Geomatics Engineer Technologist

Description:

• Providing operational support for land transactions by researching, preparing, and reviewing plans for the disposal and/or acquisition of Crown lands.
• Compiling and drafting various types of plans in support of land transactions such as: leases, Crown grants, owner unknown acquisitions, certificates of release, and or special leases, for review by the Manager.
• Performing detailed survey examinations by reviewing the submissions and ensuring the guidelines for surveying Crown lands, the Nova Scotia Lands Surveyors Act, and the Nova Scotia Land Surveyors Standards of Practice have been followed properly.
• Utilizing computer aided drafting software such as AutoCAD to delineate survey lines, compute area calculations, perform plan analysis, and filters and converts digital data into various formats to be implemented in a GIS environment.
• Reviewing and using supporting information for the order of survey package from various sources such as: Crown Land Online (CLO), Property Online (POL), DocuShare, Surveys Division survey plans, field notes, historical records, field plot envelopes and survey annex files.
• Reviewing legal descriptions for private sector and provincial and federal government agencies to ensure accuracy and completeness.

Qualifications and Experience

This may be the right opportunity for you if you have a Diploma in Surveying Technology.

As the ideal candidate you have demonstrated experience (or educational experience) in conducting technical reviews of field surveys and survey plan submissions, drafting plans, researching historical documentation and compiling records for investigation purposes.

You are able to use your knowledge of survey law, land transaction requirements, and survey requirements, to continuously look to identify process roadblocks and help streamline product delivery by improving efficiencies, building transparency and communicating effectively with all stakeholders.

You have knowledge of the principles, concepts and practices of cadastral and geodetic surveying, modern survey methods and survey devices such as total stations, Global Positioning System (GPS), and Data Collectors and the capabilities and limitations of the various methods and instruments used for land survey work.