JOB SUMMARY: This position is a Land Surveyor, GS-1373-11/12 working in Oak Harbor, OH for the Division of Realty. This position is also open to status candidates under announcement R3-24-12373620-SG-MP. You must apply to each announcement separately if you wish to be considered under both recruitment methods. NOTE: Close date extended to 05/03/2024. MAJOR DUTIES: As a Land Surveyor your duties will include but are not limited to the following: Performs or contracts for difficult and complex boundary surveys of land involved in acquisitions, disputes, and boundary retracement for the purpose of marking or posting lines, and monumentation of corners in both "metes and bounds", and public land "rectangular" systems. Defines and recommend solutions to complex problems of boundaries along the "wetland" portions of land (tidelands, submerged lands, swamp and overflowed lands, navigable and non-navigable lakes and rivers, and others) including retracement, examination and determination of importance of historical documents providing source and chain of title, jurisdictional control, common law trust, rights of use, patents, and others; also including examination, determination, and recommended solutions of accretion, reliction, avulsion, and other problems associated with "wetlands." Reviews record title documents, boundary information, and occupancy of tracts of land proposed for acquisition or other activity and prepares Standards of Boundary Evidence certificates as required by Department policy. Gathers and maintains data using computer-aided drafting software, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and Land Information Systems (LIS); maintains and automates the Region's survey and land ownership records, and in providing survey and land ownership information to field stations, Regional Office staff and the public at large; provides technical assistance to the Regional Office and field stations on mapping needs and problems pertaining to boundary maintenance and posting. Promotion Potential: This position involves a multi-grade career ladder. The major duties listed represent the full performance level of GS-12. At lower grade levels, you will perform assignments of a more limited scope and with less independence. You will progressively acquire the background necessary to perform at the full performance level of GS-12. Promotion is at the discretion of the supervisor and is contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of higher level work, and availability of funds. The selectee may be promoted without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. IMPORTANT: Click the 'Apply for this job' button to view a complete job description.