Licensed Survey Manager
Key Responsibilities
• Manage daily surveying operations, including field crews, office staff, project assignments, and workload distribution.
• Oversee surveying projects from initial research and fieldwork through final calculations, plats, legal descriptions, and deliverables.
• Lead and mentor professional land surveyors, survey technicians, CAD technicians, and field crews.
• Manage project budgets, estimates, contracts, schedules, staffing, and overall profitability.
• Develop and maintain relationships with existing clients while identifying opportunities for new business.
• Provide technical oversight and quality control for boundary, ALTA/NSPS, topographic, construction, route, and right-of-way surveys.
• Oversee survey research, deed and title reviews, boundary analysis, easement determinations, and legal documentation.
• Coordinate with civil engineers, developers, contractors, municipalities, DOTs, and other project stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with state surveying regulations, professional standards, and applicable industry requirements.
• Oversee surveying technology, equipment, CAD standards, GPS systems, robotic total stations, and data collection processes.
• Support recruiting, training, professional development, and long-term growth of the surveying department.
Qualifications
• Associate's or bachelor's degree in Land Surveying, Geomatics, Civil Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Active Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) license in the applicable state.
• 8–15+ years of land surveying experience, including leadership or project management responsibilities.
• Strong background in boundary, ALTA/NSPS, topographic, construction, transportation, and right-of-way surveys.
• Experience managing field crews, CAD technicians, survey staff, and multiple concurrent projects.
• Proven ability to manage budgets, project schedules, client relationships, and departmental operations.
• Strong understanding of boundary law, deed research, legal descriptions, easements, and plat preparation.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD Civil 3D, MicroStation, Trimble Business Center, GPS, robotic total stations, and other surveying technologies.
Required Education
- Associates or Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering or land Surveying is preferred
- PLS licensure preferred, but would consider a strong LSIT
My name is Chris Albano and I place engineering professionals at all levels across the country. To confidentially discuss the next step in your career, I encourage you to email me at chris.albano@gogpac.com