About Our Job

What We Offer

The City and County of Denver offers competitive pay commensurate with education and experience.  New hires are typically brought into the organization between $26.00 and $32.00/hourly based on experience. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:

• A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service

• 457B Retirement Plan

• 140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 12 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday, 1 Wellness Day and 1 volunteer day per year

• Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date

Location & Schedule

In this position you can expect to start on-site at the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building, 201 W. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80202., You will work in the field most days.

Schedule: Four (4), 10-hour Shifts. Monday-Thursday from 6:00 AM – 4:30 PM.

Who We Are & What You’ll Do

The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (DOTI), through its employees, enhances the quality of life in Denver by efficiently delivering effective, high quality, safe and equitable public infrastructure, and services. For more information, please visit the DOTI website.

DOTI’s Commitment to Equity:

• DOTI is committed to providing attention and resources to the areas, assets, and people of the city with the greatest need through equitable contracting, equitable investments, and equitable workforce development.

• DOTI’s culture revolves around four key principles: (1) Invest in Our People, (2) Operate with Discipline, (3) Use Data to Drive Decisions, and (4) Deliver Results.

The Right-of-Way Services (ROWS) Survey Section has a full-time, unlimited Surveying Technician II position available.

The Survey Section’s 20 professional and technical staff members provide land survey expertise to the Department of Transportation & Infrastructure and other city agencies. The Survey team proactively reviews both private and city development projects, assists with land acquisition and real estate for all city departments including the review of subdivision plats and site plans, annexations, street vacations, easement dedications, land disposal, leases, and addressing. 

Surveying in the city controls the right-of-way and development location and protects our most valuable assets. As a Surveying Technician II, you will perform intermediate-level survey technician duties pertaining to field and office surveys, site analysis and review in support of land surveying and/or engineering projects or programs.

Surveying Technician II duties include and are not limited to:

• Working as a lead member of a survey crew

• Provide final design survey deliverables utilizing AutoCAD (topographic maps)

• Research city records

• Perform boundary and right-of-way surveys

• Perform and/or review horizontal and vertical control surveys

• Conduct QA/QC checks on construction projects

• Executes a variety of mathematical computations in support of the various projects

• Perform construction layout for engineering projects

What You’ll Bring

We value diversity of ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, sexual identity, gender, religion, language, ability, and experience and exemplify this through the makeup of our team at all levels. You'll be right at home here if you cultivate strong relationships and push yourself, your work, the people around you and Denver to the next level.

Our ideal candidate has some or all the following experience, skills, and characteristics:

• Ability to work outdoors in varied weather conditions

• Ability to successfully work within a team or crew environment

• Willingness to perform tasks that are generally repetitive

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to be flexible and adaptable to ever-changing job parameters and priorities

• Skills and/or experience training and mentoring junior staff

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Education requirement: Graduation from high school or the possession of a GED, HiSET or TASC Certificate.

• Experience Requirement: Two (2) years of experience of the type and level of Surveying Technician.

• Education/Experience Equivalency: Additional appropriate education may be substituted for the minimum experience requirements.

• License/Certifications: Requires a valid Driver's License at the time of application.

• Licenses and certifications must be kept current as a condition of employment.

Internal Candidates Only: Please note that probationary employees are not eligible to apply to open positions until they’ve successfully passed probation. Please only apply if you have already passed probation. 

Application Deadline

To be considered for this position, you must include the following on your job application (upload the attachment(s) to the Resume/CV section on the My Experience tab):

• Resume

Applications for this position are accepted on a rolling basis. Please submit your application as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

About Everything Else

Job Profile

CE1778 Surveying Technician II

To view the full job profile including position specifications, physical demands, and probationary period, click here.

Position Type

Unlimited

Position Salary Range

$25.30 - $37.96

Target Pay

$26.00 and $32.00/hourly based on experience

Agency

Dept of Transportation & Infrastructure

The City and County of Denver provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, age, or any other status protected under federal, state, and/or local law. 

It is your right to access oral or written language assistance, sign language interpretation, real-time captioning via CART, or disability-related accommodations. To request any of these services at no cost to you, please contact [email protected] with three business days’ notice.

Applicants for employment with the City and County of Denver must have valid work authorization that does not require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the U.S.

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