Land Surveyor, Land Surveyor 3

Land Surveyor, Land Surveyor 3 (LS3)
Location: Natural Resources Building- Olympia, WA
Work Hours flexibility may be available and considered 
Salary: $5,783.00 – $7,779.00 Monthly

Review of applications is ongoing. We reserve the right to make a hiring decision or close this recruitment at any time after 11/06/2024. It is in your best interest to submit materials as soon as possible.

Responsibilities:

• Professional review of survey maps submitted for leases and easements over state-owned aquatic lands and uplands. Including review for compliance with pertinent RCWs and WACs as well as DNR agency-specific requirements. Assure submitted legal descriptions are accurate and analyze underlying ownership to determine proper boundaries are used in maps and other survey documents related to business on State-owned lands of all types.
• Review legal descriptions for upland and aquatic land transactions (acquisitions and disposals), leases, rights of ways, and other types of use authorizations, compose new legal descriptions for transactions when necessary, and determine land areas for land sales, acquisitions, exchanges, and leases.
• Compile data, produce maps, reports, and land boundary analysis. Act as an expert witness in legal cases involving state-owned land boundaries or ownership disputes. Assist Attorney General staff in interpreting legal descriptions and other land boundary issues as needed.
• Calculate, draft, and edit transactions or use authorization-related surveys and harbor area maps for agency business needs. Survey and harbor maps to meet all applicable RCW and WAC requirements and be approved by the aquatic resources division and/or upper management before being fully adopted and recorded in the applicable county auditor’s office.

Required Qualifications: 

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Eight years of experience in Land Surveying
  OR an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• Commitment to fostering and supporting an environment that honors diversity, equity, inclusion, and environmental justice practices.
• Perform assigned duties in a manner consistent with applicable laws, regulations, and public records retention and requests are followed.