Senior Land Survey Technician - Waverley Court - EDN30727
| Posting date: | 20 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | £37,626.00 to £44,257.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 June 2025 |
| Location: | Edinburgh, EH8 8BG |
| Company: | The City of Edinburgh Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | EDN30727 |
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Senior Land Survey Technician
Waverley Court
Salary: £37,626 - £44,257
Hours: 36 per week, 52 weeks
The Council is seeking a confident, personable and enthusiastic person to work within the Council’s Land Survey Team.
This team is responsible for surveying buildings and sites, taking detailed measurements and topographical data and then preparing plans from the survey data. Plans are prepared for a variety of purposes including sales, leases, servitudes, Compulsory Purchase Orders, committee reports and valuations. The team also researches then establishes on site the precise location of legal boundaries and assists in boundary disputes.
You should be educated to HND or equivalent level in Topographic Studies or a property related discipline, have an Associate membership with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (or equivalent)and have significant, relevant work experience. Good attention to detail is essential along with excellent technical, organisational and communication skills.
You should be proficient in land surveying techniques, the use of laser measuring devices and theodolites and draftsmanship. You should also be very experienced in the use of CAD systems including Microstation and AutoCAD as well as GIS mapping systems. The ability to use databases and Microsoft Office applications is also key.
We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.
To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.
You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council
Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.
Happy to talk flexible working.
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