Careers
Careers with Crawford & Associates
Crawford & Associates actively pursues entry-level and skilled engineers to join our growing solar design team.
We provide a work environment that allows for professional growth and experience while understanding the importance of life/work balance and the desire to contribute to a better future. Our salaries are competitive and our benefits offering includes individual health coverage, 401K plan, education reimbursement, insurances, and more.
Location
Our main office is located in historic Hudson, New York, in Columbia County – within the Hudson River Valley. A National Heritage Area, it boasts a unique combination of historic significance, natural resources, and cultural assets including historic residences, museums, performing arts centers, boating, fishing and a host of community events. Residential choices include cities, towns, villages and the rural countryside, all within a short distance to the river, railroad, and highways. We are also a convenient 2-hour train trip from NYC.
Background
Founded in 1992, Crawford & Associates is a team of engineers, surveyors, planners and designers who have a wide range of expertise and depth of experience that allows us to move a project – even the most complicated or unusual – from concept to reality. We pride ourselves on being problem solvers and innovators who comfortably move across the traditional lines between disciplines to achieve our clients’ goals.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Crawford & Associates is an E-Verify and Equal Opportunity Employer. C&A does not and will not discriminate in employment and personnel practices on the basis of race, sex, age, handicap, religion, national origin or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above listed items.
If you are interested in joining our team, please take the time to view our open positions below, fill out the short form below, then hit the “submit” button. If your skills and background meet our qualifications, a member of the team will reach out to you to discuss the next steps of your application.
Available Positions
Senior Land Surveyor – Office Position
Position Description
The surveying department of Crawford and Associates Engineering and Land Surveying is extremely busy and is primarily focused on boundary, topographic, subdivision and construction surveying. We have an immediate need for a senior land surveyor to work with a Licensed Surveyor in the preparation of surveys and to meet project objectives. This position would be primarily an office position with very minimal fieldwork required.
Responsibilities would include:
Analysis of and processing of data produced by field crews towards the goal of producing accurate and correct survey maps. The ideal candidate will possess the ingenuity to work out complex surveying problems and make decisions using the rules of construction for land surveys.
Overseeing the technical quality of office work done by others. (The party chiefs/field crew managers will typically work up some of the simpler tasks in the office but the senior land surveyor would work with them to insure accuracy of their work).
Training of new staff and mentorship.
Preparation of full and complete subdivision applications.
Attendance at planning board meetings.
Qualifications
Minimum of 5 years working in the surveying field including performing both field and office work.
Very knowledgeable in surveying skills, including map drafting and deed research.
A very strict attention to minor detail
Excellent problem solving skills.
The patience to work with field and office staff.
The ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Working knowledge of state of the art surveying equipment
The compensation includes pay in the range of $24/hr to $39/hr and excellent benefits including 401K with company match, high quality fully-paid health insurance, paid vacation and PTO (paid time off), tuition reimbursement, paid holidays, potential for bonuses, life insurance and an excellent working environment in a modern office setting.
C&A is Looking for Survey Technicians
Position Summary
Crawford & Associates Engineering & Land Surveying, PC, a multi-disciplined engineering and land surveying firm that serves public and private clients throughout the Hudson Valley and Capital Region, is looking for Land Surveyor Technicians to join the growing survey team in our Hudson, Columbia County office. Crawford & Associates’ Land Surveying Division specializes in boundary and topographic surveys, subdivisions, ALTA surveys, drone surveying, aerial ground control and construction layout.
The Survey Technician contributes to the completion of all facets of survey work performing a variety of field and office tasks working under the direction of a licensed land surveyor.
Responsibilities include deed research and analysis, processing of raw data, survey calculations and CAD drafting, and file management in the office. In the field the survey technician assists with all aspects of fieldwork including reading and preparation of plans, collecting and recording field data utilizing a combination of manual and robotic totals stations, GPS receivers and data collectors.
Though not necessary for someone with a surveying degree, the ideal candidate will have either through work related experience or classroom instruction, familiarity with traditional surveying methods, boundary analysis and/or CAD drafting. An Associates’ or Bachelor’s degree in survey technology is preferred.
Compensation Package Crawford & Associates offers a generous compensation package that includes PTO and vacation time, 401K with company match, fully-paid healthcare, overtime pay and salary in the range of $22 to $30 per hour.