Survey Project Manager

Job Summary:
This position is responsible for the direction of survey technicians, staff surveyors, project surveyors, and/or field surveyors. They must be able to work under minimal supervision while reviewing work done by others as well as preparing, scheduling, and maintaining a budget.

Accountability and Duties:
• Ensures timesheets are submitted accurately and on time.
• Provides an accurate accounting of time spent on projects with descriptions for each time entry on a daily basis.
• Keeps supervisors informed of work load and any changes in project scope or additional services.
• Maintains a good relationship with clients and staff.
• Works closely with other disciplines on multi-discipline projects.
• Available to occasionally work in the field performing surveying tasks.
• Organizes and maintains survey job files (electronic and/or paper).
• Accurately prepares field work orders for field surveys.
• Accurately prepares legal descriptions with minimal supervision.
• Accurately prepares survey control sheets with minimal supervision.
• Accurately prepares boundary survey calculations with minimal supervision.
• Accurately prepares block sheets for construction staking with minimal supervision.
• Accurately reviews engineering plans for construction calculations.
• Accurately prepares the title review summaries for ALTA Surveys.
• Accurately calculates lot geometry for subdivision plats.
• Mentors and trains office and field surveyors.
• Accurately reviews completed Houseline Plats.
• Accurately reviews completed topographic surveys.
• Accurately reviews completed plats of survey.
• Accurately reviews completed ALTA surveys (including title).
• Accurately reviews completed easement plats.
• Accurately reviews completed dedication plats.
• Accurately reviews completed lot geometry and subdivision plats.
• Accurately reviews completed legal descriptions.
• Accurately reviews completed survey control sheets.
• Accurately reviews completed block sheets and construction calculations.
• Accurately reviews completed Boundary Survey calculations.
• Prepares and monitors project budgets.
• Prepares proposals and ensures proposal protocol is followed.
• Ensures that services being provided are covered by contract scope.
• Prepares and monitors project schedules and timely completion of projects.
• Participates in marketing, sales, and business development efforts.
• Completes projects on time and within budgets.
• Monitors quality of plats, documents, and other deliverables.
• Maintain, monitor, and develop field and office survey standards.
• Manage staff and project workload and meet project deadlines.
• Review and approve staff timesheets on time.
• Mentoring and job coaching for staff and complete annual staff reviews.
• Assists in resolving any HR issues with direct reports.
• Effectively communicates with and keeps supervisor informed.
• Communicates closely with other disciples and/or sub-consultants.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance relationships with existing clients.
• Works with passion and a positive attitude and cooperates toward the common goal.
• Ensures that contracts are approved and signed by client.
• Accurate billing for projects including additional services for out of scope items.
• Monitors and addresses unbilled time.
• Monitors and resolves past due A/R.
• Addresses back charges immediately and monitors status.
• Marketing and business development for new clients.

Qualification Requirements:
6-10 years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Education and/or Experience:
Bachelor’s degree in Surveying from an accredited four-year college or university

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
• Valid driver’s license
• Licensed Land Surveyor

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Excellent oral and technical written communication skills.
• Strong sense of urgency and self-initiative to meet client deadlines.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Available to work nights and weekends to complete a project as necessary.
• Ability to make independent decisions within a general framework.
• Ability to supervise the work of field and/or office surveyors.
• Knowledge of industry related software.
• Proficient in AutoCAD, Civil 3D and Microsoft Office (if applicable).
• Must be fluent in the English language.

Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Employer’s Disclaimer:
Position subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.