Job Description

Build Your Career at Milestone Contractors!

This role is responsible for supporting the surveyor, focusing on physical staking and layout, and generating data files for GPS/UTS aided equipment.

Essential Functions

• Owns personal safety by following all prescribed safety policies, wearing required PPE, and engaging in safe work behaviors.
• Assists with daily surveying activities to meet defined goals, timelines, and quality expectations.
• Communicates effectively with stakeholders to support dissemination of information across crews, sites, and partners.
• Follows required policies, standards, and compliance requirements related to safety, quality, and efficiency.
• Generates data files and models to support construction layouts.
• Transport, clean, and set up delicate survey instruments like total stations, GPS units, and data collectors.
• Carry lath, pound stakes, paint markings, and hold the survey rod so the crew chief can align points.
• Assist the team in checking that slopes, base materials, and excavations align with the design elevation.
• Help interpret construction blueprints, shop drawings, and grade stakes to understand where infrastructure should physically sit on the site.
• Record accurate field measurements, take notes, and help maintain daily activity records.

• Additional duties and responsibilities as assigned, including but not limited to continuously growing in alignment with the Company’s core values, competencies, and skills.

Education Qualifications

• Required High School or Equivalent We value a combination of education, training, and hands‑on experience and will consider equivalent experience in lieu of formal education requirements.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to follow instructions, prioritize assigned work, and collaborate effectively with others.
• Ability to maintain regular, dependable attendance and meet daily work performance expectations.
• Ability to accurately complete required documentation, recordkeeping, and daily inventory logs.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team, follow work rules, and accept direction from supervisors.
• Ability to work assigned schedules, including days, nights, weekends, and overtime as required.
• Ability to adapt to changing work demands, operational priorities, and production schedules while maintaining performance expectations.
• Ability to demonstrate reliable attendance, dependability, and consistent follow-through on assigned tasks.
• Ability to consistently follow safety policies, procedures, and work practices to support a safe work environment.
• Ability to demonstrate accountability for work quality, safety, and compliance with operational expectations.
• Ability to work effectively in a team-based production environment and collaborate with others to achieve operational goals.
• Working knowledge of basic operational processes, production activities, and safety practices.
• Ability to use basic tools, systems, or processes related to operational processes, production activities, and safety practices to complete assigned tasks.

Working Conditions/Physical Demands

• Routine movement around job sites, including walking, standing, bending, climbing, and navigating rough or uneven surfaces.
• Work is performed in field, plant, or outdoor environments with exposure to varying weather conditions, noise, dust, and heavy equipment.
• Work schedules may include early mornings, evenings, weekends, and extended hours based on operational and project needs.
• Ability and willingness to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE) and comply with all site safety rules and procedures.
• Ability to safely lift, carry, push, or pull materials and equipment weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Position requires a balanced mix of office-based work and travel, including frequent travel to job sites within a local territory of up to approximately 50 miles and occasional travel to other project regions.
• Ability to safely operate a motor vehicle to travel between project sites, meetings, vendors, and other work locations.

About Milestone Contractors

Milestone Contractors is a privately held, family-owned business headquartered in Indianapolis. Milestone Contractors is a fully integrated heavy construction company specializing in highway, bridge, asphalt and concrete paving and site development. Over its 30-year history, Milestone has built a reputation for prioritizing safety, quality, people and innovation. Milestone Contractors is a part of The Heritage Group's family of companies. Learn more at https://www.milestonelp.com/

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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