Utility Surveyor - Irvine
Are you an experienced Utility Surveyor looking to advance your career in a dynamic and supportive environment? Based in Irvine, we are seeking a skilled professional to join our team, helping deliver accurate and reliable utility mapping and survey services across a variety of projects. This role offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology, contribute to critical infrastructure projects, and grow within a company that values precision, safety, and professional development.
The Role
We are looking for an experienced Utility Surveyor in Irvine to join our team. Our successful candidate must have experience carrying out surveys across a variety of industries and locations, identifying utility pipes and cables for verification, validation and excavation, as well as data gathering to produce mapping information of underground and overhead distribution and supply services. You must be willing to work away from home and/or carry out night work, as required.
What You’ll Be Doing
Our successful candidate will be responsible for a range of duties, including, but not limited to the following:
* Conducting GPR and Utility Mapping surveys using cutting-edge equipment
* Undertake investigative utility surveys and conduct paperwork in accordance with company procedures
* Engage with other site surveyors, contractors, suppliers, clients
* Create Utility Survey Reports
* Carry out appropriate quality control checks and issue data to CAD
* Check all survey drawings before they are issued to our customer
* Mentor and train Trainee & Junior Surveyors, as required
* Provide technical support to Project Managers and internal staff members
What We’re Looking For
* At least 2 years Utility Surveying experience
* Excellent knowledge and experience of underground utility tracing and GPR
* Experience working across a wide variety of environments and on complex surveys
* Ability to post-process GPR data
* Working knowledge/understanding of PAS 128:2014 specification surveys
* Ability and willingness to work flexibly
* A full UK manual driving license
* CSCS Card
It is desirable, that you also have some or all of the following:
* Ability to use CAD software
* Ability to use Microsoft Word
* ProQual (NVQ) Level 3
* SSSTS
Travel and Flexibility
Travel across the UK is common. Candidates must be open to working away from home during the week and accommodate night or evening shifts as needed.
What’s in it for you?
As well as a competitive salary depending on experience, which can increase as you develop and grow in the role, we can offer you a wide range of benefits including 25 days holiday with the opportunity to buy more, an electric car scheme (where applicable), employee recognition schemes, family friendly support, employee benefits and discounts app, employee assistance programmes, and enhanced company pension.
SOCOTEC UK are proud to be Disability Confident accredited.
About Aspect
With over 25 years of experience, Aspect Land & Hydrographic Surveys Ltd is a trusted name in chartered surveying, delivering high-quality services across the UK and internationally. We utilise the latest survey technology and adhere to RICS regulations, with accreditations from RICS, The Chartered Institute of Civil Engineering Surveyors, and The Hydrographic Society.
Why SOCOTEC?
Here at SOCOTEC UK, we have over 2,000 colleagues across our divisions delivering world-class services to our customers. We have several business streams that provides an unrivalled range of testing, inspection, and certification and advisory services throughout the UK, and we deliver excellence to our customers by recruiting and retaining the very best industry talent.
At SOCOTEC, we believe that a driven, inspired and challenged team is the key to success. We promote inclusivity, encourage individuality and have a zero-tolerance policy to discrimination, with the aim that every single member of our team will thrive both in and out of the workplace.
We invest in our people. We push you to grow and we want you to progress. We believe in continued development and the pursuit of ambition. Our open and friendly office space promotes a culture of teamwork and provides the opportunity to ask, listen and learn from those around you. With a young, dynamic and exciting workplace, we are constantly striving, as a team, to develop and succeed.
Think you’ve got what it takes to add value to our success? We would love to hear from you and look forward to receiving your application.
Building a safer and more sustainable world is the core mission we set out to achieve at SOCOTEC, it is at the heart of everything that we do. We are committed to acting as a key player in society, investing in innovative solutions to ensure social and environmental concerns are at the forefront of all of our business operations.