Gps Technician

Description:

MasTec Company, is currently hiring for a GPS Technician to support our Midwest market, mainly in Illinois.

The GPS Technician is responsible for performing a variety of tasks associated with field operations. The GPS Technician will work directly with Project Managers, Superintendents and Foremen to ensure project models have been setup, reviewed for accuracy and built to the specifications of the team. This position will be responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and tracking the company’s GPS equipment. The GPS Technician will also be responsible for Collecting field measurements and documentation.

This is a traveling position, up to 75% of the time, encompassing work sites in the assigned project area and will include some overnight travel. A company vehicle and fuel card will be provided. When overnight travel is required, meals and lodging will also be provided.

You can be based in any city or state in the United States but the ideal candidate will live in the Midwest region. This is a traveling position encompassing work sites in the Midwest - maily Illinois. We offer designated per diem in addition to base pay to support and help you cover living expenses during the travel rotation. A company vehicle and fuel card will be provided.

Company Overview

With more than a century of exceptional work on our resume, William Charles Construction remains guided by the pursuit of excellence. Our “Do it Right the First Time” work ethic has been the cornerstone of our business philosophy since 1892. With our broad background in heavy civil construction, environmental management, and mining and materials production, we have the expertise to help our customers complete their most complex projects.

William Charles Construction is part of the MasTec Clean Energy & Infrastructure (CE&I) business segment. The CE&I segment generates over $4.5 billion in annual revenue, providing construction services across our renewables, industrial, infrastructure, and general building operating groups. Sustainability and safety are foundational to our culture and influence everything we do.

MasTec, a minority-owned Fortune 500 company, has shaped the construction industry for more than 90 years. With over 35,000 employees and 400 offices nationwide, we provide flexibility and career growth in dynamic work environments. Join one of the largest construction firms in the country (Engineering News-Record [ENR]: #1 in Power, #16 Top 50 Domestic Heavy Contractors, #13 Transportation Contractor).

Responsibilities
 

• As projects are assigned, determine whether it is necessary to engage an external resource to perform modeling. Research external resource options and pricing and secure resources for the project
• Review third party models for accuracy
• Work as liaison between model company and field as issues arise
• Install GPS equipment on machinery
• Use systems to perform CAD 3D modeling for smaller projects
• Load model specifications onto the equipment, as required
• Troubleshoot modeling issues
• Research different options/technologies in survey equipment
• Maintain a system of tracking survey equipment for issuance on projects
• Project site orientation and verification of control
• Survey job sites and prepare calculations for materials and quantities
• Calculate heights, depths, relative positions, property lines, and other characteristics of terrain
• Prepare and maintain sketches, maps, reports, and as-built surveys
• Various additional survey tasks
   

Qualifications
 

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering or related field. A combination of education and experience will be considered in lieu of a degree
• 5 years of survey experience, preferably in the construction industry
• Experience with using drones for surveying applications desired
   

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
 

• Previous Trimble, AutoCAD and AgTek experience preferred
• Knowledge of geological description principles and method
• Knowledge of applicable laws, legal codes and government regulation
• Experience with using Total Station
• Precise attention to details and exceptionally organized
• Technical savvy
• Thrive in fast-paced environment
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Must be authorized to work in the United States now and in the future without sponsorship