Geospatial Manager

STV; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 131,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) Plan

Retirement Counseling

Paid Time Off

Job summary

STV is seeking an experienced Geospatial Manager to lead and grow our survey, reality capture, and digital delivery capabilities across Texas, based primarily in Frisco. The role offers opportunities to guide technical teams, manage high-impact infrastructure work, and shape how project data is captured, processed, and delivered for clients.

You will mentor teams, build client relationships, and translate complex field data into practical project intelligence across a growing Texas operation.

Qualifications

• Experience leading geospatial teams in survey, reality capture, or digital delivery.
• Strong knowledge of geospatial data processing workflows.
• Excellent communication and client relationship skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead UAV/UAS, LiDAR, reality capture efforts for transportation and infrastructure projects.
• Quality-check geospatial data with tools like Trimble Business Center, Leica Cyclone, Pix4D.
• Develop digital deliverables including point clouds, orthomosaics, terrain models.
• Collaborate with survey crews, engineers, and project managers to transform field data into project intelligence.
• Support boundary, right-of-way, and utility deliverables with licensed survey professionals.
• Integrate geospatial data into design/delivery workflows using Civil 3D, ArcGIS, OpenRoads, MicroStation.
• Advance Better Data, Faster by improving workflows and AI/digital twin usage.
• Provide technical and managerial guidance to field teams and CAD staff.

Job description

STV is seeking an experienced Geospatial Manager to help lead and grow our survey, reality capture, and digital delivery capabilities across Texas. This opportunity will be based primarily in Frisco, Texas, there the flexibility for it to be in any STV Texas office and offers the chance to manage high-impact infrastructure work, guide technical teams, and shape how high-quality project data is captured, processed, and delivered. You will join a collaborative team that is investing in the future infrastructure delivery—combining survey expertise, reality capture, automation, and digital tools to deliver better data, faster for our clients. If you are a geospatial leader who enjoys mentoring teams, building strong client and project relationships, and turning complex field data into practical project intelligence, this role offers the platform to make a measurable impact across a growing Texas operation.

Why STV?

You will join a collaborative team that is investing in the future infrastructure delivery—combining survey expertise, reality capture, automation, and digital tools to deliver better data, faster for our clients.

If you are a geospatial leader who enjoys mentoring teams, building strong client and project relationships, and turning complex field data into practical project intelligence, this role offers the platform to make a measurable impact across a growing Texas operation.

What You’ll Do

• Manage and guide UAV/UAS, laser scanning, mobile mapping, LiDAR, GNSS, and reality capture efforts for transportation, utility, municipal, construction, and infrastructure projects.
• Process, manage, and quality-check geospatial data using tools such as Trimble Business Center, Leica Cyclone, DJI Terra, Pix4D, Civil 3D, and related platforms.
• Develop accurate digital deliverables, including point clouds, orthomosaics, terrain models, surface models, existing conditions models, utility mapping, and 3D reality capture datasets.
• Collaborate with survey crews, engineers, utility teams, construction professionals, and project managers to turn field data into reliable project intelligence.
• Support boundary, deed, easement, right-of-way, survey, utility, construction, and as-built deliverables in coordination with licensed survey professionals.
• Integrate geospatial data into design and digital delivery workflows using Civil 3D, OpenRoads, ArcGIS, MicroStation, and related applications.
• Help advance STV’s Better Data, Faster initiative by improving workflows, applying automation, and supporting the use of AI, digital twins, and reality capture technology.
• Lead technical input for scopes, proposals, estimates, client discussions, standards, and best practices for geospatial and reality capture services.
• Serve as a trusted technical and managerial resource for field teams, CAD staff, survey technicians, engineers, and multidisciplinary project teams while maintaining safe and compliant practices.

What You’ll Bring

• 10+ years of experience in surveying, geomatics, geospatial technology, reality capture, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience with UAV/UAS, LiDAR, laser scanning, photogrammetry, GNSS, and geospatial data processing workflows.
• Strong knowledge of survey principles, coordinate systems, control networks, field-to-finish workflows, and data quality standards.
• Experience supporting transportation, municipal, utility, land development, construction, or infrastructure projects.
• Proficiency with tools such as Trimble Business Center, Civil 3D, Microsoft Office, Leica Cyclone, Pix4D, DJI Terra, ArcGIS Pro, OpenRoads, MicroStation, Carlson Survey, or similar platforms.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, organization, and collaboration skills.
• Registered Professional Land Surveyor (RPLS) license is a plus.

Compensation Range

$130,962.60 - $149,671.54

STV offers the following benefits

• Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable)
• Disability insurance
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
• 401(k) Plan
• Retirement Counseling
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Time Off (starting at 16 days)
• Paid Holidays (9 days)
• Back-Up Dependent Care (up to 10 days per year)
• Parental Leave (up to 80 hours)
• Continuing Education Program
• Professional Licensure and Society Memberships

STV is committed to paying all of its employees in a fair, equitable, and transparent manner. The listed pay range is STV’s good-faith salary estimate for this position. Please note that the final salary offered for this position may be outside of this published range based on many factors, including but not limited to geography, education, experience, and/or certifications.