EMH&T is currently looking for a Rodman to join our Survey team based in our Columbus, OH office.
This full-time role assists survey operations in the field under the direction of a Survey Crew Chief or a Survey Instrument Operator. You will be responsible for staking out and elevating survey points. The Rodman may perform maintenance of certain equipment and maintain adequate supplies.
EMH&T has the largest survey team in Central Ohio. Using Windows Mobile data collectors, conventional, servo and robotic instruments, geodetic GPS receivers (including real-time Kinematic surveying), our crews are equipped with the knowledge and the tools for every kind of horizontal and vertical land survey need.
All EMH&T field personnel are subject to our safety-sensitive testing program. This means that your name will be placed in a pool for random screenings after your program training is completed. Details of the program are available to you prior to acceptance of the offer.
Responsibilities:
- Stakes out and elevates survey points.
- Performs maintenance of certain equipment and maintains supplies for the survey crew. Will be given direction and will assist with other various field duties in the process of data collection.
- Manages equipment and supplies to and from the work vehicles such as stakes, pins, paint, poles, etc. Carry and deliver supplies to the site.
- Assist in running level rod or prism pole for grading stakes for the purpose of obtaining elevations to help measure distance.
- May be asked to assist with other physical efforts required to complete a land survey at the development site, such as clearing brush from the ground.
Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- No prior experience needed.
- Possible overtime and occasional work out of town and/or overnight.
Physical Requirements:
- The ability to work outdoors all year in all types of weather conditions. Exposure to poisonous plants, outdoor insects, and allergens is likely.
- The ability to walk and stand for most of the workday.
- The ability to maneuver over rough, uneven terrain, ditches, roadsides, etc., while carrying 40-50 lbs. of supplies or robotic equipment weighing 35 lbs.
- The stamina to work up to 10-12 hours per day for 6-8 months of the work year.
- Capable of using a 4-lb. up to a 12-lb. sledgehammer to pound wooden stakes or metal pins into the ground. Hammering consumes an inconsistent portion of the workday from 2 hours to 8 hours a day and other days, there is no hammering needed.
- Intermittent bending and squatting is required while hammering stakes, setting up equipment and/or clearing vegetation.
- The ability to lift and set aside 60-100-lb. manholes using manhole hooks.
- Capable of using a machete, brush hook, or other tool to cut light brush.
- Capable of wearing hearing protection when working near heavy traffic and highways, hard hat if required, and clothing appropriate for the weather. No short pants allowed.
You must be legally authorized and permitted to work within the US without any restrictions or time limitations. EMH&T currently does not sponsor work visas.