Job Overview:
Project Surveyor Position Summary The Project Surveyor is responsible for coordinating field surveying activities and managing office-based survey production, including drafting, data processing, calculations, and preparation of project deliverables. This position serves as a key liaison between field survey crews, project managers and clients to ensure survey data is accurately collected, processed, and incorporated into project drawings and documentation. The role emphasizes technical drafting, survey data management, field crew coordination, quality control, and project execution for pipeline, oil and gas, civil engineering, construction, and infrastructure projects.
Key Responsibilities
Survey Drafting and Technical Production
- Prepare and develop survey drawings, plats, exhibits, topographic maps, alignment sheets, construction drawings, and as-built documentation.
- Perform survey drafting and design support using AutoCAD Civil 3D and other applicable software.
- Process and incorporate field survey data into CAD drawings and project deliverables.
- Prepare boundary surveys, easement exhibits, right-of-way drawings, legal descriptions, and construction staking plans.
- Review engineering drawings, construction plans, and project specifications to identify survey requirements.
- Develop and maintain project CAD files, drawing standards, and survey databases.
- Prepare and review survey control drawings, horizontal and vertical control information, and coordinate systems.
- Assist with preparation of pipeline alignment sheets, crossing exhibits, construction workspaces, and as-built drawings.
- Ensure survey drawings and deliverables meet client specifications, company standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.
Field Survey Coordination
- Coordinate daily survey activities with field crew chiefs and project managers.
- Prepare field work assignments, survey instructions, and supporting documentation for field crews.
- Review project requirements and communicate survey limits, control information, and data collection expectations to field personnel.
- Monitor field crew progress and coordinate scheduling to meet project milestones.
- Assist with planning field mobilizations, equipment needs, and survey crew assignments.
- Maintain communication between field operations and office production personnel to ensure efficient project execution.
Survey Data Processing and Quality Control
- Maintain organized project files, field notes, survey records, and electronic deliverables.
- Ensure proper documentation and traceability of survey information throughout the project lifecycle.
Project Coordination and Support
- Assist project managers with survey planning, scheduling, and tracking of project deliverables.
- Coordinate drafting priorities and production schedules to support multiple active projects.
- Monitor progress of assigned survey tasks and communicate potential schedule impacts.
- Assist in estimating drafting hours, field crew requirements, and survey production efforts.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 4 years of experience in land surveying, survey drafting, or survey project coordination.
- Proficiency in AutoCAD Civil 3D or comparable survey drafting software.
- Working knowledge of land surveying principles, coordinate systems, survey control, and construction surveying.
- Experience processing survey field data and preparing survey drawings and deliverables.
- Ability to interpret engineering plans, survey field notes, legal descriptions, and construction drawings.
- Understanding of GNSS, total station, and conventional surveying methods.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to coordinate multiple field crews and drafting assignments.
- Strong mathematical, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
- Effective communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with field personnel, project managers, and engineers.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and Outlook.
Preferred Qualifications
- Associate's or bachelor's degree in Surveying, Geomatics, Civil Engineering Technology, Drafting, or a related field.
- Surveyor-in-Training (SIT).
- Experience supporting pipeline, oil and gas, utility, civil infrastructure, or heavy construction projects.
Company Overview:
Primoris Pipeline is committed to being the value and customer solutions leader in midstream, transmission, and upstream construction by delivering safe, high quality, environmentally-compliant, timely and cost-effective projects for our clients, regardless of size or challenges.
Benefits:
- Competitive compensation, paid weekly.
- Best-in-class medical, dental, vision, and LTD/STD coverage.
- 401(k) with company match, vested on day one.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan [ESPP].
- Pet coverage for your furry friends.
- Legal assistance coverage.
- Award-winning safety programs.
EEO Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Agency Statement
We are not accepting resumes from Third Party Recruiting Firms for this position. If you are an Agency or Search firm representative, contact the Primoris Talent Acquisition Manager directly for consideration. Primoris or its subsidiaries will not be responsible for any fees arising from the use of resumes and online response forms through this source. In addition, Primoris or its subsidiaries will not be responsible for any fees on unsolicited resumes that are submitted to any member of the Staffing or Operations team. Primoris has established an approved vendor program for this service and will only consider accepting submissions from those approved firms. For consideration in becoming an approved vendor, contact HR.
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