MAP AND COORDINATE SUPERVISOR                                                                           1131

 

 

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS

An employee in this class is responsible for the supervision and training of personnel in the proper practices of modern mapping techniques, compilation and computation for the maintenance and extension of control mapping.  The in­cumbent will be responsible for County or municipal mapping programs such as the property map, road record map, sewer map and monumentation.  Depending upon as­signment, responsibility may also be included for supervising and directing field and office work in performing surveys for public works projects.  Assign­ments are received with general instructions, but incumbents are expected to use independent initiative and judgment in completing them.  The position requires professional work of an important and difficult nature.  Supervision is exercised over technical assistants, and work is reviewed  through periodic conferences and upon completion for desired results.  Does related work as re­quired.

 

TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES

                Assumes responsibility for the field work involved in maintaining the con­trol monumentation net and field checking of any discrepancies in the recorded deeds and actual field conditions for the proper location and boundaries of the described parcels;

                Trains and supervises personnel to perform computations necessary to trans­late field data into the New York State Plane Coordinate System, with application of the necessary corrections for meteorological data, eccentricities of instruments and reflectors, slope factor, and reduction to sea level data;

                Directs survey operations for design, right-of-way and construction of Public Works projects;

                Supervises and trains technical personnel in all phases of conventional and electronic surveying, including geodetic, cadastral survey, and global positioning systems (GPS);

                Supervises field work of tying in properties in relation to County purposes, municipal property maps and road record map;

                Supervises and directs personnel in the determination of necessary sur­veys and research for location of deed descriptions for plotting on County or municipal property map and/or road record map;

                Supervises and serves as liaison with surveyors working under contract in the jurisdiction;

                Provides professional testimony in court when necessary;

                Acts as a liaison and coordinator between a department and the general public.

 

FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS

Thorough knowledge of the principles and practices of electronic and manual surveying; thorough knowledge of the standards and specifications for the execution of a high pre­cision traverse and vertical control network to maintain and extend control monumentation; thorough knowledge of survey terminology and practices in relation to deed descriptions; thorough knowledge of prop­erty filing records and procedures; thorough knowledge of mathematics including trigonometry and its application to field surveying; good knowledge of both Mercator and Lambert projections as applied to New York State Coordinate Systems; knowledge of First Order geodetic triangulation system including Azimuth determination, computation and adjustment of triangles, geographic position, inverse position, special angle computations and conversion of geodetic angles to grid angles; skill in the use of surveying equipment including electronic total station instruments, automatic data collectors and GPS equipment; skill in the use of state-of-the-art computer software, including CAD and COGO; ability to perform difficult tech­nical computations, and to compile surveying data and statistics; ability to supervise personnel in a manner conducive to full performance and high morale; physical condition commensurate with the demands of the position.

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

                 OPEN COMPETITIVE

                 Either:

                (a) Graduation from a college with federally-authorized accreditation or registration by NY State with a Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or a related field, and eight (8) years of survey experience, with six (6) years in a supervisory capacity, some of which must have involved property line surveys, deed descriptions and construction surveying; or,

                (b) Graduation from a standard senior high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma, and twelve (12) years of survey experience with six (6) years in a supervisory capacity, some of which must have involved property line surveys, deed descriptions and construction surveying; or,

                (c) An equivalent combination of education and experience as defined by the limits of (a) and (b).

 

                PROMOTIONAL

                Four (4) years of permanent competitive status as an Assistant Map and Coordinate Supervisor.

 

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENT

Candidates must possess a New York State surveyor's license at the time of appointment;  license must be maintained throughout employment in this position.

 

R4/7/95

SUFFOLK COUNTY

Competitive

RR1/28/03