IntroductionTHIS IS A NEW ASSEMBLED EXAMINATION. The eligible list resulting from this examination will cancel any existing list and may last approximately one year but can be extended.
Failure to submit the application will result in disqualification. Applications must be in the possession of the Human Resource Services Department by 5:00:00 p.m. on the Last Day for Filing .
APPLICATIONS FOR THIS RECRUITMENT WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED ONLINE. DESCRIPTION THE AGENCY The mission of Public Works is to enhance the quality of life for the people of Alameda County by providing a safe, well-maintained, and lasting public works infrastructure through accessible, responsive and effective services.
Public services provided by the Alameda County Public Works Agency include flood and storm water pollution control, transportation planning and design, roadway and flood control maintenance and inspection, and construction and building inspections.
The goals of the Agency are to keep roads safe and well maintained, provide the highest level of flood protection, provide service levels that optimize infrastructure life cycles, minimize deferred maintenance, ensure that development and construction adhere to applicable State and County rules, optimize disaster preparedness, response and recover, ensure that the Agency’s operations and services minimize negative impacts on the environment, and sustain and advance County and Agency programs through a vital business and administrative support system.
For more information about the Alameda County Public Works Agency, please visit their website at
www.acgov.org/pwa.
THE POSITION Under general direction, holds the office of Alameda County Surveyor and is in charge of the County’s professional and administrative responsibilities in the areas of county surveying; land development; map review; boundary surveying; map making; map record maintenance; construction and land surveying; and performs related work as required.
The County Surveyor is a one-position class. The incumbent's responsibilities are primarily as County Surveyor. The incumbent reports directly to a Principal Civil Engineer or Deputy Director of Public Works and is in charge of and oversees the activities of all surveyors, and other professional technical personnel in the survey section of the Agency.
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COUNTY SURVEYOR (#2157) IDEAL CANDIDATE In addition to meeting the established minimum qualifications, the ideal candidate will have the following critical attributes:
- Demonstrated Professional Land Surveyor with proven background, knowledge and experience working with pertinent state and local laws and regulations governing Land Surveying.
- Excellent teambuilding and leadership skills with the ability to plan, direct, and manage both field and office staff in the execution of duties while ensuring that the Agency’s vision and values are at the focal point of all decisions.
- A solid leader with the ability to set appropriate standards, facilitate goal accomplishments, track, and evaluate performance to ensure timely service delivery.
- A strategic thinker with the ability to determine long term goals and design the best approach to achieve those goals.
- The ability to forecast and prepare division budget.
- Excellent communicator in both oral and written forms, with the ability to relay essential information to a wide-ranging audience on diverse issues related to Land Surveying.
- Strong Technology skills with the ability to analyze, monitor and stay current on pertinent regulations, laws, trends, and current and emerging technologies in Land Surveying.
- Strong ability to identify and understand complex problems and concepts, apply logical thinking and make sound decisions based upon available information, and design solutions, formulate and articulate effective action plans.
- Efficient management skills with the ability to maintain effectiveness even when experiencing changes in work responsibilities, priorities and deadlines and takes prompt action to ensure accomplishment of objectives; champions change as directed by upper management as well as a willingness to identify issues and address them proactively.
- Skilled negotiator with the ability to gain consensus and support from all.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS EDUCATION: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in civil or mining engineering or surveying. (The equivalent of 4 years of experience in land surveying may be substituted for a bachelor's degree).
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EXPERIENCE: The equivalent of four years of experience in professional civil engineering or land surveying of which two years having been served in a land surveying supervisory or administrative capacity.
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License: Possession of a valid certificate of registration as a civil engineer issued prior to January1, 1982, or land surveyor as issued by the California State Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists.
Possession of a valid California Motor Vehicle Operator's license.
NOTE: The Civil Service Commission may modify the above Minimum Qualifications in the announcement of an examination.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS The most suitably qualified candidates will possess the following competencies: Knowledge of:
- Land surveying techniques, including property, boundary, monuments, geodetic and photogrammetric surveying and mapping procedures and equipment.
- Construction surveying for horizontal and vertical control, layout, staking, and "as built" documentation.
- Surveying staff support consistent with effective and efficient scheduling, quality control, and priority setting; management theory and supervisorial techniques.
- Office administration.
- Civil engineering theory as it applies to surveying and public relations techniques.
- Fundamental and laws governing survey theory and practice regarding preliminary designs, construction, right-of-way engineering, land division, boundary location, control and geodetic surveying.
- Federal and State regulations, such as Subdivision Act, Land Surveyors Action and other local ordinances, as they relate to the preparation and examination of record documents, including final maps, parcel maps and records of survey.
- Survey equipment and computer software used in land survey office work.
- Sources of general engineering and/or land survey information.
- Computer literacy including Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) and GIS.
Ability to:
- Written communications.
- Decision making.
- Leadership.
- Planning and organization.
- Management control.
- Budget analysis.
- Interpersonal sensitivity.
- Flexibility.
- Adaptation to stress
- Perform technical office and/or field surveys.
- Prepare and review the work of assigned survey staff involving engineering, construction, and photogrammetric surveys and uniform base mapping program.
- Communicate orally explaining complex technical and legal surveying and property boundary issues to attorneys, colleagues and the public.
- Process subdivision, parcel and record of survey maps.
- Read and interpret drawings, maps and documents related to land surveying.
- Follow oral and written instructions.
- Adhere to performance standards related to land surveying.
- Work harmoniously as a member of survey team and with the public.
- Perform extensive physical work in all kinds of terrain and weather.
EXAMINATION COMPONENTS THE EXAMINATION WILL CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING STEPS: A review of the applicants’ application to verify possession of minimum requirements. Those candidates who possess the minimum requirements for the class will move on to the next step in the examination process. An oral interview which will be weighted as 100% of the candidates’ final examination score. The oral interview may contain situational exercises.
Candidates must attain a qualifying rating on each portion of this recruitment.
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCED EXAMINATION STEPS. Alameda County utilizes a Civil Service Selection System founded on merit. Such a system is competitive and based on broad recruitment efforts and equal opportunity for qualified applicants to test in an examination process designed to determine the qualifications, fitness and ability of competitors to perform duties of the vacant position. Many of our recruitments are targeted and specific to the needs of a current vacant position, in which case, the eligible list may be exclusively used for that current vacant position. Other recruitments may be more broadly used for both current and future vacancies, or for other alternate jobs with comparable scopes of work.
For more information on the Civil Service Selection process, please visit the “What You Need to Know” section of our website,
www.acgov.org/hrs.
RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PLANApplicants will be informed via email with reasonable notice in advance of any examination process which will require their attendance. The following dates are
tentative and subject to change based on the needs of the Agency:
TENTATIVE RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PLAN Deadline for Filing: 5:00:00 p.m., Monday, July 1, 2024 Review of Minimum Qualifications: by week of July 8, 2024 Oral Examination: * Week of August 5, 2024 Department Selection Interview: Mid-Late September 2024
*The combined oral examination/hiring interview, in addition to establishing an eligibility list, may serve as the final selection interview for vacancies in this classification.
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCED RECRUITMENT & SELECTION PLAN Alameda County and the Human Resource Services Department will make reasonable efforts in the examination and/or selection process to accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities and/or medical conditions in accordance/compliance with the State Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), Federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Alameda County’s Reasonable Accommodation Policy and applicable statutes. To request an accommodation due to a disability/medical condition during this or other phases of the examination/selection process, please contact the assigned Human Resources Representative listed on the job announcement before the last date of filing. Alameda County requires applicants to provide supporting documentation to substantiate a request for reasonable accommodation. In order to qualify for a reasonable accommodation, applicants must have a disability/medical condition pursuant to the ADA, FEHA and applicable statutes.
For more information regarding our Reasonable Accommodation procedures, please visit our website,
www.acgov.org/hrs. BENEFITSAlameda County offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that affords wide-ranging health care options to meet the different needs of a diverse workforce and their families. We also sponsor many different employees discount, fitness and health screening programs focused on overall well-being. These benefits include but are not limited to*:
For your Health & Well-Being - Medical - HMO & PPO Plans
- Dental - HMO & PPO Plans
- Vision or Vision Reimbursement
- Share the Savings
- Basic Life Insurance
- Supplemental Life Insurance (with optional dependent coverage for eligible employees)
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
- County Allowance Credit
- Flexible Spending Accounts - Health FSA, Dependent Care and Adoption Assistance
- Short-Term Disability Insurance
- Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Voluntary Benefits - Accident Insurance, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity and Legal Services
- Employee Assistance Program
For your Financial Future - Retirement Plan - (Defined Benefit Pension Plan)
- Deferred Compensation Plan (457 Plan or Roth Plan)
For your Work/Life Balance - 12 paid holidays
- Floating Holidays
- Vacation and sick leave accrual
- Vacation purchase program
- Management Paid Leave**
- Catastrophic Sick Leave
- Group Auto/Home Insurance
- Pet Insurance
- Commuter Benefits Program
- Guaranteed Ride Home
- Employee Wellness Program (e.g. At Work Fitness, Incentive Based Programs, Gym Membership Discounts)
- Employee Discount Program (e.g. theme parks, cell phone, etc.)
- Child Care Resources
- 1 st United Services Credit Union
*Eligibility is determined by Alameda County and offerings may vary by collective bargaining agreement. This provides a brief summary of the benefits offered and can be subject to change.
** Non-exempt management employees are entitled to up to three days of management paid leave. Exempt management employees are entitled to up to seven days of management paid leave.
ConclusionAll notices related to County recruitments for which you have applied will be sent/delivered via email. Please add
Noreplyalamedacountyhr@acgov.org,
@jobaps.com, acgov.org and
Noreply@jobaps.com as accepted addresses to any email blocking or spam filtering program you may use. If you do not do this, your email blocking or spam filtering program may block receipt of the notices regarding your application for recruitments. You are also strongly advised to regularly log into your County of Alameda online application account to check for notices that may have been sent to you. All email notices that will be sent to you will also be kept in your personal online application account. You will be able to view all of your notices in your online application account by clicking on the 'My applications' button on the Current Job Openings page.
Please take the steps recommended above to ensure you do not miss any notices about a recruitment for which you have applied. The County of Alameda is not responsible for notices that are not read, received or accessed by any applicant for a county recruitment. NOTE: All notices are generated through an automated email notification system. Replies to the email box Noreply@jobaps.com and Noreplyalamedacountyhr@acgov.org are routed to an unmonitored mailbox. If you have questions, please go to our website at www.acgov.org/hrs . You may also contact the Human Resources Analyst listed on the job announcement for the recruitment for which you have applied.
Erika Beams, Human Resources Analyst
Human Resource Services Division, County of Alameda
Analyst Email Address Link:
ERIKA.BEAMS@ACGOV.ORG | Phone: 510-272-6393
www.acgov.org/hrs DISASTER SERVICE WORKER All Alameda County employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local law. Employment with the County requires the affirmation of a loyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required to report to work as ordered in the event of an emergency.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Alameda County has a diverse workforce, that is representative of the communities we serve and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment are based on merit, competence, performance and business need. Alameda County does not discriminate in employment on the basis of, race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factors protected under federal, state and local law. Alameda County celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive, and welcoming workplace environment.
Closing Date/Time: 7/1/2024 5:00:00 PM
