Airswift are a Global Manpower Provider specialising in the Energy, Infrastructure & IT sectors. Present in more than 70 countries around the world, our reach, and capabilities in the markets we service is unparalleled in the industry.

We are working with a national operator to source a Surveyor. This is a long-term contract role working on a residential basis. Please see details below.

Title: Surveyor
Start Date: ASAP (typically within 1 month notice)
Location: Onshore (Qatar Site/Doha HQ) 
Working Schedule: 5 days per week / 8-9 hours per day or as per project requirements.

--Experience Required--
Key Job Accountabilities
•    Responsible for planning and conducting surveys to detect and map various underground services (electric / instrumentation / telecom/ Fiber Optic cables and pipelines) to update Corporate GIS.
•    Carry out underground service detection using cable locators, scanners, Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), etc. in oil and gas operational areas.
•    Carry out survey work using GNSS, Total Station and Digital Level in oil and gas operational areas.
•    Process survey data after necessary network adjustments and geographic coordinate transformation and prepare survey drawings in AutoCAD.
•    Overlay surveyed data on existing facility data in ArcGIS desktop software and verify that there are no conflicts.
•    Collaborate and engage with field personnel in operational areas, Senior Designers and Senior GIS Engineers to identify, locate and map underground and above ground services.
•    Carry out data mining, identify and extract data from multi-disciplinary engineering drawings.
•    Maintain survey equipment and control points.
•    Responsible for site engineering dimensional checks for on-going civil construction projects to ensure site conditions meet design drawings.
•    Provide technical guidance for in-house and outsourced projects to ensure survey methodologies and procedures proposed are fit for purpose and will produce accurate and relevant data.
•    Review technical aspects of tenders which relate to surveying and mapping activities, to identify and assess technical strength of Contractors. Participate in tender evaluation committee meetings.
•    Provide supervision and quality assurance of Contractor field activities related to ongoing projects to ensure that data collection and surveying methodology are being followed, while ensuring health and safety requirements.
•    Review Contractor project deliverables related to surveying and data collection to ensure compliance to Contract requirements.
•    Maintain survey related equipment and have an awareness of technological advances in Geomatics in order to recommend use of such developments where considered applicable.
•    Develop and maintain procedures to ensure a standard and quality of all topographical surveying, site engineering and mapping activities.
•    Witness and advise on LiDAR and other data collection activities carried out by Contractors,
•    Work long hours in onshore and offshore oil and gas operational fields in hot / cold weather conditions.

--Minimum Requirements--
Qualifications
•    B.Sc. in Geomatics / Geodetic Engineering / Surveying or Higher Technical Diploma related to Surveying and mapping.
•    Membership of a recognized professional Institution would be advantageous.

Knowledge and Key Skills
•    A minimum of ten (10) years’ experience in surveying, of which 5 years should be in Oil and Gas Industry.
•    Expert level knowledge of various underground service mapping techniques and its applicability for various ground conditions and utility material type.
•    At least five (5) years working experience in underground services / detection and mapping using equipment such as cable locators, scanners, Ground Penetrating Radars, etc,
•    Excellent working knowledge of field surveying equipment such as GNSS, Total Station, Multi-station (MS60) and Digital Level.
•    Ability to understand multi-disciplinary engineering drawings and extract geographic data.
•    Excellent working knowledge in survey processing data using software such as Trimble Business Center, Leica Geo Office, etc.
•    Well versed with using AutoCAD to prepare survey drawing.
•    Working knowledge of ArcGIS desktop / ArcGIS Pro software to visualize, query and analyze geographic data.
•    Ability to work long hours in onshore and offshore oil and gas operational fields in hot / cold weather conditions.

If you would like to be considered for the position, please apply direct to this advertisement with your CV with contact details.