Bluff Country News — “I’m just getting my feet wet,” Eric Schmitt ’12 said recently. As the new Houston County surveyor, Schmitt began his duties on Jan. 3.
“You’ve got to be a ‘Jack of All Trades,’ and I really enjoy that challenge,” he added. “It keeps everything interesting and fresh.”
Schmitt credited assistant county surveyor Tammy Mauss and his predecessor (retired county surveyor Dick Walter) with making him feel right at home.
“Dick stopped in one day, and he’s been very helpful. And Tammy’s been just great, showing me around.”
“I’m pleased that the county hired a surveyor,” Walter commented by telephone. “We need one.”
While pursuing a career in engineering, Schmitt decided to change his major to the surveying trade. He earned an associate’s degree in Civil Engineering Tech (from South Central College in North Mankato), then a bachelor’s degree in Surveying Mapping Science (from St. Cloud State), before obtaining a Minnesota surveyor’s license.
