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Survey Technician II

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Posted 10/20/2026full-timeWalnut Creek • California • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $48 - $58 per hourWebsite
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Demonstrates expertise in surveying techniques, including drafting survey maps and performing boundary calculations, while ensuring compliance with legal standards and accuracy in data evaluation. Proficient in utilizing CAD and GIS software to create detailed survey deliverables and support field operations.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Surveying ExperienceAdvanced CAD SkillsGIS Software ProficiencyLegal Description AnalysisBoundary Calculation Expertise

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Work with a team of surveyors and engineers during preliminary and final engineering stages
  • Draft survey maps, topographic maps, and plat and legal descriptions
  • Assist with resolving CAD technical and drawing production problems
  • Perform complex office and boundary-related calculations and deed interpretations
  • Analyze legal descriptions, easements, and boundary evidence from title reports and historical records
  • Prepare metes-and-bounds descriptions, Record of Surveys, parcel maps, and detailed topographic/construction drawings
  • Manage data exchange workflows between field survey crews and office production
  • Develop deliverables for boundary surveys, topographic surveys, ALTA’s, private development, and municipal projects
  • Evaluate survey data for accuracy, sufficiency, and regulatory compliance
  • Share lessons and skills with less-experienced staff
  • Perform staking calculations and support field crews
  • Perform advisory drafting, including enlarging or reducing drawings to a specific scale
  • Research data at local, state, and federal agencies to identify legal boundaries and property lines
  • Create 3D surfaces, point files, linework files, sketches, and cut sheets for survey crews

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 4 years of relevant experience in surveying as a technician (or equivalent) combined with a bachelor’s degree in surveying or related field, or associate's degree in land surveying, civil engineering or a related field
  • Experience analyzing legal descriptions, easements, and boundary evidence
  • Experience preparing metes-and-bounds descriptions, Record of Surveys, parcel maps, and topographic/construction drawings
  • Advanced Computer-Aided Drafting (CAD) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software skills
  • Ability to work from survey field notes, sketches, maps, legal descriptions and other materials
  • Ability to evaluate survey data for accuracy and compliance with applicable regulations and standards
  • Ability to perform staking calculations and field crew support
  • Ability to research data at local, state and federal agencies
  • Ability to create accurate 3D surfaces, point files, linework files, sketches and cut sheets
  • Ability to work independently or with minimal guidance

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Short- and Long-Term Disability coverage
  • Retirement Savings Plans, including employer matching where applicable
  • Flexible Spending and/or Health Spending Accounts
  • Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
  • Parental Leave
  • Paid Time Off
  • Company Holidays

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Hard Skills
Survey Map DraftingBoundary CalculationsMetes-and-Bounds DescriptionsRecord of Surveys PreparationTopographic Drawing CreationData Evaluation for AccuracyStaking Calculations3D Surface CreationPoint Files DevelopmentLinework Files Creation
Soft Skills
Team CollaborationIndependent WorkMentoring Skills
Tools & Technologies
Computer-Aided Drafting (CAD)Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Industry Keywords
Boundary SurveysTopographic SurveysALTA SurveysPrivate DevelopmentMunicipal ProjectsRegulatory ComplianceField Survey SupportLegal Boundaries Research