Survey Manager

Macleod Simmonds Ltd; Woking; On-site; GBP 43,200 - 52,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays

Company pension scheme

Industry-specific training

Enhanced night rates

Full PPE provided

Job summary

Macleod Simmonds Ltd, based in Woking, is seeking a qualified Survey Manager. This role involves leading a high-performing utility survey team, ensuring quality assurance, and developing innovative methodologies. With a salary starting from £48,000 per annum, depending on experience, we value technical excellence and provide industry-specific training.

Join a multidisciplinary Geospatial Consultancy working on significant UK infrastructure projects and enjoy benefits such as 25 days annual leave and a company pension scheme.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience delivering complex utility survey projects.
• Proven track record in training and mentoring team members.
• Excellent knowledge of utility surveying equipment.

Responsibilities

• Oversee quality assurance and staff development.
• Develop survey methodologies and systems.
• Respond to technical queries and represent the business.

Skills

Utility surveying

Team leadership

CAD proficiency

GPR processing

Health and safety awareness

Education

QCF Level 5 or equivalent

Tools

EML

GPR

Total stations

GNSS positioning equipment

BricsCAD

N4ce software

Job description

Woking Permanent from £48,000 Posted on: 30 June 2026

An exceptional career opportunity for an experienced Survey Manager.

Are you an experienced utility survey professional ready to lead, mentor and develop a high-performing team across some of the UK’s most challenging utility environments? We are looking for a Survey Manager to support quality, strengthen technical capability, improve processes, and help deliver exceptional service across the business.

This is a key management role responsible for driving the survey team’s continued high performance. You will oversee quality assurance, support staff development and training, deliver specialist surveys, respond to technical client queries, and help shape the future direction of the company by introducing new technologies, methodologies and processes.

What You’ll Be Doing

In this position, your key responsibilities will be:

• Uphold the company values: Trust, Integrity, Commitment, Respect and Fun
• Make balanced decisions that consider safety, integrity, quality, improvement and cost
• Improve the efficiency and capability of survey staff through training, mentoring, continual assessment and constructive feedback
• Develop survey methodologies, systems and processes to maximise efficiency while maintaining a strong commitment to quality
• Provide clear data and insight on the progression, performance and development needs of the survey team
• Allocate survey projects, support delivery planning and respond to technical questions from clients and colleagues
• Represent the business professionally in all client, site and internal interactions
• Undertake specialist projects that make full use of your technical experience and industry knowledge

What You’ll Bring

We’re looking for someone who is not only technically strong but also dependable, proactive and highly professional. To thrive in this role, you’ll need:

• Significant experience, ideally six years or more, delivering complex utility survey projects on time and in full, covering both site work and office-based processing. QCF Level 5, or equivalent, is desirable
• A proven track record of training, mentoring, assessing and developing survey team membersExcellent knowledge of core utility surveying equipment, including EML, GPR, total stations and GNSS positioning equipment
• Strong CAD capability, ideally including BricsCAD
• Proficiency in GPR processing software, ideally IDS IQMaps
• Strong capability with survey processing software such as N4ce
• A full understanding of PAS 128 and its practical application
• Experience managing successful client interactions, resolving challenging situations and understanding the commercial implications of technical decisions
• Excellent health and safety awareness, with the ability to promote safe working practices across the team
• Strong report writing, technical review and assessment skills

Why Join Us

You will be joining a company where technical excellence is valued, career development is supported and your contribution is truly recognised. We offer:

• Salary from £48,000 per annum, depending on experience
• Industry-specific training, including NVQ, CSCS, NRSWA, First Aid and advanced GPR training
• Laptop
• 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
• Company pension scheme
• Enhanced night rates
• Social events
• Highly rewarding Refer a Friend scheme
• Full PPE provided

About Macleod Simmonds:

Macleod Simmonds is a multidisciplinary Geospatial Consultancy using the very latest digital mapping technology in conjunction with our own innovative methodologies, on some of the highest profile infrastructure projects in the UK.

If you are looking for an exciting challenging role with structured career development opportunities then please get in touch.

Macleod Simmonds is an equal opportunities employer.

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