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SalaryThe Utility Surveyor will be predominantly field based working on activities both individually and part of a wider teams on projects to locate, trace, and map underground utilities like gas pipes, water mains, electrical cables, and sewer lines. This role is crucial for ensuring the safety and efficiency of construction projects by preventing accidental damage to buried utilities.
The data capture of projects will require travel around the UK in a company fleet vehicle and the use of the latest surveying equipment.
Utility Surveyor Role & Responsibilities
- Lead and support the planning and execution of survey projects and manage timescales whilst adhering to the client’s scope
- Conduct research to gather information on existing utility maps and records for assigned projects
- Utilise collected data to create detailed maps of the underground utilities using computer-aided design (CAD) software or similar programs
- Prepare reports summarising the findings of the survey
- Support the Senior Surveyors and Survey Managers
- Follow safe systems of work in a variety of external and internal site environments
- Undertake and deliver supervised and unsupervised works following risk assessments and safe systems of work to project timescales
- Liaise and engage with members of the public, team members, and client stakeholders
- Escalation of operational, Health and Safety, and commercial risks
- Following company procedures and policies, including commercial driving best practices
- A desire to learn and develop new techniques, and procedures through the pursuit of formal and informal training
- Ensure and maintain Quality compliance
- QCF Level 3 in Utility Mapping and Surveying or have a relevant HNC/Diploma in Surveying or related discipline, however, candidates with suitable skills and/or proven experience will also be considered
- Minimum of 2 year’s experience in delivering Underground Utility surveying services essential
- Understanding of PAS128 Standards
- Competent in carrying out below-ground utility surveys and mapping surveys, to PAS128 standards in both collecting and post-processing of the site data under your supervision
- Competent user of surveying equipment such as Electromagnetic and Ground Penetrating Radar
- A competent user of AutoCAD and Microsoft Office software such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are essential to enable you to post-process data and report compilation.
- Demonstrable a good communicator in written and verbal English.
- Ability to work within a team or independently within a project brief.
- A desire to learn on the job a can-do attitude, and the ability to resolve unexpected issues.
- Full UK driving Licence and be willing to take and pass regular drugs and alcohol screening.
- Good time management and flexibility in working hours.
- Right to work in the UK.
If you are looking for a Utility Surveyor role and want to work for a forward-thinking Company, then click on the 'apply now’ button. Due to the high volume of applications, we receive we are not always able to reply to all applications.
If you haven’t heard back from us within 2 weeks, then please accept that your application has been unsuccessful for the role we currently have advertised. Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job. Finlay Jude Associates Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers
