On 9/25/2015, PG&E will be posting an opening for a Land Technician for our Concord office. Please visit our website and enter Land Technician into the keywords search box. Here is a copy of the posting:
Company
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation (NYSE:PCG), is one of the
largest combined natural gas and electric utilities in the United States. Based in San Francisco,
with 20,000 employees, the company delivers some of the nation's cleanest energy to 15 million
people in Northern and Central California.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company is an Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity
employer that actively pursues and hires a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age,
religion, physical or mental disability status, medical condition, protected veteran status, marital
status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic
information or any other factor that is not related to the job.
Department Overview
The Land Surveying and Engineering Support (LS&ES) team is a group of 100 dedicated
employees providing land surveying and mapping services in support of gas and electric
transmission and distribution projects. These services include rights-of-way drawings, easement
documents, engineering support drawings (plan & profile), topographic mapping and construction
staking. We are located in 17 offices throughout the PG&E service territory.
Position Summary
This job is represented by Engineers and Scientists of California (ESC) and is subject to collective
bargaining.
This position will be with the LS&ES North Coast Division working out of the Concord RMC.
LS&ES North Coast Division provides surveying support services to all lines of PG&E business
including Gas Distribution and Transmission, Electric Distribution and Transmission, Substation
Engineering, PG&E Corporate Real Estate, Pipeline Safety Enhancement Project, the Pipeline
Centerline Encroachment Survey, and Environmental Remediation. This position will prepare legal
documents, legal descriptions, CAD drawings, CAD mapping, perform field surveying, office
surveying calculations, customer communications, problem solving, preparing permits with outside
agencies (CalTrans, UPRR, EBMUD, etc.) and other duties in supporting PG&E’s new business
and customer distribution connections to our electrical and gas systems.
You must be able to travel at least 50% of the time within the PG&E service territory, including
occasional overnight stays.
Qualifications
Minimum:
- 2 years of land surveying or civil engineering experience or the equivalent in education and/or
experience
- Must possess a valid California driver’s license or ability to obtain by first day of employment
Desired:
- Experience using MicroStation and/or AutoCAD
- Take initiative and can work with minimal direction
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Field or office experience in a land surveying capacity
- Ability to effectively work with and support colleagues
Responsibilities
- Perform routine work as a member of a survey party, make precise survey measurements using
conventional and state of the art surveying instruments; interpret legal descriptions of real property;
make and interpret survey calculations; research, analyze, check, and adjust survey data; research
title and compile evidence and documentation for boundary determination. Operate the survey
vehicle.
- Prepare maps from field notes, office data, and title searches for condemnation proceedings,
obtain rights-of-way, purchase land, obtain government permits, and obtain leases and other land
documents. Plot plan profiles, road cross-sections, topography, contours, and special drawings.
Check mathematical computations of others.
- Assemble information for, and processing, clearing, and correcting of rights-of-way and land
matters. This work includes such duties as preparing legal descriptions of real property; preparing
all routine documents necessary for the acquisition of easements by the Company ; processing
necessary forms for the procuring of permits; preparing and processing quitclaims; securing
signatures; securing permits; inspecting property; preliminarily investigating encroachments; and
preparing clear and concise reports and correspondence.