Land Surveyor - County Antrim

“A unique and rewarding opportunity has arisen for a Land Surveyor to advance their career in the exciting Rail industry.”

With decades of success, built from an exceptional ability to complete many landmark civil infrastructure projects, this is a highly sought after company to work for.

Due to continued success, they currently seek an experienced Land Surveyor to join their office in Dublin.

The role:

As the Land Surveyor you will work as part of the Surveying department providing engineering survey services to the Engineering and Construction departments, reporting to the Lead Surveyor.

Key Responsibilities:

• Checking and/or setting up the horizontal and vertical control for use during construction under the direction of the Lead Surveyor
• Help maintain the control for the duration of the project, and establish new control as and when required
• Establish a relationship with the Site Construction teams and provide advice and technical support on all survey and setting out matters
• Install and observe control points for the construction of major structures
• Support Shift Engineer in their setting out duties and for works support for profile control
• Establish monitoring schemes and set up the appropriate observation regime. Base reading should be taken by the shift surveyor
• Carry out survey of monitoring, computations and graphical presentation of data
• Ensure that all equipment used by their team is in calibration and checked according to the appropriate procedure
• Supervise and take responsibility for survey teams
• Ensure Shift Assistant Surveyor is fulfilling his/her duties
• Bring non-conformances to the attention of Senior Surveyors taking immediate corrective action whenever possible
• Set up, test, calibrate and operate a variety of survey and positioning systems

Experience, knowledge, qualifications & training

Essential:

• The role will require excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal and to be able to report at all levels
• Educated to Degree or higher level in a surveying, engineering, mining or construction discipline. A lower educational level, typically HNC or HND or a fully recorded vocational training to an equivalent level (Mining Qualifications Board; Mine Surveyors Certificate or similar) may be acceptable where a significant level of experience in engineering surveying role can be demonstrated
• Appropriate CSCS card type and level
• Have a minimum of 3 years’ relevant experience in a similar role within the construction or mining industries

Desired, not essential:

• A good working knowledge of relevant safety legislation
• Experience on Site management as Site Engineer or Site Management
• Experience of rail civil infrastructure projects
• Be familiar with survey software, experience of  Amberg TMS, Star*net, MX and NRG would be an advantage
• Membership of an appropriate Professional body, typically Chartered Member of the Royal Institution

Call Amerish Patel if you feel you have the relevant experience on 020 8655 4957 to discuss this exciting opportunity, or email him on a.patel@calco.co.uk