Salt Lake County… A career with a purpose in the community you love!
Salt Lake County invites you to explore our exciting career opportunities. We seek highly enthusiastic individuals to enrich our County with your experience and talent. If you enjoy working in a team environment that is committed to changing the lives of its community, please keep reading.
What it is like to work here:
At Salt Lake County our culture is woven into all aspects of our work and our employees’ lives, from the way we treat each other to the way we support the community. To promote and foster a fun and healthy work environment, we appreciate employees through great benefits, a healthy work life balance and room to grow and develop.
Surround yourself with:
Peers who are motivated to make a difference in the lives of those we serve. We serve Salt Lake County and envision a safe and beautiful place for all to live work and have fun. Salt Lake County is about connecting people and championing our community. Community is more than a place… it’s our heart and service that bring us together.
We encourage work-life balance:
Working for Salt Lake County is more than just a paycheck. A career with us includes several benefits and perks. We support our employees with 12 Holidays, up to 24 vacation days, 12 sick days and one personal day every year.
Additional Benefits include:
- Retirement options for hybrid pension/401(k) or 401(k) only with a 10% contribution
- Medical coverage including a 100% county paid premium option-Dental and Vision coverage including coverage for adult designees
- Health Savings account with a County contribution up to $1200/year, Flexible Spending Account
- 100% county-paid Long-Term Disability and Short-Term Disability option
- Professional Development
- Plus: Onsite medical clinic and gym, hospital insurance, pet insurance, auto and home insurance, and discounts at County facilities.
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JOB SUMMARY
Performs a variety of technical duties involved in the preparation and maintenance of the interdepartmental, County-wide geographic information systems (GIS) databases. Compiles data required for land record map preparation or revision, including aerial photographs, survey notes, records, reports, and original maps.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Associate’s degree in Drafting, Pre-Engineering, Computer Science, Geographic Studies, or other closely related field, plus two (2) years of related experience; OR an equivalent combination of directly related experience and education.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Uses co-ordinate geometry (COGO) to accurately enter recorded developments and documents.
- Develops and maintains existing GIS maps with adjusted state plane coordinates
- Utilizes technical training to rotate bearings so legal descriptions are entered to the exact location geographically.
- Uses Salt Lake County digital orthophotos and Aerial Photography to ensure completed product is correct.
- Plats and maps electronically, using Arc Info technology, metes and bounds legal descriptions from recorded instruments.
- Reads and interprets metes and bounds legal descriptions.
- Checks validity of ownership to ensure chain of title.
- Through electronic document software maintains various areas of Salt Lake County.
- Assigns parcel numbers to newly created tracts of property.
- Locates parcels being subdivided and checks boundaries.
- Prices new developments for recording.
- Maintains an accurate parcel history.
- Writes remainder descriptions maintaining ownership interest and calculating new acreages.
- Updates Tax Assessment Systems used by entire County.
- Functions as a liaison and assists internal and outside agencies and public in resolving discrepancies using GIS in compliance with statutory requirements for recordation of plats and documents.
- Some hand drafting may be required.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSA)
Knowledge of:
- Utah Code Annotated - 1953 as pertains to the Recorder's Office
- Recorder's Office and legal descriptions
- Thorough knowledge of real estate and title laws as they pertain to Recorder's Office
- Arc Macro Language programming and functions
- ARCINFO, ARCVIEW, CICS, GIS Software, and Microsoft operating system
- Recorder's Document Management System
- Mapping and graphics procedures and techniques
- Business arithmetic
- Record-keeping principles and practices
- Basic terminology and concepts of mapping, survey, and GIS information systems
- Computer applications related to the work
- Digitizing and data manipulation procedures for geographic information systems
- Computer-aided mapping and graphic techniques
- Methods of titles searches and the principles and practices regarding all property ownership and property transfers
- Aerial photography interpretation
- General office practices and customer service
Skills and Abilities to:
- Rotate bearings for correct geographic location entry
- Analyze data
- Read and interpret metes and bounds legal descriptions
- Customize Arc Map user environment
- Manage shapefiles in ArcView
- Customize Parcel Builder Administrator
- Use automated Recorder's Document Management System
- Use Recorder’s Office Systems replacing CICS Mainframe
- Use manual and computer-aided GIS systems to produce maps and related property information
- Use computer-aided drafting hardware and software
- Make accurate arithmetic calculations
- Maintain accurate records of work performed
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of the work
- Use initiative and independent judgment within established procedural guidelines
- Read and interpret surveys, legal descriptions, maps, aerial and orthophotographs
- Interpret, apply, and explain applicable laws and regulations
- Contribute effectively to the accomplishment of team or work unit goals, objectives, and activities
- Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
- Rapidly change priorities, taking on new challenges and responsibilities
- Alter existing programs to suit user needs
- Maintain accurate parcel History
- Research to resolve tax ownership issues