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MajorDuties
There is only 1 position located in New Mexico. It may be filled in Santa Fe or in Albuquerque. If this position is filled in Santa Fe it may be moving to Albuquerque, the date of the move has not been determined. If you accept the New Mexico position, you agree to work in either Santa Fe or in Albuquerque. If the office moves from Santa Fe to Albuquerque you agree to move with it.
This is a term position for which all qualified U.S. citizens with or without Federal Status may apply and be considered. Appointment to this position will not convey permanent status in the Federal service, and will be for a period not-to-exceed 13 months with possible extension up to a total of 4 years (or longer if approved by the Office of Personnel Management) without re-announcement.
This position serves as a land surveyor in a Bureau of Land Management Office. The land surveyor will perform work which involves measurement of public lands, including establishing, investigating, and reestablishing land and property boundaries, including preparing plats and legal descriptions for plats of land; and work that involves knowledge and application of the principles of land surveying in combination with knowledge of land ownership laws. Duties include serving as the State Office public relations contact concerning major boundary surveys, land ownership issues, and other legal and technical matters related to Federal interest lands that affect recognized Indian Nations and other Federal agencies; planning, directing, documenting, and guiding complex surveys and boundary investigations; designing and collecting accurate geodetic data; preparing field notes of surveys in final form from field returns and preparing plats of surveys in near final form; serving as party chief of one or more survey crews; and researching and preparing responses to inquiries pertaining to cadastral surveys or official survey records and land ownership.
Qualifications
Basic Entry Requirement: This position has a positive education requirement which requires that you have a degree in land surveying or civil engineering with a surveying option or emphasis. The civil engineering major must have included at least 6 semester hours of surveying, 3 semester hours of land law, and 21 additional semester hours in any combination of surveying, photogrammetry, geodetic surveying, geodesy, route surveying, remote sensing, cartography, survey astronomy, land information systems, computer-aided mapping, aerial photo interpretation, and survey analysis and adjustments; OR a combination of education and experience -- course equivalent to a major in land surveying or civil engineering as described above, plus appropriate experience or additional education; OR current registration as a land surveyor in a State, territory, or the District of Columbia obtained by written examination. Such registration must have been obtained under conditions outlined in the National Council of Engineering Examiners (NCEE) Unified Model Law for Registration of Surveyors. Applicants wishing to be considered under this provision must show evidence of registration based on successful completion of the written examinations. Registrations granted prior to adoption of a registration law with qualification requirements equivalent to the NCEE Model law by the state, territory, or District of Columbia are not acceptable under this option. To be considered equivalent to the NCEE Model law, registration laws must include the four options listed within the NCEE Unified Model Law in the section specifying "General Requirements for Registration" as a Professional Land Surveyor. You will need to clearly state how your education meets the requirement, including any undergraduate/graduate degree(s) you have received, and submit your college transcripts or a listing of your college courses that includes hours and grades. In addition to meeting the basic entry requirement, applicants must have specialized experience and/or directly related education of the position to be found qualified. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade. Specialized Experience for the GS-12 Land Surveyor: 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 level in land surveyor related work. At this level, work assignments require the land surveyor to determine approaches and solutions to land surveying situations involving a variety of complicating factors; using judgment in modifying, adapting, and making compromises within standard guidelines; applying standard practices to new situations, relating the work to precedents; and communicating project status and with interested parties. Examples: coordinate with interested parties as chief of parties or project manager; manage complex and complicated cadastral survey or resurvey projects using a variety of survey equipment, including total stations, data collectors, handheld calculators, and GPS receivers; prepare written reports describing unique problems encountered with recommendations for solutions for management to make proper decisions. You must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement.
Pay Range
$77,204.00 - $111,543.00