Chief Surveyor - San Francisco Public Works

[Elias French]

Opportunity
Join the leadership team of the Bureau of Surveying & Mapping and lead field and office survey operations in support of a vast array of City projects. Your work may include performing and directing boundary, topographic, monument preservation and control surveys, subdivision map review, legal lot and title analysis, and complex right-of-way dedication and vacation processes. You will join a team of dedicated, experienced surveyors, associates and support staff working together to provide the highest level of service to the public and the City & County of San Francisco.

Our office
- processes all subdivisions, recorded survey maps, right of way dedications and vacations and monument preservation applications
- provides a full range of field surveying and expert consulting services for all city agencies
- maintains the City High Precision Geodetic Network, the Mon-U-Mental database of survey markers in San Francisco, and the archive of San Francisco and Public Works survey records dating back over a century

Role description
Under general direction, as a Chief Surveyor, you will manage a section or division by planning, assigning, directing, and reviewing the work of a group of technical and professional staff engaged in land survey activities. You will have technical and administrative responsibilities for defining objectives, conducting, implementing, and evaluating surveys in an assigned geographic or functional area, and making decisions regarding boundary determinations pursuant to State law, Federal instructions, and precedent established through the courts.

Apply Here
https://careers.sf.gov/role/?id=3743990009082616

Elias W. French, PLS
City and County Surveyor
City and County of San Francisco