Land Surveyor jobs in Chicago, IL

Would you like the opportunity to be our next Professional Land Surveyor? As a Land Surveyor at Robinson, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with engineers on civil and site development, transportation related design and construction projects. You will have the opportunity to make an impact in communities such as Itasca, Frankfort, South Holland, Bourbonnais, Monee and Merrillville, Indiana.

As a member of our team, you will work in a creative, family-like atmosphere where there is a priority on opportunities for growth, collaboration between teams and on making an impact by giving back to our communities.
 
Your New Opportunity

• Communicating and interacting with private clients as well as Robinson Engineering colleagues, the matters pertaining to private projects and Robinson Engineering projects
• Assisting in the preparation of realistic cost estimates and proposals for projects and project elements both as related to private clients as well as in support of Robinson Engineering projects
• Conducting research for projects via available internal resources as well as available external resources
• Consulting with vendors regarding research and documentation resources (i.e., Property Insight, Chicago Title Insurance, Wheatland Title Insurance, Sidwell Company, HubTack).
• Providing results of research for projects to the necessary staff members for their use
• Analyzing the results of Field measurements both as to the methodology utilized to collect them as well as how those results provide a solution for the project or project element at hand
• Analyzing and providing a mathematical solution to CAD for real estate boundary elements including property lines, easement lines and other cadastral lines that are related to the project or project elements

Your Background and Credentials

• Bachelor’s degree in land surveying from an accredited program or a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a related science including 24 semester hours of land surveying courses
• Must hold valid Surveyor Intern credentials in the State of Illinois or State of Indiana with the ability to obtain the necessary training for and successfully complete the professional land surveyor's exam in the State of Illinois and the State of Indiana
• Must have a basic knowledge of the current standards of practice for professional land surveying in those jurisdictions where work is being conducted
• Must have, at a minimum, a basic working knowledge of AutoDesk Civil 3D, AutoDesk AutoCAD, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Trimble Business Center Software
• Experience with equipment related to the performance of land surveying practices including, but not be limited to setting up a differential level, setting up a digital total station, operation of a digital total station, operation of a GNSS satellite receiver, operation of a survey controller (data collector) and operation of a digital camera is preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and relationship building skills
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills with the ability to be collaborative
• Excellent organizational, planning and prioritization skills

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