineering Division, you will play a critical role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of our land surveys and engineering projects.

The City Surveyor will be responsible for planning, developing, and supervising the performance of complex survey engineering work, including cadastral, location, and construction surveys. You will work closely with our City Engineer to determine the means and processes of achieving project objectives, standards, and guidelines.

• Plan and coordinate survey work, including field surveys, data collection, and data analysis.
• Supervise and train survey staff, including survey party leaders and technicians.
• Develop and maintain survey monuments, boundaries, and benchmarks for survey control of City infrastructure and private development projects.
• Provide technical support for Capital Improvement Programs (CIP) and property acquisition projects.
• Review and verify data, GPS coordinates, and control points.
• Review, reduce, and approve field notes and data calculations submitted by survey party.
• Seal completed field surveys.
• Manage, organize, coordinate, and monitor surveying activities and functions for conformance to State laws, regional ordinances, public records, and property boundary data.
• Review subdivisions, Record of Surveys, and Parcel Plats submitted to the City of Kingman for review and approval.
• Write legal descriptions for rights-of-way, deeds of dedications, easements, and other City land sales, purchases, parcel transfers, and leases.
• Advises various individuals and developers with legal access problems to ensure compliance with City and State regulations.
• Advises planning officials on technical problems and questions relating to rights-of-way, subdivision design, and surveying.
• Perform computations from survey party notes for application to mapping or legal descriptions.
• Research legal boundaries and gather record information for survey party and for mapping procedures.
• Perform reconnaissance for outlining survey instructions for survey party.
• Makes survey computations and adjustments related to boundary decisions.
• Stamps and seals legal descriptions, record of surveys, and cadastral survey plats.
• Surveys and replaces property corners destroyed by City street or maintenance crews.
• Maintains survey records for the general public, private surveyors, and engineers, and other governmental agencies.
• Oversees restoration and perpetuation of survey control monuments; street centerline, basic horizontal and vertical control, and cadastral monumentation.
• Drafts cadastral maps and legal plats and records same.
• Conducts research for mapping and legal descriptions prepared by the City.
• Researches and stays current in Surveying industry best practices and information technology trends.
• Recognizes the need for change and makes recommendations to City Engineer on new or revised programs and technology systems that support the department's goals and can add sustainable value.
• Writes clear and accurate reports which may be complex and requires the registered land surveyor to provide their seal and/or signature to their approved review and attestation of documents/survey results.
• Delineates rights of way; Conducts topographic surveys for design projects; and, establishes control monuments for property surveys, construction staking, and aerial mapping control.
• Compiles accurate notes, records, and sketches of work performed and data secured to document the results of the survey effort.
• Communicates with the general public, other City employees, management, and contractors to answer questions, resolve problems, and coordinate work assignments.
• Uses a variety of computer programs such as CAD and data transfer programs to analyze survey results and produce maps and survey data of all types.
• Sets real property boundaries; Assures the accuracy of files and indexes of maps, deeds, and other legal documents as a matter of public record in accordance with State law.
• Assists with data collection for GIS for the City of Kingman.
• Reads and interprets technical engineering plans and plots. Prepares and reviews legal description and deeds.
• Provides excellent customer service to both internal and external contacts.
• Responds to inquiries and complaints and makes necessary arrangements to resolve any problems as needed.
• Maintains regular attendance and punctuality.
• Maintains confidentiality of work-related information.
• Works in a safe manner and reports unsafe activity and conditions.
• This position is subject emergency recall during non-working hours due to staff shortage, to interact with staff on various shifts and/or operational needs.
• Performs related work as required.

• Graduation from high school supplemented by two (2) years of college-level coursework in land surveying and engineering.
• At minimum, an Associate's Degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in civil engineering, land survey, or degree related to the core functions of this position is desired (Bachelor's Degree preferred).
• Seven (7) years of experience in professional, technical survey engineering work, including at least four (4) years of experience leading survey crew activities and knowledge and experience in recording plats and preparing legal descriptions.
• Any equivalent combination of education, experience, and training which provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the work.

The work environment characteristics attached to the job description are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The City of Kingman is committed to ensuring a safe, healthful workplace for all its employees. It requires that every person in the organization assumes the responsibility of individual and organizational safety. Injury and illness losses from incidents are costly and preventable. The City of Kingman will employ an effective accident and illness prevention program and a comprehensive wellness program that involves all its employees in the effort to eliminate workplace hazards and promote employee health and wellness.