Construction & Field Survey Technician

The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) is seeking a dedicated Construction and Field Survey Technician to join our team in Evanston, Wyoming. In this role, you will play an essential part in the planning, design, and construction of highway projects, helping to ensure a safe, high-quality, and efficient transportation system for the State of Wyoming. Working under limited supervision, Construction and Field Survey Technicians perform a wide range of duties, including surveying, materials testing, and construction inspection. This position is part of a professional team responsible for the development, construction, and oversight of highway projects statewide.

Responsibilities

Inspects construction projects; Prepares, reviews, maintains, and files construction project records, estimates and reports; Perform topographic surveys; Conducts aggregate gradation testing, density testing for earthwork and surfacing, and concrete testing; Performs survey tasks such as driving stakes, hubs, hold tapes, hold rod, and instrument operation; Performs minor surveying computations such as slopes, areas, volumes, cuts and fills; Inspects pipe backfill and fill construction; Inspects paving operations to ensure compliance with plans and specifications; Performs minor engineering computations such as areas, volumes, material spread rates; Tests, samples and reports materials proposed to be used in construction projects; Reviews and learns test methods, manuals, and procedures; Performs basic engineering calculations; Performs testing and sampling on bridges and roadways for analysis; Reviews and learns traffic control methods, manuals, and procedures; Sets up, maintains, and removes a safe traffic control plan under live traffic conditions; Maintains traffic control devices in the field and performs traffic control duties; Assists in the investigation of existing roadways for forensic study; Assists in gathering samples, providing a safe working zone, flagging, etc.; Ensures proper equipment and supplies are loaded and in good working condition; Performs more complex lab tests of samples and documents results for QA/QC purposes; Serves as a technical resource for other employees, completes designated training sessions to maintain required certifications, and performs inspections; Communicates internally and externally regarding project information and courses of action/consequences on smaller projects; Oversees smaller projects and/or components of larger projects; Assists in permitting processes to obtain water, gravel, plant site, and surveying agreements and aids in their renewal and file maintenance

Requirements

Ability to obtain a valid driver's license; Ability to obtain QC/QA Certification in Soils & Aggregate, Asphalt and Concrete; Ability to obtain Asphalt Concrete, Soil & Aggregate Certification; WYDOT Portland Cement Concrete Certification; ACI Concrete Level 2 Certification; Ability to obtain AASHTO Certification; Knowledge of materials testing; Knowledge of surveying methods and equipment operation; Knowledge of construction inspection, including interpretation of plans and specifications; Knowledge of project documentation; Knowledge of communication with supervisors and contractors; Knowledge of working outdoors in a variety of weather conditions; Knowledge of engineering computations/formulas; Knowledge of core drilling equipment, pneumatic and electric jackhammers and hand tools; Education & experience: 2-4 years of progressive work experience in construction and field surveying at the level of a Construction and Field Survey Assistant, OR an Associate's Degree with 0-1 year of such experience; Ability to bend, stoop and lift up to fifty pounds; Ability to stand for long periods; Availability 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year

Benefits

$2,000 Hiring Bonus (see notes for eligibility); Health, dental, and vision insurance; State retirement plan with deferred compensation options; Pension and 457B plans; Paid vacation, sick leave, FMLA, and holidays; No state income tax in Wyoming