Senior Survey Technician / Land Survey Intern (LSI)
Location:
Meridian, ID The purpose of J-U-B ENGINEERS, Inc. (J-U-B) is “Helping Each Other Create Better Communities.” We foster a teamwork environment to solve problems that improve society while providing employees growth opportunities. We are recruiting for a Senior Survey Technician / LSI to work in our Meridian, Idaho office. This position is intended for a technically strong, detail-oriented survey professional who can independently support office production, field operations, construction staking calculations, survey data processing, records research, technical coordination, quality control, and preparation of high-quality survey deliverables.
The successful applicant will work closely with Professional Land Surveyors, survey leadership, field personnel, and project teams supporting transportation, municipal, land development, aviation, water/wastewater, and other civil infrastructure projects. Why Join J-U-B? While this is primarily an office-based technical position, strong field experience is highly valuable. The ideal candidate understands how survey data is collected, processed, analyzed, checked, and documented to support accurate, defensible, and design-ready deliverables.
This individual should be able to anticipate project needs, identify technical issues, coordinate effectively between field and office staff, and provide guidance to less-experienced team members. J-U-B values well-rounded survey professionals who understand both field operations and office production and are committed to continuous professional growth within the surveying profession.
What You’ll Do
- While applying technical land surveying knowledge and skills, this position will: Support Professional Land Surveyor(s) and survey leadership with office production, project coordination, technical review, and preparation of survey deliverables.
- Perform and evaluate records research, including surveys, deeds, subdivision plats, easements, right-of-way documents, BLM/GLO materials, and other supporting records.
- Prepare field information packages, staking notes, control information, maps, exhibits, and project documentation for complex assignments.
- Prepare, organize, and independently check construction staking calculations for municipal, transportation, land development, utility, and other civil infrastructure projects.
- Process and analyze field data using Trimble Business Center, AutoCAD Civil 3D with survey database, GNSS workflows, point coding, and established J-U-B procedures.
- Prepare topographic surveys, existing conditions base mapping, exhibits, surfaces, and other design-ready survey deliverables using AutoCAD Civil 3D.
- Provide technical support for boundary surveys, topographic surveys, ALTA/NSPS surveys, construction staking, subdivision plats, Records of Survey, easement exhibits, right-of-way exhibits, and survey control networks.
- Coordinate with field personnel regarding project scope, field procedures, control requirements, staking needs, deliverable expectations, and documentation requirements.
- Help maintain alignment between field operations and direction provided by the Professional Land Surveyor(s) responsible for the work, particularly regarding accuracy, completeness, quality control, and defensibility.
- Perform closures, dimension verification, surface checks, point coding reviews, drafting reviews, staking calculation checks, and other quality-control tasks.
- Identify technical issues, communicate them promptly, and help develop practical solutions in coordination with the Professional Land Surveyor(s) responsible for the work.
- Help organize workload, support project schedules, and coordinate deliverable needs across multiple active projects.
- Provide day-to-day technical guidance and mentoring to less-experienced survey technicians and field personnel.
- Collaborate with in-house engineers, project managers, field personnel, and survey professionals across J-U-B offices.
- Assist with field work when project needs require, including survey data collection, monument recovery, construction staking, field verification, and crew support.
- Exercise sound professional judgment, communicate clearly, and uphold J-U-B standards for safety, quality, and professional responsibility.
