IMPORTANT: SR-26 (Appointment may be made at any rate within the salary range from $6,177, SR-26-D to $8,455, SR-26-L, per month at which appropriate qualified applicants can be recruited)
Directs the research, study, negotiation, survey and abstracting required for the acquisition of rights-of-way and real property for public purposes; participates in difficult and complex office work in connection with land title and boundary surveys and property acquisition; acts as advisor to county officials on land matters; and performs other related duties as required.
Distinguishing Characteristics:
This class is distinguished by its responsibility for directing the work of lower level Land Surveyors and Right-of-Way Agents in the conduct of the required study, research, abstracting, negotiation and surveying for the acquisition of rights-of-way and real property for public purposes and for participating in difficult and complex office work in connection with land title and boundary surveys and property acquisition; and to act as advisor on land matters.The following are examples of duties and are not necessarily descriptive of any one position in this class. The omission of specific duties statements does not preclude management from assigning such duties if such duties are a logical assignment for the position.
Supervises the conduct of surveys and the preparation of land titles and boundary maps, and metes-and-bounds descriptions for the acquisition of land for public purposes; directs and participate s in studies and research work on land title and boundary surveys and land court application and file plan cases; directs and participate s in tracing ownership of land through the search of records in a variety of offices and agencies, such as the Bureau of Conveyances, Real Property Tax Office, Circuit and Supreme Courts, and others; supervises negotiations with property owners, mortgagee s, lessors, estate trustees, and others, for the acquisition of easements, rights-of-way, consents to enter, or purchase of land; supervises the review of appraisals submitted by appraisers to determine that all items have been considered and the appraisal value is just and equitable; directs and participate s in the gathering of subsidiary data bearing on titles to insure that no title claim can be made against land purchased by the government; coordinates with the Corporation Counsel in the preparation of condemnation proceedings and serves as an expert witness in court on land court application, land titles and condemnation cases; designs and maintains a county-wide house numbering system; conducts historical studies on county owned lands and structures.Training and Experience: A combination of education and experience substantially equivalent to graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in land surveying, geodesy or engineering with at least six semester credits in surveying and six years of land surveying experience, two of which shall have included responsibility for performing search of title, abstracting, and land negotiation work, and negotiation as a Land Surveyor.
License Requirement: Possession of a Hawaii State certificate of registration as a Land Surveyor and possession of a valid motor vehicle operator's license (Type 3).
Knowledge of: survey principles; problems and practices as applied to topographic, construction, land title and boundary surveys, including geodetic, precise triangulation and preciselevel surveys; surveying mathematics sufficient to adjust angles by the method of the least squares; to compute geodetic positions of old or new, third, second or first order triangulation stations; Land Court regulations, rulings and decisions; laws, ordinances and regulations pertaining to sub-division of public lands and right-of-way surveys; techniques and methods of appraisal; the problems, techniques and practices involved in the tracing and re-establishing boundaries and titles of old Hawaiian grants and Land Commission awards made by magnetic surveys; engineering reference works, sources and tables required in higher mathematics; the proper use, limitations, operation and adjustment of complex surveying instruments and equipment; drafting and computing equipment; principles and practices of supervision.
Ability to: use, adjust and maintain complex surveying instruments and equipment, including precise levels, transits, electronic total stations and theodolites; oversee the overall preparation of land title, boundary, and sub-division maps and metes-and-bounds descriptions for official records or for presentation to the Land Court or other courts; interpret laws and regulations; understand and interpret plans and specifications as applied to the land acquisition program; analyze materials and brief material accurately and concisely; prepare written reports; supervise the work of lower level Land Surveyors and Right-of-Way Agents.
Health and Physical Condition:
Persons seeking appointment to positions in this class must meet the health and physical condition standards deemed necessary and proper for performance of the duties.
Physical Effort Grouping: Light