Lead Ground Surveyor (Rail)

MB700: Lead Ground Surveyor (Rail)
Location: UK Wide
Salary: £32,000 - £38,000 + Vehicle
Working Hours: Monday to Friday
Company Benefits: Generous holiday allowance, Matched contribution pension scheme, Excellent career development opportunities

Overview:
First Military Recruitment is proudly working in partnership with a fantastic business who are looking to recruit a Lead Ground Surveyor on a permanent basis due to growth and can be located anywhere across the UK.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. To carry out topographical surveys, gathering of point cloud data, setting out, monitoring and assisting Ground Investigation works.
2. To carry out surveys to the requirements of the survey specifications in contracts or to the requirements of Designers.
3. To lead a team of one or more Surveyors in carrying out surveying activities.
4. To accurately and reliably produce survey data to present to clients or Designers.
5. To act as a Person in Charge for Safe Work Planning.
6. To maintain all equipment, including survey, vehicle and IT to a high standard.

1. Be a member of RICS / ICES or working to achieve Chartered Status.
2. Competent in the selection of the appropriate survey equipment and the operation and instruction of the following:

• Total Station
• Point Cloud Scanner
• Platform gauge
• Laser Sweep
• GPS - Static & VRS
• Heights and staggers gauge
• Automatic and digital levels
• Laser Scanner
• Gedo IMS, Gedo Rec

1. Have a good understanding of all survey methods, including mobile mapping, drone surveys, static scanning, LiDAR, IMS, Gedo Rec, Gedo Rec Scan and their suitability for projects.
2. Competent in the use of at least two or more of the following survey and complementary software packages with a good understanding in the operation of all others including:

• N4CE
• Trimble Business Software / Leica GEO Office
• AutoCAD / Microstation
• Bentley Railtrack / MX Rail

1. Be able to understand and translate RICS and Network Rail surveying standards into site practice.
2. Be competent to a level to enable the training of Surveyors in the following survey techniques:

• Traversing
• Topographical and detailed surveying
• Levelling
• Gauging
• GPS / GNSS operation
• Monitoring

1. Hold Sentinel competencies including - PTS, COSS/SWL1.
2. Hold additional competencies including - First aid, CAT/Genny, CSCS.