Boundary Survey Program Manager

Job Description

 

Salt Lake County…A career with a purpose in the community you love!

Salt Lake County invites you to explore our exciting career opportunities. We seek highly enthusiastic individuals to enrich our County with your experience and talent. If you enjoy working in a team environment that is committed to changing the lives of its community, please keep reading.

What it is like to work here:

At Salt Lake County our culture is woven into all aspects of our work and our employees’ lives, from the way we treat each other to the way we support the community.  To promote and foster a fun and healthy work environment, we appreciate employees through great benefits, a healthy work life balance and room to grow and develop.

Surround yourself with:

Peers who are motivated to make a difference in the lives of those we serve. We serve Salt Lake County and envision a safe and beautiful place for all to live work and have fun. Salt Lake County is about connecting people and championing our community.  Community is more than a place….its our heart and service that bring us together.

We encourage a work life balance:

Working for Salt Lake County is more than just a paycheck.  A career with /Salt Lake County includes several benefits and perks.  We support our employees with 12 Holidays, up to 24 vacation days, 12 sick days and one personal day every year.

 

Additional Benefits may include:

• Retirement options for hybrid pension/401(k) or 401(k) only with a 10% contribution
• Medical coverage including a 100% county paid premium option-Dental and Vision coverage including coverage for adult designees
• Health Savings account with a county contribution up to $1200/year, Flexible Spending Account
• 100% county-paid Long-Term Disability and Short-Term Disability option
• Professional Development including professional membership fees paid
• Tuition Reimbursement

 

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JOB SUMMARY

 

Provides surveying and mapping services, right-of-way documentation, and boundary conflict resolution to public and government agencies.

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

 

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Surveying, Drafting, Pre-engineering, or Geographic Studies, plus two (2) years of related experience; OR an equivalent combination of related education and experience.

 

A valid Driver’s License issued by the State of Utah may be required to operate a vehicle.

 

Due to the nature of this position, the successful applicant must pass a required background check through fingerprinting and enrollment in the continuous RAP Back (Record of Arrest and Prosecution Back) program in accordance with current County Human Resources policy requirements.

  

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Manages, coordinates, and develops the Salt Lake County Surveyor's right-of-way program, survey control network, GPS base station, and monument history database.
• Represents the County Surveyor concerning right-of-way and survey boundary design.
• Ensures compliance with right-of-way documents and boundary survey standards established by local, state, and federal requirements.
• Supervises staff, which includes hiring, orienting, training, assigning, and reviewing work performance, annual work performance appraisals, and discipline.
• Coordinates the exchange of survey control information between administration, surveyors, other divisions, and governmental agencies.
• Assists the County Surveyor, or his designee, in implementing mandated statutorily defined monument preservation requirements.
• Prepares, reviews, verifies, and coordinates right-of-way plats, deeds, easements, descriptions, subdivision plats, final local entity plats, and documents in support of county projects and incidental property acquisitions or conveyances.
• Directs title searches and abstracts of records to identify ownership of property, easements, and rights of way.
• Interfaces and coordinates with local, state, and federal jurisdictions to provide service to the public and other county agencies.
• Reports, investigates, and corrects valid complaints received by the County Surveyor following county policies and procedures.
• Coordinates and prepares the transfer and distribution of information with other departments, divisions, and agencies.
• Assists the public, governmental agencies, and other departments in the research and interpretation of documents and plats.
• Uses an approved sectional budget effecti