Survey Technician Salary $46,316.00 Annually Location: Winston-Salem, NC Job Type: Full-Time / Permanent Job Number: 08446 Department: Engineering Opening Date: 03/04/2026 Closing Date: 4/5/2026 11:59 PM Eastern
Description Benefits Questions
Description Under immediate supervision, performs responsible technical and skilled work in an engineering survey party; does related work as required. Examples of Duties To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Operates Total stations, Robotic total station, GPS, Survey Data Collector, and levels in performing location, topographic, cross sections and other engineering and land survey work. Calculates and plots profiles and cross sections. Sets stakes and hubs. Marks grades for sewer and road construction. Cleans and adjusts surveying instruments. Performs basic drafting work.
Typical Qualifications Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: • General knowledge of the use and adjustment of Total station, Robotic total station, GPS, and levels; • General knowledge of land survey, nomenclature, and symbols; • General knowledge of engineering mathematics; • General knowledge of engineering maps and records; • Ability to perform precise survey work and reduce field notes; • Ability to understand and work from oral and written instructions and sketches; • Ability to work out of doors under varying weather conditions; • Skill in the use of engineering survey instruments.
Education and Experience: Any combination of education and experience equivalent to a high school diploma and some experience in land survey work.
Supplemental Information
Physical Requirements This work requires the regular exertion of up to 50 pounds of force and occasional exertion of up to 100 pounds of force; work regularly requires standing, speaking or hearing, using hands to finger, handle or feel, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, reaching with hands and arms, pushing or pulling, lifting and repetitive motions and frequently walking, sitting and tasting or smelling; work has standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, using of measuring devices, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities; work regularly requires working near moving mechanical equipment, exposure to fumes or airborne particles and exposure to outdoor weather conditions and exposure to vibration; work can be exposed to a loud noise location (e.g. construction site, heavy traffic).
Special Requirements: Possession of a valid drivers license.
Employee Benefits 401a Contribution (employee match not required) Bus Pass Program Education Assistance Employee Assistance Program Employee Suggestion Program Family and Medical Leave Flexible Spending Accounts Group Health Insurance Group Dental Insurance Jury Duty Leave Life/Accidental Death Insurance Long-Term Care Insurance Military Leave Paid Holidays Promotion from Within Retirement/Pension Plan (State of NC) School Leave Shared Leave Short-Term Disability Insurance Sick Leave Training Vacation Leave Wellness Program
The City of Winston-Salems employment practices are guided by federal, state, and local rules and regulations guaranteeing employment opportunities to all persons without regard to and prohibiting discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, religion, political affiliation or beliefs, national origin or handicap, unless a bonafide occupational qualification exists.
01 This job requires a drivers license. Do you possess a valid drivers license? Yes No Required Question
Employer City of Winston-Salem Address P.O. Box 2511 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27102 Phone 336 747 6800 Website http://agency.governmentjobs.com/winstonsalemnc/default.cfm