# Survey Instrument Operator

Ready to build a career that takes you beyond the office? Looking for a hands-on career where you can work outdoors, learn new technology, and be part of projects that shape the communities around you? RDA is looking for an enthusiastic, dependable Survey Instrument Operator to join our Survey team! No prior surveying experience is needed. We're willing to teach you everything you need to know! As a Survey Instrument Operator, you'll work alongside experienced survey professionals in the field, learning how to operate specialized equipment, collect important project data, and support a variety of surveying projects. Whether you're a recent graduate, exploring a new career path, or simply enjoy working outdoors, this is a great opportunity to build valuable skills and grow within the surveying profession. What You'll Do: Assist the Survey Crew Chief and other crew members with daily field surveying activities. Learn to set up, operate, and maintain surveying equipment, including total stations, GPS/GNSS receivers, and data collectors, with training provided. Assist with collecting and recording accurate field data for boundary, topographic, and construction surveys. Support constru

- **Id**: 4210277
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/trilon-survey-instrument-operator>
- **Role**: Field & Service
- **Role family**: Field & Service
- **Seniority**: junior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Manassas, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: yes
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T00:45:10Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T15:23:49Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4504
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Parental leave, Retirement plans, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Engineering Services

## Company

- **Id**: 694570
- **Name**: Trilon
- **Domain**: trilon.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/trilon>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Pinpoint

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 7
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 22
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 20
- **Max**: 26
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: hour
- **Usd annual**: 52000

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: high_school
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T00:45:10Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: no; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 36; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Offered visa sponsorship in 36 of its adverts here in 24 months; Filings 12m: 0

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 22
- **Reasons**: conf:4, velocity, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 52000
- **Is top pay**: no

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