Surveyor (Cadastral Mapping) - (Level 6)

Summary

The successful candidate will report to the Senior Surveyor. Job Purpose: To carry out all surveys in accordance with the required standards and specifications 💰$3,501,526 -$4,709,163 JMD per annum.

Responsibilities

• Key Outputs:

  • • Objectives implemented
  • • Section’s work planned
  • • Training conducted
  • • Reports developed
  • • Performance appraisals conducted
  • • Research conducted
  • • Surveys conducted
  • • Plans/charts developed

• Management/Administrative:

  • • Ensures that the junior officers and day labourers work is planned and executed according to objectives
  • • Hires and pays day labourers as necessary during field work
  • • Assists with performance appraisal in accordance with the Performance Management and Appraisal System guideline

• Technical /Professional:

  • • Investigates various agencies to locate background information needed for preparation of particular survey projects
  • • Selects relevant equipment and staff to carry out survey assignment
  • • Carries out survey in the various areas of the discipline, e.g. Cadastral, Topographic Surveys, Surveyors Reports and Statutory Declarations and Field Checks
  • • Assists with proposal presentation for the execution of survey projects
  • • Supervises the preparation of plans and drawings
  • • Reviews plans and computations prepared by subordinates
  • • Prepares technical reports and costs at completion of projects
  • • Assists with carrying out technical on-the-job training for staff in respect of field and office operations
  • • Prepares estimates and carries out pre-field investigation in relation to assignments.
  • • Keeps abreast of trends and changes in technology and techniques in carrying out tasks.
  • • Carries out rigorous computations in order to execute duties.

• Other:

  • • Performs other related duties assigned from time to time by the Supervisor

• Performance Indicators:

  • • Staff is competent and productive
  • • Reports are accurate, complete and submitted in a timely manner
  • • Research findings are credible and support project preparation
  • • Surveys are executed within the time specified
  • • Plans and drawings are consistently completed within the timeframe
  • • Plans and drawings are at a consistently high quality

• Resources Managed:

  • • Surveying equipment
  • • Titles, plans and related documents

Required Skills

• • Excellence in interpersonal skills
• • Excellence in oral and written communication
• • Skills in planning, organising and solving problems in surveying
• • Excellence in reading and interpreting plans and specifications
• • Skills in the use of instruments and equipment required for survey projects
• • Working knowledge of relevant computer applications

Qualifications

• • B. Sc degree in Land Surveying
• • Land Surveyor’s Commission & Practicing Certificate
• • Three (3) years post Commission working experience
• • Working knowledge of Land Surveying Project Management
• • CAD software

Additional Information and Instructions

• Special Conditions Associated with the Job:

  • • Visual and physical fatigue from use of field surveying equipment
  • • Long periods of driving and walking
  • • Exposure to environmental hazards
  • • Exposure to harmful people, insects (ticks – Lime Disease)

• Authority to:

  • • Recommend leave payment of claims for subordinates
  • • Motor Truck (The agency’s fleet vehicle)
  • • To pay casual labourers in the field
  • • Adjudicate property boundaries
  • • Enter upon any land for the purposes of gathering field data
  • • Remove and/or replace permanent marks for the purpose of boundary rectification

A letter of application accompanied by a Résumé should be submitted no later than Friday, April 18, 2025 to ✉️ jobapplications@nla.gov.jm for the attention of: The Director, Human Resource Management & Development National Land Agency 8 Ardenne Road Kingston 10 🔑 Please include the job title in the subject line of your email. ⚠️ Note: We appreciate all responses but only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

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