Survey Technician
Top Benefits
About the role
You love math, logic, order, and seeing a project takes shape in a survey plan. You work with survey equipment and software, but it is the vectors and attributes that really draw you in. You provide the data, the essential starting point for many exciting new projects.
Binnie is looking for a detailed-oriented Survey Technician to join our Engineering Survey Division, to be based out in Burnaby location.
As part of our Geomatics Group, you will help with processing survey data for a wide range of highway engineering and land surveying projects around the Lower Mainland and throughout British Columbia.
This position is a full-time office-based position and offers opportunity to gain valuable work experience and knowledge.
This is a dynamic and challenging role with a competitive compensation package and opportunities for career advancement. A relocation reimbursement will be offered if relocation is required for the opportunity.
Your Role
- Manage, analyze, and process survey data using Trimble Business Center and AutoCAD Civil 3D.
- Interpret and edit field data, notes and sketches to ensure clear understanding of data captured and field procedures
- Create 3D surfaces, contours, alignment, and cross sections
- Research survey records and land titles to obtain information about property boundaries
- Create survey base plans, legal plans, cross sections, surfaces and other drawings from survey data
- Provide simple survey calculations for Surveyors (coordinates, alignments, surfaces, hardcopy plans) based on client-supplied drawings
- Work closely with Project Managers to deliver the project on schedule
- Perform QC on survey data and various survey plans
What You Bring
- Diploma or Degree in Geomatics Engineering Technology or GIS or related discipline
- A minimum of 3 – 5 + years of related experience as a Survey Technician working with Autodesk Civil 3D
- Minimum of 1 year field experience
- High level of understanding of survey principles and calculations
- Good understanding of BC land titles systems
- Working knowledge of traverse adjustments and control network analysis
- Working knowledge of Civil3D, Trimble Business Center
- Proficient with Microsoft (MS) Office Suite
- Ability to conduct complex survey calculations (coordinate geometry, volumes, cross sections, etc.)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Eligible for Registration as AScT or C.Tech. with ASTTBC
About Binnie We are the people behind the infrastructure you use every day. We’re small enough to know each other’s names, and big enough to be where we’re needed. As an employee-owned firm and one of Canada’s Top Small & Medium Employers,, we take pride in our work and are respected as one of the top engineering firms in British Columbia. We support some of the most important infrastructure in the province and beyond.
We’re looking for professionals who want to build careers and communities that last. We can’t do it without you.
The Perks People come first. We support you with the education, mentoring, and growth opportunities you need to build an interesting career. As an employee-owned firm, we create a clear internal growth path that can keep up with even the most ambitious professionals. Whether it’s through our Employee Resources groups like Young Professionals and RISE; our mentoring programs, Binnie Banters speech club, Movember, or book club, everyone can get involved in their own way.
Interested in this job? Let us know why you want to work at Binnie, and why you would be a fit as our next Survey Technician. Submit your application at the above link.
Binnie embraces diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome any and all qualified applicants.
If you require accommodation at any time throughout the recruitment process, please contact our Human Resources team.
Thank you for your interest in Binnie. We look forward to reviewing your application. Salary is commensurate with experience; the salary range for this position is $74,670 - $103,100 annually. The final salary for this role may vary based on several factors, including relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. Please note that the salary range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes.
About Binnie
We began as a civil engineering firm in 1969, but have grown into much more. Though we remain experts at civic infrastructure, we now have a wide range of disciplines, from offices in northern, central, and southern BC.
If you have driven in British Columbia, used tap water or visited a regional park or sports field, you have engaged with our work. We work in communities all over BC and across Canada, offering construction services and highway engineering, traffic planning, land development, urban landscape architecture, parks and recreation facilities, project management, geomatics and land surveying services.
Recent projects include the Alex Fraser Bridge Improvement Project, Translink RapidBus Service, and the BCIT North Campus Infrastructure Project. Whether we’re working on a road, a park or a hospital, we see beyond the engineering to the communities that will use them – now and well into the future.
Work at Binnie: We have a broad range of roles that extend beyond engineering.
Are you creative? You could be a Landscape Architect or Designer.
Are you technical? You could be a Civil Engineer or a CAD Technician.
Are you detail-oriented and people-focused? You could be a Project Manager or a Project Management Technician.
Are you adventurous and outdoorsy? You could be an Engineering Surveyor, a Construction Manager, or an Inspector.
Survey Technician
Top Benefits
About the role
You love math, logic, order, and seeing a project takes shape in a survey plan. You work with survey equipment and software, but it is the vectors and attributes that really draw you in. You provide the data, the essential starting point for many exciting new projects.
Binnie is looking for a detailed-oriented Survey Technician to join our Engineering Survey Division, to be based out in Burnaby location.
As part of our Geomatics Group, you will help with processing survey data for a wide range of highway engineering and land surveying projects around the Lower Mainland and throughout British Columbia.
This position is a full-time office-based position and offers opportunity to gain valuable work experience and knowledge.
This is a dynamic and challenging role with a competitive compensation package and opportunities for career advancement. A relocation reimbursement will be offered if relocation is required for the opportunity.
Your Role
- Manage, analyze, and process survey data using Trimble Business Center and AutoCAD Civil 3D.
- Interpret and edit field data, notes and sketches to ensure clear understanding of data captured and field procedures
- Create 3D surfaces, contours, alignment, and cross sections
- Research survey records and land titles to obtain information about property boundaries
- Create survey base plans, legal plans, cross sections, surfaces and other drawings from survey data
- Provide simple survey calculations for Surveyors (coordinates, alignments, surfaces, hardcopy plans) based on client-supplied drawings
- Work closely with Project Managers to deliver the project on schedule
- Perform QC on survey data and various survey plans
What You Bring
- Diploma or Degree in Geomatics Engineering Technology or GIS or related discipline
- A minimum of 3 – 5 + years of related experience as a Survey Technician working with Autodesk Civil 3D
- Minimum of 1 year field experience
- High level of understanding of survey principles and calculations
- Good understanding of BC land titles systems
- Working knowledge of traverse adjustments and control network analysis
- Working knowledge of Civil3D, Trimble Business Center
- Proficient with Microsoft (MS) Office Suite
- Ability to conduct complex survey calculations (coordinate geometry, volumes, cross sections, etc.)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Eligible for Registration as AScT or C.Tech. with ASTTBC
About Binnie We are the people behind the infrastructure you use every day. We’re small enough to know each other’s names, and big enough to be where we’re needed. As an employee-owned firm and one of Canada’s Top Small & Medium Employers,, we take pride in our work and are respected as one of the top engineering firms in British Columbia. We support some of the most important infrastructure in the province and beyond.
We’re looking for professionals who want to build careers and communities that last. We can’t do it without you.
The Perks People come first. We support you with the education, mentoring, and growth opportunities you need to build an interesting career. As an employee-owned firm, we create a clear internal growth path that can keep up with even the most ambitious professionals. Whether it’s through our Employee Resources groups like Young Professionals and RISE; our mentoring programs, Binnie Banters speech club, Movember, or book club, everyone can get involved in their own way.
Interested in this job? Let us know why you want to work at Binnie, and why you would be a fit as our next Survey Technician. Submit your application at the above link.
Binnie embraces diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome any and all qualified applicants.
If you require accommodation at any time throughout the recruitment process, please contact our Human Resources team.
Thank you for your interest in Binnie. We look forward to reviewing your application. Salary is commensurate with experience; the salary range for this position is $74,670 - $103,100 annually. The final salary for this role may vary based on several factors, including relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. Please note that the salary range provided in this job posting may be subject to change for business purposes.
About Binnie
We began as a civil engineering firm in 1969, but have grown into much more. Though we remain experts at civic infrastructure, we now have a wide range of disciplines, from offices in northern, central, and southern BC.
If you have driven in British Columbia, used tap water or visited a regional park or sports field, you have engaged with our work. We work in communities all over BC and across Canada, offering construction services and highway engineering, traffic planning, land development, urban landscape architecture, parks and recreation facilities, project management, geomatics and land surveying services.
Recent projects include the Alex Fraser Bridge Improvement Project, Translink RapidBus Service, and the BCIT North Campus Infrastructure Project. Whether we’re working on a road, a park or a hospital, we see beyond the engineering to the communities that will use them – now and well into the future.
Work at Binnie: We have a broad range of roles that extend beyond engineering.
Are you creative? You could be a Landscape Architect or Designer.
Are you technical? You could be a Civil Engineer or a CAD Technician.
Are you detail-oriented and people-focused? You could be a Project Manager or a Project Management Technician.
Are you adventurous and outdoorsy? You could be an Engineering Surveyor, a Construction Manager, or an Inspector.