Assistant Surveyor and Regulator

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All applications will be accepted from 03/30/2026 to 04/12/2026.

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General Job Description:

This is surveying and administrative work supervising, through subordinate supervisors, the activities of survey corps in an assigned street survey district. An employee in this class functions under Surveyor and Regulator in an assigned survey district as a licensed Pennsylvania surveyor and is responsible for coordinating and supervising the day-to-day work of a moderately-sized staff of field and office personnel engaged in activities affecting plans, records, computations, lines, and grades. Conferring with contractors and residents in explaining or interpreting applicable surveying and regulating codes or costs is a significant aspect of the work. An employee in this class participates with his or her supervisor in determining and regulating lines and grades in an assigned district and assumes district direction in the latter's absence.

EDUCATION AND REGISTRATION:

Education equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade.

And

Current registration as a Professional Land Surveyor as issued by any state.

And

GENERAL EXPERIENCE:

Six years of surveying experience.

And

SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE:

Two years of survey work supervising the field work of two or more survey corps in a survey district.

SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE:

Two years of drafting experience at the Streets Plans Designer 1 level, making scale drawings or computer assisted drafting and designs of new and revised streets systems or sub-divisions from legal descriptions and councilmanic ordinances.

Note: Completion of a degree program at an accredited college or university with major course work in Land Surveying, Surveying Technology or Civil Engineering with at least 10 credit hours in surveying satisfies the General Experience requirement on a year for year basis.

You must complete the entire application process, provide accurate and up-to-date contact information, and submit all certifications, required licenses, and relevant documentation with each application or email the documents as an attachment to the Human Resources Representative listed below prior to the date of the exam.

Send certifications or transcripts for review to: Hamid Bertal

Email: Hamid.Bertal@phila.gov

If you need any assistance, please feel free to contact: hrhelpdesk@phila.gov