Group Leader - Land Surveying

Verdantas; Dover (DE); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Work Environment

Paid Parental Leave

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life and AD&D Insurance

Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

401(k) with Company Match

Paid Time Off + Holidays

Job summary

Verdantas seeks an experienced Professional Land Surveyor to serve as Group Leader for the Mid-Atlantic surveying team. You will oversee survey crews across PA/DE/MD, provide technical and strategic direction, and mentor future leaders in a collaborative, growth-minded firm.

You’ll drive quality surveying and reality capture services, manage client relationships, and contribute to business development while advancing innovative workflows in a people-first culture.

Qualifications

• Professional Land Surveyor license in PA/DE/MD (or ability to obtain within a reasonable timeframe).
• 10+ years of progressive land surveying experience with leadership responsibilities.
• Proven ability to manage survey teams and oversee complex surveying projects.
• Strong client relationships and business development capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of survey crew chiefs, technicians, and support staff across multiple offices and project sites.
• Foster a collaborative, safety-focused, and high-performance team culture.
• Provide mentorship, coaching, and professional development to advance technical and leadership skills.
• Support hiring, onboarding, workload planning, and succession planning for the survey group.

Skills

PLS license

10+ years surveying

Leadership

Business development

CAD/GIS workflows

Tools

AutoCAD Civil 3D

Trimble Business Center

ArcGIS

Robotic Total Stations

GPS

Job description

Hybrid

Wilmington DE

Dover DE

Full time

Welcome to Verdantas, where innovation meets sustainability, and your career finds purpose!

At Verdantas, we’re redefining environmental consulting and sustainable engineering through our use of cutting-edge modeling and digital technology and our genuine commitment to people. Our work spans high-growth sectors like water resources, resilient land use, energy transformation, and civil infrastructure.

Our commitment to excellence, across more than 90 offices, is championed by a team of over 2,000 experts, scientists, engineers, geologists, and technical specialists, embedded in a people-focused culture, prioritizing the well-being of our employees, clients, and the communities we serve. We partner with clients to deliver smart, data-driven solutions to complex environmental and infrastructure challenges. We don’t just solve problems; we help shape a more sustainable future.

Join a people-first culture that values your well-being, empowers your growth, and amplifies your impact. At Verdantas, your career goes beyond the expected, and your work helps build a better world.

Ready to shape the future of resilient communities?

We are seeking an experienced Professional Land Surveyor to serve as Group Leader for our Mid-Atlantic surveying team. This leadership role is responsible for overseeing a group of survey crew chiefs and technicians delivering high-quality surveying and geospatial services throughout Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, while also providing technical and strategic support to the firm’s national Reality Capture team.

This role offers an opportunity to lead and shape a growing surveying practice within a collaborative, forward-thinking organization. The successful candidate will influence technical direction, mentor future leaders, expand innovative services, and play a key role in advancing Verdantas' survey offerings.

The ideal candidate is a client-focused, technically strong, and growth-minded leader who brings a balance of people leadership, business development acumen, and advanced surveying expertise. This position plays a critical role in strengthening client relationships, developing talent, and advancing innovative survey and reality capture services across the region.

What You'll Do:

Practice & Team Leadership

• Lead and manage a team of survey crew chiefs, technicians, and support staff across multiple offices and project sites
• Foster a collaborative, safety-focused, and high-performance team culture
• Provide mentorship, coaching, and professional development to advance technical and leadership skills
• Support hiring, onboarding, workload planning, and succession planning for the survey group

Client Management & Business Development

• Serve as a primary client liaison for key surveying and geospatial accounts in Delaware and Maryland
• Build and maintain strong relationships with public and private sector clients
• Support and lead business development efforts, including scoping, pricing, proposals, and interviews
• Identify opportunities to expand services and grow repeat work

Technical Leadership & Quality Oversight

• Provide technical oversight and quality control for boundary, topographic, ALTA/NSPS, construction layout, and utility surveys
• Support and integrate Reality Capture services such as terrestrial scanning, mobile mapping, UAV/LiDAR, and photogrammetry
• Establish and reinforce best practices, standards, and workflows for survey and reality capture deliverables
• Ensure compliance with state licensure requirements, safety standards, and QA/QC procedures

Operational & Performance Management

• Manage group performance related to financial results, utilization, backlog, and client satisfaction
• Collaborate with the Mid-Atlantic Survey Leader on annual business planning and staffing forecasts
• Promote continuous improvement through technology adoption and process efficiency

What You Bring:

• Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) license in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and/or Maryland (or ability to obtain within a reasonable timeframe)
• 10+ years of progressive land surveying experience, including leadership or supervisory responsibilities
• Demonstrated experience managing survey teams and overseeing complex surveying projects
• Proven ability to build client relationships and contribute to business development efforts
• Strong understanding of field operations, CAD/GIS workflows, and survey data management
• Knowledge of and experience with AutoCAD Civil 3D (2018 or newer), Trimble Business Center, ArcGIS
• Well-versed in survey-related technology and equipment (Robotic Total Stations, GPS, Data Collectors)
• Knowledge of and understanding of plan preparation (i.e. topographic surveys, boundary surveys, ALTA Surveys, base mapping, etc.)
• Knowledge of the principles of performing surveys: leveling, traversing, metes and bounds surveys, bathymetric survey, etc.
• Strong knowledge of survey law (legal descriptions), cost estimating, survey research, and survey task scheduling

Preferred Qualifications:

• Multi-state licensure or experience working across the Mid-Atlantic region
• Experience supporting or delivering Reality Capture and advanced geospatial services
• Familiarity with survey data integration into engineering and design workflows
• Experience in a consulting engineering or multidisciplinary firm environment

Salary Range:

The compensation range for this position is $135,000 - $150,000, with final compensation determined based on years of experience, qualifications, and licensing status.

Benefits:

• Flexible Work Environment
• Paid Parental Leave
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Paid Time Off + Holidays

Verdantas strives to develop new ways to increase diversity awareness within our organization. We recruit and reward our employees based on capability and performance — regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion, or physical ability. For us, it is imperative to build balanced teams from all walks of life and we believe that a diverse workforce is a stronger workforce.

Verdantas is an EOE race/color/religion/sex/sexual orientation/gender identity/national origin/disability/vet