Cartographer

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for DHA Certain Personnel Workforce for DoD to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: The Walla Walla District US Army Corps of Engineers helps manage local water resources for navigation, flood damage reduction, disaster assistance, hydroelectric power generation, and other natural and heritage areas.

Develop maps using Computer Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) and/or Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software.

Perform complex phases of cartographic compilation work in the construction, revision and maintenance of Real Estate maps and charts.

Develop real estate maps and data products from deeds, legal descriptions, survey data or court documents and compares them with project boundaries to ensure accuracy.

Write, review and approve real property land descriptions for use in legal instruments of conveyance, determining method of description such as aliquot part calls, metes and bounds, centerline, bounded, etc.

Review design memoranda, construction plans and specs, and other engineering documents and drawings, and determine the amount and location of real estate interests required for the projects.

Recommend contracting out for data production/acquisition, land descriptions, surveys, scanning maps and document records and other products/services such as photogrammetry, remote sensing, GPS data, and record documents as warranted.