Surveyor Assistant
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General Summary
Assists the chief surveyor and instrument person surveying and measuring of points, elevations, lines, areas, and contours for construction. This job participates in on-the-job training.
At Granite we have people development at heart when you grow as a person, we develop as a company.
From complex infrastructure to minor construction, Granite Construction offers a unique set of opportunities to gain experience and build your career. As one of the largest diversified construction companies in the nation, you will have the opportunity to learn and work with some of the best experts in the field.
Why Choose Granite?
Granite's Benefits and Well-Being program consistently ranks at near the top level for all companies in our industry (and outside out industry as well). Here are a few of the benefits we offer to our employees:
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- 401K Program with Employer Match up to 6%
- Company Paid Basic Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Optional Supplemental Life and AD&D Insurance
- Voluntary Short-Term Disability
- Optional Allstate Benefits Voluntary Plans
- 7 Paid Holidays
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Essential Job Accountabilities
- Perform manual labor, such as cutting brush for lines, carrying stakes, rebar, and other heavy items, and stacking rods.
- Perform differential level work.
- Perform construction surveys and field stake-out for area roads, bridges, buildings, and other properties.
- Place and hold measuring tapes when electronic distance-measuring equipment is not used.
- Position and hold the vertical rods, or targets, that Survey Instrument people use for sighting to measure angles, distances, and elevations.
- Maintain equipment and vehicles used by surveying crews.
- Perform all additional duties that may be assigned.
- This position assists in the activities of the survey party.
- Receives overall direction from Crew Chief and/or Instrument person.
- Has knowledge on land surveying principles and possess mathematical abilities.
Education
- High School Diploma, GED
Work Experience
- 2+ years of highway construction experience
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Workers should be able to:
- Follow specific directions
- Perform a variety of duties which may often change
- Work within standards of accuracy
- Repeat tasks of short duration according to a set procedure
- Evaluate information using measurable standards
- Work Safely by Choice
- Work outdoors in all types of weather conditions
Physically, workers must be able to:
- Stand or walk for long periods
- Use arms and hands to reach for, handle, and manipulate objects
- Lift and carry materials weighing 50 to 100 pounds
- Climb up and down ladders, scaffolds, and other objects and carry tools and equipment
- Stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl, and specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
About Granite Construction Incorporated
Granite Construction Incorporated is a member of the S&P 400 Index and is the parent company of Granite Construction Company, one of the nation's largest heavy civil contractors and construction materials producers. Granite is a Drug-Free Workplace and Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.
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Notice to Staffing Agencies
Granite Construction, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Granite") will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Granite, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Granite mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Granite employees, or to Granite's resume database will be considered Granite property. Granite will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Granite will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. Agencies must obtain advance written approval from Granite's recruiting function to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening. Granite will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place. Agency agreements will only be valid if in writing and signed by Granite's Human Resources Representative or his/her designee. No other Granite employee is authorized to bind Granite to any agreement regarding the placement of candidates by Agencies.