Job Status: Filled

Surveyor I - IV (Surveying)

Full Time

  Arch Coal Inc (http://www.archcoal.com/)

  Mountain Coal Company, Somerset, CO, Colorado, United States

Overall Job Purpose: Provide surveying support for underground and surface operations at West Elk Mine.

Responsibilities Include:

  • Perform underground and surface surveying as part of the surveying team
  • Underground - Setting sights, painting locations, hanging & measuring longwall advance markers
  • Underground – Profiling areas for construction, collecting volumetric calculations data
  • Surface – Subsidence monitoring, elevation collection, other special projects
  • Prepare and maintain all relevant files, drawings, records, etc., necessary to document all surveying activities
  • Assist in the preparation of mine maps and engineering designs relative to survey data
  • Interface daily with underground supervisors
  • Other duties, as assigned

Preferred Education & Experience:

  • Associate degree in surveying - qualified experience in underground and/or surface surveying may be substituted for degree
  • Professional Land Surveyor registration a plus
  • Experience with AutoCAD, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
  • Proficient with set-up and operation of total stations, theodolite, leveling equipment, and data collection equipment
  • Proficient with setup and operation of Trimble GPS and data collection equipment
  • Solid knowledge and experience of surveying fundamentals, calculations, and note-taking techniques
  • Excellent organizational, communication, and leadership skills required
  • Mine Foreman certification a plus

Position will report to: Surveying Supervisor