Land Technician-San Ramon
Requisition #: 54208882-I02
Job Category: Maintenance / Construction / Operations
Company
Based in San Francisco, 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.
And we deliver some of the nation’s cleanest energy to our customers in Northern and Central
California. For PG&E, “Together, Building a Better California” is not just a slogan. It’s the very core
of our mission and the scale by which we measure our success. We know that the nearly 16
million people who do business with our company count on our more than 24,000 employees for
far more than the delivery of utility services. They, along with every citizen of the state we call
home, also expect PG&E to help improve their quality of life, the economic vitality of their
communities, and the prospect for a better future fueled by clean, safe, reliable and affordable
energy.
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. This team is slightly
different as it is also part of the Special Projects team which has been providing support to the
Community Pipeline Safety Initiative (CPSI). As CPSI approaches its sunset date, this team will be
providing support to the greater LS&ES department throughout the 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 Special Projects team working out of the Bishop Ranch San
Ramon office. LS&ES Special Projects team 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
- Experience generating plan/profile mapping, topographic mapping and construction staking
- Experience writing/interpreting legal land descriptions
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.
Employment Type: ESC
Schedule: Full-time
Work Location: Bishop Ranch 1, Building Y
City: San Ramon
Zip Code: 94583
To Apply
Enter the requisition number 54208882-I02 on our PG&E website: http://careers.pge.com/. This position will be posted through 09/05/17.