Trainee Surveyor

**Reporting To**: Survey Manager
**Location of the role**: Yorkshire House, York Road, Driffield, YO25 5XA
**Employment Type**: Full-time, Permanent, 9 days over 2 weeks, occasional unsocial hours and regularly working away from home.

**Business Information**:
LSTC started over 60 years ago and is proud to be one of the UK’s leading Power Transmission and Distribution design and engineering consultancy firms. We are a close team who commits to a positive working environment and culture. We specialise in exciting niche areas within structural engineering providing expert advice and design solutions to the power industry and renewable energy sector. If you want to be part of a successful and growing business, can work well in a team and are enthusiastic and passionate about structural engineering then keep reading as this opportunity may be perfect for you.

**Role Objectives**:
**Main Responsibilities**:

- Assist the surveyor by recording a swathe of topographical features using a pole-mounted GPS receiver.
- Ensure survey equipment is cleaned, charged and fit for use at all times.
- Carry out office work related to survey data such as editing photos and raw data.
- Be prepared to carry equipment to support the surveyors.
- Carry out daily risk assessments.
- Undertake Health and Safety Training.
- Ad-hoc tasks supporting the surveying team such as painting survey pegs, cleaning vehicles and maintenance of general equipment.

**Personal Requirements**:

- 5 GCSE’s grade 4-9, or equivalent. Must have English and Maths.
- Excellent communication skills and promote a positive and professional culture with colleagues.
- Excellent written communication and attention to detail.
- Be a good team player with a willingness to learn and develop.
- Be self-motivated, proactive and have the ability to meet deadlines.
- Strong IT skills, specifically word and excel.
- Be organised with an ability to multitask and keep paperwork up to date and in order.
- Physically fit, to be able to carry out a substantial amount of walking on undulating terrain and in poor weather conditions.

**Pay and Benefits**:

- Company Pension.
- Salary - based on skills and experience.
- Performance-related salary reviews.
- Free on-site parking.
- 1 month’s notice period.
- Full training in all aspects of land surveying.

**Business Core Principles**:
LSTC’s overall aim is to Engineer a brighter future for People and the Planet. To do this, we expect our staff to have our below core principles at the heart of everything they do.
- Trust
- Safety
- Humility
- Capability
- Problem Solving
- Accountability
- Recognition