Armando Herrera

Experience

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  TranSystems

  Jul 2017 - Jan 2018

  Survey Technician/Team Leader

  • Collected data for LA Metro’s Bus Stop Usability Project. Retrieved the position, elevation, height, grade, and quality of thousands of bus stops in Los Angeles County. • Utilized GIS software to create efficient work routes for surveyors to follow in the field. • Created a Python computer script to analyze large sets of measured data for the Quality Control process. Tracked project timeline and received award for work.• Survey manager that coordinated between project manager, office manager, and 20 surveyors.• Trained survey crew in proper field procedures and usage of data recording device and software. Show less

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  CRF Engineering

  Jan 2018 - Dec 2019

  Land Survey Technician

  • Land Survey Technician that specialized in construction and cadastral surveying to aid civil design.• Operated robotic total station, real time kinematic (RTK) GPS, and other measuring instruments to conduct as-built surveys, boundary surveys, topographic surveys, ALTA surveys, and construction staking. • Established horizontal and vertical control, recovered and set boundary monuments, measured building heights and utility layout, located man-made and natural structures, monitored soldier piles, set construction and recorded field notes.• Calculated property boundaries from record maps and construction stakes from design plans.• Drafted and interpreted field data with AutoCAD/Civil 3D. Prepared construction staking exhibits, Records of Survey, Corner Records, Lot Line adjustment plats, and ALTA surveys. Drew topographic maps with accurate contour lines and created grading cross sections for engineering site plans.• Coordinated surveys for Land Surveyors, Engineers, and other technical professionals. Projects involved constructing condominiums and high rise structures, installing sewer and storm drain lines, renovating roads and public access ways, adjusting boundary lines, and designing drainage systems.• Performed preliminary research to determine project feasibility. Acquired and interpreted highway plans, utility plans, grading plans, structural plans, architect plans, and geodetic monument data.• Maintained survey equipment/instruments, inventory, and work truck. Show less

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  Stevens Cresto Engineering, Inc.

  Jan 2020 - Apr 2023

  Land Survey Mapper

  • Land Survey Mapper specializing in cadastral surveying for land development projects. • Applying survey legal principles for the establishment or re-establishment of real property boundaries. • Conducting boundary analysis by calculating deed descriptions, easement encumbrances, public dedications, eminent domain takes, and utility layouts. • Generating Subdivision Maps, Parcel Maps, Corner Records, Records of Survey, ALTA Surveys, Boundary Adjustment plats, and easement plats from source data such as field surveys/notes, aerial photography, floodplain maps, or other record documents. • Writing legal descriptions for grant deeds, quitclaim deeds, easements deeds, certificates of compliance, certificates of correction, and vacations. • Preparing submittal packages and addressing city/county comments until recordation. • Verifying the accuracy and completeness of field survey data, traverse calculations, and title reports. Show less

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  County of San Diego

  May 2023 - Jul 2023

  Assistant Surveyor
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  City of San Diego

  Jul 2023 - now

  Land Surveying Assistant

  - Serving as a survey crew chief conducting and performing field surveys for deformation monitoring, construction, preliminary design, photogrammetric, geodetic, and right-of-way support. - Establish horizontal and vertical control for said field surveys utilizing robotic total stations, electronic data collectors, bar code levels, and RTN GPS instruments. - Interpret construction plans, field survey notes, Subdivision Maps, Records of Survey, Corner Records, deeds, and right-of-way plats. - Produce and depict a variety of technical data, perform coordinate geometry calculations used for construction or right-of-way acquisition, and analyze field data with Open Roads Designer (ORD) software.- Analyze field data using the Least Squares Adjustment method with Trimble Business Center (TBC) software.- Perpetuate and re-establish street centerline and/or right-of-way monuments. - Locate/confirm the alignment, position, elevation, or area of improvements.- Responsible for directing, training, reviewing, and evaluating the work of instrument person, rod person, and/or other survey crew members. Show less