Surveyor Manager Print (https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisiana/jobs/newprint/5059360) Apply  Surveyor Manager Salary $7,160.00 - $12,891.00 Monthly Location Baton Rouge, LA Job Type Classified Job Number OSL 082725 ERG Department Division of Administration Division Office of State Lands Opening Date 08/27/2025 Closing Date 9/1/2025 11:59 PM Central + Description + Benefits About this Job The Division of Administration/Office of State Lands has a vacancy. This job title has an assigned pay grade of TS-320. The Office of State Lands, also known as the State Land Office, is responsible for the identification, administration and management of state public lands and water bottoms. The primary goal of this office is to ensure the highest economic return and the maximum public use possible of our state public lands and water bottoms. As such, it services a broad range of clientele all having varying degrees of interest in public lands, navigable water bottoms and the minerals thereunder. Emphasis is placed on revenue generation through land and timber sales, surface and sub-surface leasing, the issuance of rights-of-way and surface and subsurface agreements and water bottoms permitting. State Lands also aims to protect the state's proprietary interests in its lands and water bottoms. The Division of Administration is the state government’s management arm and the hub of its financial operations. Division offices perform a wide variety of activities including the following: + Overseeing the state’s capital construction program + Working to provide state and federal grants for community development + Development of the state budget + Providing technology services + Giving agencies guidance in the state purchasing and contracting process as they seek goods and services + Administering a program that provides federal funds to help Louisiana residents recover from a series of devastating hurricanes Minimum Qualifications Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice professional land surveying plus one of the following: Three years of licensed land surveying experience; OR Seven years of professional land surveying experience. NOTE: Surveying experience gained while licensed as a professional land surveyor will be accepted as licensed land surveying experience. Surveying experience gained after earning a bachelor’s degree and 30 semester hours in land surveying, mapping, and real property courses and prior to earning a Professional Land Surveyor license (e.g., as a Surveyor Intern or equivalent) will be accepted as professional level surveying experience. Job Specification The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere. Job Duties and Other Information Job Duties: Researches and studies laws, jurisprudence, and legal treatises related to ownership of land and water bottoms in Louisiana; researches former and current State Land Office positions taken on matters related to State and Federal property boundaries of different categories of lands and water bottoms in Louisiana; studies the United States Bureau of Land Management’s most current Surveying Manual, and researches historical General Land Office records, such as original government township surveys and associated field notes, surveyor’s general instructions, special instructions, contracts, and ancient correspondence, Federal severance records, as well as State severance records, historical State Engineer’s reports, United States Geological Survey topographic quadrangles, aerial photography, contemporary expert reports and other information held or obtained by the State Land Office for the purpose of evaluating and interpreting those records and instructions, and making determinations of State property boundaries, resolving State boundary matters and maintaining the State Land Office’s GIS database accordingly. Manages, plans and coordinates the activities of multiple field crews consisting of Professional Land Surveyors, Engineering Technicians, and Public Land Field Officers engaged in land surveying and other field work in the pursuit of land management, timber management, campsite, house boat and commercial lease management, surplus property surveys and sales, and navigability studies; this work includes performing property boundary surveys in accordance with Louisiana law as well as locating and re-tracing Section and Township lines and monuments, and re-establishing lost or obliterated Section and Township lines and monuments, in accordance with the United States Bureau of Land Management Surveying Manual and Louisiana law. Serves as boundary consultant and State Land Office land surveying representative regarding boundary issues related to State owned or claimed land or water bottoms for the Division of Administration, the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office, the Office of Mineral Resources, the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, the Office of Culture, Recreation and Tourism and other State agencies, providing advice, preparing written reports and making detailed presentations at agency meetings when necessary relative to mineral leasing activities, oyster leasing activities, public vs. private access, rights of way, recreational and commercial surface leases, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit applications, Coastal Use Permit applications, applications to reclaim property lost to erosion, etc. Performs miscellaneous duties related to the management of the Location & Survey Program, including hiring and training of employees, employee evaluation, establishing work priorities, assignment of special projects, review and approval of work, approving employee payroll and expense accounts, approving vehicle expense and maintenance logs, Emergency Management Program duties, presentations to LSU engineering students, etc. Assists other State Land Office Programs (the Land & Water Bottom Management Program, the Historical Records & Public Lands Inventory Program and the Land & Water Bottom Management Program) with matters related to boundaries, such as providing technical review of permit applications and boundary agreements, occasionally performing, reviewing and certifying with signature and professional seal plats of survey of State owned properties and applying to regulatory authorities for legal subdivision, reconciling discrepancies between the State Land Office’s State Owned Lands and Buildings System (SLABS) database and other State agencies’ ownership inventories, and providing other technical surveying expertise support where needed. Testifies as a fact and/or expert witness and a representative of the State Land Office in depositions and trial appearances during the course of active litigation involving boundary disputes pertaining various types of properties, including natural navigable waterbodies. Performs other duties as deemed necessary. Position-Specific Details: Appointment Type: This vacancy will be filled by new hire or by promotion of a current permanent status classified employee. Louisiana is a "State as a Model Employer" for People with Disabilities. How To Apply: No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy. To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the information section of the Current Job Opportunities page. A criminal history check may be conducted on all new hires as well as employees changing positions including promotions, demotions, details, reassignments and transfers. Also, prospective employees may be subject to pre-employment drug testing. New hires will be subject to employment eligibility verification via the federal government's E-verify system. *Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumeswill notbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete. Applicants qualifying based on college training or receipt of a baccalaureate degree will be required to submit an official college transcript to verify credentials claimed prior to appointment. Please make every effort to attach a copy of your transcript to your application. The transcripts can be added as an attachment to your online application or faxed to (225) 219-1041. The selected candidate will be required to submit original documentation upon hire. For further information about this posting, please contact: Erica R. Gay HR Specialist Division of Administration/Office of Human Resources email: Erica.Gay@la.gov Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career. As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program: Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/ Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year: + New Year's Day + Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, + Mardi Gras, + Good Friday, + Memorial Day, + Independence Day, + Labor Day, + Veteran's Day, + Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. ***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase. Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to): + Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system + Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org), + Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others Employer State of Louisiana Address For agency contact information, please refer to the supplemental information above. 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