Senior Utility Surveyor

WSP in the UK & Ireland; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the UK & Ireland is seeking a Senior Utility Surveyor to join their expanding team. The role involves managing live projects, conducting buried services surveys, and mentoring junior staff. Candidates should possess relevant qualifications and significant experience in utility mapping and surveying, along with a strong commitment to quality standards. This position offers opportunities for growth within a supportive culture that values innovation and collaboration.

Qualifications

• Proven experience carrying out underground utility surveys.
• Experience in data collection and post-processing using GPR.
• Ability to work effectively alone or in a team.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate live utility survey projects.
• Carry out buried services surveys adhering to specifications.
• Mentor junior team members and ensure quality assurance.

Skills

Fieldwork

Utility Mapping

GPR Techniques

Communication

Education

QCF Level 3 and Level 5 in Utility Mapping and Surveying

Engineering-based Qualification

Tools

Total Stations

GNSS

Job description

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Job Description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

Job Description

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

To find out information on what we do as a team within Surveying Services please click on the link: Surveying Services (UK)

A Little More About Your Role…

• Working within a team of Utility Surveyors based UK wide, working alongside the Topographical Surveying, UAV and MBS teams.
• Managing and coordinating live projects, bidding, and assisting with marketing for new projects
• Carrying out buried services surveys with respect to briefs and specifications
• Processing and checking of projects, whilst rigorously adhering to, and ensuring, that the prevailing standards of WSP are adhered to.
• Quality Assurance – Ensure that standards are being followed on site and in the office
• Mentoring of junior team members
• This role will include working in all weathers and sometimes at night.
  
  

Your Team

• Surveying Services (UK)
• Working within a team of 36 Surveyors based UK wide, consisting of Topographical, Measured Building & Buried Services Surveyors and UAV Pilots.
• Working mainly on surveying projects based in England/Wales
• Varied client base from Local Authorities to Multi-Discipline Consultants
• Reporting to the survey team leads
• City based offices, with excellent transport links and surrounding area includes shops/café/parking train station
• Surveying Services promote the power of joined-up geospatial technologies to bring locational data alive
  
  

What We Will Be Looking For You To Demonstrate…

• QCF Level 3 and Level 5, in Utility Mapping and Surveying or have a specific qualification, either as part of their main degree, HND or as a specialist module in an engineering based qualification. However, candidates with suitable skills and proven experience will be considered.
• Proven experience of carrying out fieldwork for below ground utility surveys and drainage surveys on varied sites using Electromagnetic and GPR techniques. Experience of working to PAS128 standards, collecting and post-processing GPR data. Typically, 5-10 years.
• Process fieldwork including the production of 2D & 3D CAD drawings and other survey reports.
• Experience in the use of total stations and GNSS.
• Experience in carrying out Topographical Surveys would be advantageous but not essential·
• Have an ability to communicate technical detail graphically and effectively to both colleagues and client teams.
• Undertake own CPD.
• Must have the skills to check and critically evaluate the work done by others, be it Drawings, Calculations or Reports.
• Active contribution to Technical Excellence and innovation across the survey team
• Ability to work effectively alone or as part of a team·
• Ability to manage and mentor staff
• The applicant must have a full UK driving licence as the role will require travel around the country
  
  

Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Sales and Management

• Industries

  Professional Services

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