Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

POSITION DESCRIPTION FOR JOB POSTING

Position Number:  50653834

Description Activated On:  10/16/2025 1:05:26 PM


Position Purpose:
Describe the primary purpose of this position and how it contributes to the organization’s objectives. Example: Provides clerical and office support within the Division to ensure its operations are conducted efficiently and effectively. 

This position assists an instrument man or is a rodman on survey corps in the area of mining with emphasis on projects involving acid mine drainage, underground mine fires, refuse pile fires, reclamation of surface mines and problems arising from subsidence.

Description of Duties:
Describe in detail the duties and responsibilities assigned to this position. Descriptions should include the major end result of the task. Example: Types correspondence, reports, and other various documents from handwritten drafts for review and signature of the supervisor.

Assists in the operation of total station, EDM, theodolite, transit, level and other survey instruments to obtain necessary survey data.

Assists in the operation of high accuracy geospatial radio, receiver, controller and base station.

Uses survey software to create control reports and compute coordinates, elevations, angles and distances.

Records, calculates and checks field notes.

Makes field trips to county courthouses to obtain necessary project information, such as surface and mineral ownerships, deed descriptions, etc.

Maintains and stores equipment properly.

Promotes the Department's mission.

Inputs appropriate data in a prescribed format to meet data quality standards set forth by guidance, training, and policy across all of DEP’s electronic data systems; to include ensuring accuracy and completeness of entries, and where available, the use of system specific tools to ensure duplicative entries and data quality issues are minimized.

Employee must attend job-related training.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor.

Decision Making:
Describe the types of decisions made by the incumbent of this position and the types of decisions referred to others. Identify the problems or issues that can be resolved at the level of this position, versus those that must be referred to the supervisor. Example: In response to a customer inquiry, this work involves researching the status of an activity and preparing a formal response for the supervisor’s signature.

Assists in the placement of site control points in the field.

Assists on the decision on needed detail for the survey in the field.

Reviews, with supervisor, completed surveys to analyze for accuracy.

Requirements Profile: Identify any specific experience or requirements, such as a licensure, registration, or certification, which may be necessary to perform the functions of the position. Position-specific requirements should be consistent with a Special Requirement or other criteria identified in the classification specification covering this position. Example: Experience using Java; Professional Engineer License

Experience:



Licenses, registrations, or certifications:

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  Class C Driver's License
 
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Essential Functions
: Provide a list of essential functions for this position. Example: Transports boxes weighing up to 60 pounds.
 
 1. Carry heavy equip/walk/work on steep and rugged terrain.
 2. Communicate/verbally and with hand signals.
 3. Read/interpret plans and specifications.
 4. Physically/able to perform strenuous outdoor work.
 5. Set survey stakes with sledgehammer.
 6. Cut vegetation with appropriate tools.
 7. Sharpen hand tools/maintain equipment.
 8. Work in rowboat/conduct water measure.
 9. Operate survey equip/measuring devices/operate motor vehicles.
 10. Travel extensively to locations not served by public transportation and stay overnight, as required.