Land Surveying Assistant

• Eligible benefited employees originally hired on or after July 10, 2021, will be automatically enrolled in the San Diego City Employees Retirement System (SDCERS).
• Land Surveying Assistant employees with valid State of California registration as a Professional Land Surveyor are eligible for 31% additional pay. 
• Land Surveying Assistant employees who do not have a valid State of California Professional Engineer registration but have a valid Land Surveyor-in-Training (LSIT) certification that meets the requirements established by California’s Department of Consumer Affairs, Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists are eligible for 8% additional pay. Please note that LSIT certification pay will end once Land Surveying Associate employees receive a state registration.

1. Bachelor's Degree in Land Surveying AND two years of full-time journey-level land surveying experience as described in the NOTES below.
2. Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or Geographic Information Systems (GIS), which MUST include a minimum of 30 semester/45 quarter college-level units of land surveying course work AND two years of full-time journey-level land surveying experience as described in the NOTES below.
3. Registration as a Professional Land Surveyor with a state licensing board.
4. Land Surveyor-In-Training (LSIT) Certificate issued from a state licensing board AND two years of full-time journey-level land surveying experience as described in the NOTES below.

• Qualifying journey-level land surveying experience must include performing at least ONE of the following functions: 

1. Producing and/or reviewing survey, subdivision and topographic maps, or land title documents.
2. Producing cadastral components of a Geographic Information System.
3. Performing as a Party Chief or Instrument Operator on a survey crew. 

• Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for education lacked on a year-for-year basis.  One year of full-time experience = 30 semester/45 quarter college-level units.
• A Master’s Degree in Land Surveying, Civil Engineering or Geographic Information Systems may be substituted for a MAXIMUM of one year of the required experience.
• City of San Diego employees using Out-of-Class Assignment (OCA) experience to qualify must submit written documentation signed by their appointing authority or payroll specialist, detailing the work performed, dates, and total number of qualifying OCA hours.  OCA experience without the required documentation will NOT be considered.

• Proof of degree/transcripts, registration and/or certificate, if utilized to meet the minimum requirements.
• Proof of transcripts showing completion of the required course work, if utilized to meet the minimum requirements.
• For City of San Diego employees, proof of Out-of-Class Assignment (OCA), if utilized to meet the minimum requirements. 

PRE-EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS: Employment offers are conditional pending the results of all screening processes applicable to this position, which may include the following: confirmation of citizenship or legal right to work in the United States; completion of a pre-employment medical review and exam (which may include drug and alcohol testing); reference checks; and fingerprinting. Fingerprints will be submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the California Department of Justice for a conviction record report. Certain positions may require additional screening processes, including a polygraph examination and/or background investigation. All screening processes must be successfully completed before employment begins. A positive test result for alcohol, cannabis/marijuana, illegal drugs,  or inadequately explained prescription drugs, or misrepresentation, falsification, or omission of pertinent facts in any step of the screening or selection process, may constitute cause for disqualification or termination of employment. Nothing in this job posting constitutes an express or implied contract for employment with the City of San Diego. Candidates must notify the Personnel Department of any change in their name, mailing address, email address, or phone number, otherwise they may miss employment opportunities.