AMY SMITH
123 Main Street • Atlanta, Georgia • 30339
Home: (555) 555-1234, Cell: (555) 555-1235
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Objective: Desire the Position of Senior Land Surveyor in a Major Company
A Highly Successful Land Surveyor with over 12 years of experience in managing all land surveying activities and staffing; responsible for ensuring best practices are followed and quality assurance goals are obtained; as well as participate in development of best practices as related to land surveying.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
More than 12 years of Land Surveying experience.
Thorough knowledge of principles, practices and procedures of ALTA surveys, topographic surveys, boundary surveys, legal descriptions and easement preparation.
Superb problem solving skills related to land surveying activities.
Remarkable ability to: synthesize complex and divers information; collect and research data; use intuition and experience to complement data.; design work flows and procedures.
Superb project management skills.
Solid personnel management experience, including technical evaluation of staff, conflict resolution skills, emotional composure and initiative.
Excellent collaboration and project management skills.
Excellent communications skills in working with other disciplines, clients and outside agencies.
Sound ability to develops strategies to achieve organizational goals; adapt strategy to changing conditions.
Superb skills at Prioritizing and planning work activities; using time efficiently; setting goals and objectives; organizing and scheduling other people and their tasks plans.
Uncommon ability to Meet productivity standards; complete work in timely manner; strive to increase productivity; and works quickly.
Highly mindful of safety and security procedures; Uses equipment and materials properly.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Cousins Engineering, Stony Point, NY 2001 - Present Lead Surveyor
Plan, coordinate and supervise the work of several field survey crews.
Instruct survey crews in the field layout of the more difficult construction projects, in replacing lost survey monuments, in setting property corners on city land from legal descriptions and title information, and in performing other aspects of survey work.
Serve as the liaison between public utilities, contractors, and subcontractors during construction to provide continuity in the assignment of survey crews.
Attend pre-construction conferences to convey information of contractors' intent to field crews and the engineering design, inspection, and materials sections.
Coordinate work assignments with the schedule of the contractor to ensure timely completion of projects.
Review and analyze work methods to increase efficiency and productivity and provide input into the writing of performance standards.
Keep detailed and accurate records of crew activities, survey data.
Study operational problems and recommend changes.
Report on events and activities which may affect operations.
Review blueprints and legal deeds to survey areas in detail.
Determine existing and proposed right-of-way.
Oversee the measurement of completed construction work to determine "as-builts" quantities for the construction project, which are used in computing the cost of the project.
Work with contractors in providing survey data for expediting construction projects.
M&N Environmental, Tarrytown, NY Project Land Surveyor(1997 - 2001)
Conducted and supervised research of public records in connection with land surveys.
Conducted and supervised field surveys associated with land surveys.
Wrote easement descriptions and prepared easement plats.
Wrote legal descriptions and prepared plats in connection with land surveys.
Performed and supervised various surveying functions including topography surveys, construction surveys, etc.
Conducted and supervised research of public records in connection with land surveys.
Conducted and supervised field surveys associated with land surveys.
Monitored and pro-actively identified and corrected technical, schedule and financial issues through effective communication with the Project Manager and other management staff.
Participated in preparation of engineering services proposals, including the calculation/estimation of time schedules and costs of the proposed work.
Independently communicated on technical matters with the client.
M&N Environmental, Tarrytown, NY Land Survey Intern (1993 - 1997)
Developed, prepared and reviewed land and real property surveys.
Developed, prepared and reviewed geodetic surveys.
Performed mission planning for Global Positioning System (GPS) surveys and establishment of High Accuracy Reference Network (HARN) within the state.
Performed, analyzed and made recommendations for/against acceptance of network adjustments/closures.
Performed land title ownership, public, cooperative and private research.
Reviewed land and geodetic activities and made recommendations for changes in policies and procedures.
Conducted research, prepared reports and provided expert assistance on the implementation of the science and art of geodetic surveying.
Prepared reports and analysis of land geodetic survey progress and critical path scheduling.
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
Professional Land Surveyor (GA)
New York University, NY
MS Environmental Science (1996)
New York University, NY
B.S. in Land Surveying (1993)
Familiar with AutoCAD, Land Development Desktop, MS OFFICE Suites, Robotics Geometric, Topcon
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