Surveyor
YAMHILL COUNTY Planning & Development
Recruitment Closes 11/18/2020 at 3 p.m. Pacific
F/T, Job #PD20-081
Salary-$5,430 - $6,109/month DOE + Excellent Benefits
Our Community
Yamhill County has approximately 102,000 residents and is a very desirable place to live in the heart of the Willamette Valley wine country. Yamhill County is home to Linfield College and Chemeketa Community College in McMinnville and George Fox University and Portland Community College in Newberg. Yamhill County is centrally located in the Willamette Valley, within close proximity to the Oregon Coast, the Portland and Salem metropolitan areas, and the Oregon Cascade Mountains. Wide varieties of indoor and outdoor recreation opportunities are available. We have the benefits, appeal and superior quality of life found in a small-town community, while enjoying active social and cultural lifestyles found in larger metropolitan areas.
The Surveyor
This is a regular full-time position to plan, organize, and direct activities of the Survey Office and coordinate them with the overall purpose of the Planning Department. The surveyor will perform advanced work in making land surveys, work on engineering projects, and re-establish or witness government corners. The person in this position will provide professional surveying services to County departments, establish horizontal and vertical control monuments with state plane coordinates and elevations, verify computations and statue compliance of surveys, partitions, subdivisions, condominiums, and property vacation orders for conformance to survey standards, and other duties as required. Please see the attached job description for full details.
The Benefits
Salary-$5,430 - $6,109/month DOE
Health coverage - Group medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage for the entire family. For the 2019-2020 plan year, the County paid 99% of the monthly premium and employees paid 1% ($15.90 per month) for the Base Plan. With this plan, employees are eligible for a $100 a month contribution into an HRA VEBA account. Buy-up plans are also available. (Premiums
for the 2020-2021 plan year have not yet been determined.)
Retirement - PERS (Public Employee Retirement System) contribution is 100% employer funded, which includes both contribution to PERS pension and IAP accounts (IAP contribution is 6% of salary).
Short-Term Disability – 100% County paid.
Life insurance - $6,000 for employee/$2,000 for spouse and children – 100% County Paid.
Vacation/Sick Leave - Flexible Earned Time (FET) is a combination of vacation and sick leave. To start, you will earn 12.38 hours per month and future accruals increase based on years of service. After a year of service and depending on FET balance, employees may sell-back up to 40 hours of FET per year.
The Qualifications
The position requires a bachelor’s degree in land surveying or related field and six years of experience performing survey work; two years of which should be in a supervisory capacity. Any satisfactory equivalent combination of experience and training which ensures the ability to perform will be considered. Possession of an Oregon Professional Land Surveyor license is also required in addition to a license to drive in the state of Oregon and an acceptable driving record.
The Application Process
Click the link in this posting to visit the Yamhill County website download an application. You may submit your application by mail (US Postal Service), fax (503-434-7553), e-mailing the email listed on our website or hand-delivery (535 NE 5th., McMinnville OR 97128). Please contact our Human Resources Department at 503-474-4901 if you have any questions or need assistance or accommodation with any part of our application process.
Yamhill County is an Equal Opportunity Employer and values diversity.