Job Posting:
Department of Transportation
Application Methods:
Electronic (Using your CalCareer Account)
By Mail
Drop-off
Job Description and Duties
Under the direction of a Transportation Surveyor Party Chief or Senior Transportation Surveyor, incumbents perform a wide variety of professional land surveying work in a field setting. Incumbent serves as a member of a field survey crew and performs professional surveying work at Caltrans. This is the entry, first working, or journey level of professional surveying fieldwork at Caltrans.
Eligibility for hire may be determined by your score on the Transportation Surveyor (Caltrans) exam. For those who do not have current eligibility (e.g., transfer, permissive reinstatement, or voluntary demotions) and/or who will be new to state civil services employment, you must be on the state examination list to be eligible for these positions. To apply for the exam, please click here and search by typing in the classification title.
The Human Resources Contact is available to answer questions regarding the application process. The Hiring Unit Contact is available to answer questions regarding the position.
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You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.
Minimum Requirements
You will find the Minimum Requirements in the Class Specification.
Additional Documents
Desirable Qualifications
In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:
Under the direction of a Senior Transportation Surveyor or a Transportation Surveyor Party Chief, the incumbent is expected to have knowledge, experience and familiarity with a wide variety of professional field and office land surveying equipment, tools and procedures.
For example; Experience working with Total stations, Data Collectors, GNSS systems, Leveling systems, etc. Experience setting up horizontal and vertical control networks. Experience performing field tasks such as Construction Staking, Topographic Surveys, and Boundary Retracement. Experience running survey field software. Experience conducting research, performing data analysis and calculations, processing field data, and preparation of Corner Records.
It is desirable for incumbent to possess and maintain a valid California Class C Driver’s License.
Contact Information
The Human Resources Contact is available to answer questions regarding the application process. The Hiring Unit Contact is available to answer questions regarding the position.
Human Resources Contact:
Guadalupe MartinezRoberts
(279) 234-2325
Lupe.Martinez-Roberts@dot.ca.gov
Hiring Unit Contact:
Mitchell Cartwright
(949) 473-1088
Mitchell.Cartwright@dot.ca.gov