Land Technician

Jacobs; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision

401(k) plan

Stock purchase program

Deferred compensation

PPTO

Seven paid holidays

Caregiver leave

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking an experienced Land Surveyor to contribute to a diverse range of surveying projects in the San Jose, CA area. The role focuses on field and office tasks, coordinating multi-disciplinary teams, and ensuring quality and safety standards are met.

Minimum qualifications include 6+ years of survey experience and 2+ years as a Land Surveyor. A Professional Land Surveying license is preferred, with a hybrid working model offered.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or associate degree in applicable field.
• 6+ years of experience in surveying.
• 2+ years of experience as a Land Surveyor.
• Professional Land Surveying license preferred.
• Experience with laser scanning, photogrammetry, remote sensing, LiDAR, CAD, GIS, subsurface utilities, or ROW acquisition.

Responsibilities

• Provide input on project safety plan and ensure work activities are compliant.
• Track schedules, project cost and time to complete for all tasks.
• Coordinate with Technical Discipline Leads on staff requirements and development.
• Prepare, monitor and adjust the project quality plan with the PM.
• Serve as the primary project technical expert and assist with technical problem resolution.
• Ensure project team complies with processes and procedures.
• Provide lessons learned during the project and incorporate lessons learned on other projects.
• Ensure all checking and approval activities are undertaken prior to transmitting deliverables.
• Coordinate technical work between different disciplines.
• Identify technical issues which may affect client satisfaction and act with the PM to resolve.
• Perform or delegate technical tasks to ensure all elements of the scope are completed, including field crew setup, geodetic control network planning and design, control survey processing and adjustment, feature processing of topographic field data, DTM generation/editing, title commitment review, public records research, COGO calculations, writing property descriptions, ensuring QC plans are followed.

Skills

Project coordination

Team collaboration

Technical problem solving

Education

Bachelor or Associate degree in surveying/related field

Tools

CAD

GIS

LiDAR

COGO

Job description

At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.

Your impact

• Provide input on project safety plan and ensure work activities are compliant.
• Track schedules, project cost and time to complete for all tasks.
• Coordinate with Technical Discipline Leads on staff requirements and development.
• Workings with the PM prepare, monitor and adjust the project quality plan.
• Serve as the primary project technical expert and assist with technical problem resolution.
• Ensure project team complies with processes and procedures.
• Provide lessons learned during the project and incorporate lessons learned on other projects.
• Ensure that all checking and approval activities are undertaken prior to transmitting deliverables.
• Give particular attention to coordination of technical work between different disciplines.
• Identify technical issues which may affect client satisfaction and act with the PM to resolve.
• Perform or delegate technical tasks to ensure all elements of the scope of work are completed, including
  • Field crew setup
  • Geodetic control network planning and design
  • Control survey processing and adjustment
  • Feature processing of topographic field data
  • Generating, editing and clean-up of Digital Terrain Models (DTM)
  • Title commitment review
  • Public records research
  • COGO calculations
  • Writing property descriptions
  • Ensuring all QC plans are followed

Here's what you'll need

6+ years of experience in surveying.

2+ years of experience as a Land Surveyor.

Professional Land Surveying license preferred.

Experience with, and the coordination of, the following disciplines preferred laser scanning, photogrammetry, remote sensing, LiDAR, CAD, GIS, subsurface utilities, or ROW acquisition.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's or associate's degree in applicable field.
• Proven ability to complete all technical aspects of a surveying task.

The base salary range for this position is $130,100.00 to $184,000.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Job posted on October 01, 2026. This position will be open for at least 3 days.

Our health and welfare benefits are designed to invest in you, and in the things you care about.

• Your health.
• Your well-being.
• Your security.
• Your future.
• Employees have access to medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance, a 401(k) plan, and the ability to purchase company stock at a discount.
• Eligible employees may also enroll in a deferred compensation plan or the Executive Deferral Plan.
• Jacobs has an unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees, seven paid holidays, and caregiver leave.
• And certain roles may be eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations enabling them to deliver their best work.

Your application experience is important to us, and we’re keen to adapt to make every interaction even better. If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team via Careers Support.