Assistant Land Surveyor - LAUSD

About Us

Triangle DeCon Services Inc. is a boutique full service real estate advisory firm with a focus on project development and construction management for our valued private developers and public organizations in Southern California. We are a young, energetic, ethical, professional, knowledgeable, customer-centric and multilingual team looking to deliver the most value to our clients and build/promote trust with them. Our team consists of licensed Professional Engineers (PE), certified Project Management Professionals (PMP), certified professional with Design Build Institute of America (DBIA), licensed General Building Contractor and other industry designations. We can provide entitlement, development, design, procurement, construction management, project management, expert witness and litigation support services on a variety of building types. Our experienced team have provided these services to successfully deliver various facilities for public school districts, college districts, universities, commercial developers, hospitality owners, multinational CM/PM consultants and other valued clients.

Job Summary

Are you looking to apply your skills and utilize your experience to make a difference in our community? Are you motivated to collaborate with a diverse team of professionals to deliver new projects for our clients? Triangle is waiting for you to join our team!

This is a full-time position with Los Angeles Unified School District. The ideal candidate for the Assistant Land Surveyor position is a detail-oriented and technically proficient field professional with hands-on experience supporting land survey operations. They bring at least three years of full-time field surveying experience, including exposure to boundary, topographic, and as-built surveys, and are skilled in setting up and operating total stations, smart levels, GPS equipment, and other data collection tools. This candidate is adept at taking precise measurements, interpreting civil engineering drawings, and maintaining accurate field notes, sketches, and photographic records. They are comfortable organizing raw survey data for CAD processing and can create basic civil engineering sketches as needed. A strong commitment to safety, reliability in responding to urgent field requests, and the ability to communicate clearly both in writing and verbally are essential. The ideal applicant has relevant academic preparation in civil engineering or surveying and may hold a Land Surveyor-in-Training certificate, reflecting their dedication to professional development and accuracy in all aspects of field surveying work.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Land Survey Party Chief in conducting field surveys, including boundaries, topographic, and as-built surveys for various district projects.
• Set up, operate, and maintain survey instruments such as total stations, smart level, and data collectors.
• Accurately measure distances, angles, and elevations, and record survey data according to established District and industry standards.
• Maintain detailed and legible survey field notes, sketches, and photographic records to document survey conditions and findings.
• Upload and organize raw survey data for processing in CAD software.
• Mark and maintain survey control points, stakes, and monuments in the field to ensure consistent reference for design.
• Ensure proper care, calibration, storage, and inventory of survey equipment, tools, and safety gear.
• Provide rapid field support for urgent and emergency survey requests, such as facility damage assessments, safety hazard evaluations, or time-sensitive construction issues.
• Comply with all safety protocols and ensure safe working conditions at survey sites, including traffic control when required.
• Performs other related tasks required.

Required Experience:

• Three (3) years full-time paid professional experience in performing routine, non-technical work in a surveying party, including one (1) year on the job field training or experience
• Experience interpreting civil engineering drawings
• Experience in data collection by setting up and operating total stations, levels, GPS, and measuring lines, elevations and positions

Required Education:

• Graduation from a recognized college or university with a bachelors degree in civil engineering or surveying, with courses in field surveying on both plane and route surveying (with three [3] years of experience)

OR

• Two (2) years of civil engineering course work and four (4) years of experience as a member of a field survey party performing land surveying work in making precis readings, measurements and tests in the field, including one (1) year in of the on-the-job field training