Licensed Surveyor

City of Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs (CO)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

The City of Colorado Springs seeks a licensed surveyor to provide professional land surveying services within the Public Works Department’s City Engineering Division. Focus areas include development review, annexations, and support for the capital improvement program.

Responsibilities include reviewing plats, legal descriptions, easements, and related agreements, and preparing survey deliverables for City projects.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in a related area of study.
Five years of full‑time, professional experience in a related field.
Currently possess, or obtain upon hire, a valid driver’s license unobstructed by restrictions.
Currently possess, or obtain upon hire, a Colorado Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) License.

Responsibilities

Review subdivision plats, annexation plats, and related documents to ensure compliance with City Code and regulations.
Manage development review applications through electronic review systems and coordinate with agencies and project managers.
Prepare and certify annexation plats, subdivision plats, legal descriptions, and easement exhibits for City projects.
Establish and verify survey control using GNSS/GPS and Trimble or similar software.
Maintain, manage and preserve City survey records and geospatial data.

Skills

AutoCAD

GIS mapping

Surveying knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Colorado PLS License

Five years of related experience

Tools

AutoCAD

Accela

Digeplan

OpenGov

Job description

Description / Position Overview

In this position, you will provide professional land surveying expertise as a licensed surveyor within the Public Works Department’s City Engineering Division, with a primary focus on development review, annexations, and support for the City’s capital improvement program.

Responsibilities include reviewing subdivision plats, annexation documents, easements, legal descriptions, exhibits, and associated agreements to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and City standards. You will prepare annexation plats, legal descriptions, easement documents, and other survey‑related deliverables for City‑led projects.

In addition, you will serve as the City’s surveying subject matter expert by representing the City in coordination meetings with developers, consultants, utilities, and other agencies regarding capital projects, right‑of‑way encroachments, property acquisitions, and survey control. You will also oversee the management, maintenance, and integrity of the City’s survey records and geospatial data to support engineering, development, and infrastructure projects.

This position is subject to budget required furloughs to be implemented in the 2026 calendar year.

As a Licensed Surveyor, You Will

Review and coordinate land development entitlement applications, including subdivision plats, annexation plats, replats, vacations, easements, legal descriptions, exhibits, and related agreements to ensure compliance with City Code, State statutes, surveying standards, and engineering requirements.
Manage assigned development review applications through the City’s electronic review systems, providing timely technical reviews, coordinating comments with reviewing agencies, consultants, and project managers, and working collaboratively to resolve technical issues.
Coordinate the final plat, annexation, and document recording process, including agency approvals, execution of recordable documents, El Paso County recordation, and distribution of final recorded documents to appropriate stakeholders.
Prepare and certify survey‑related deliverables for City projects, including annexation plats, subdivision plats, legal descriptions, easement exhibits, boundary surveys, right‑of‑way documents, and other land transfer documents.
Establish, maintain, and verify horizontal and vertical survey control using Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS/GPS) technology, conventional surveying methods, and Trimble Business Center or similar survey software.
Prepare or provide professional review and oversight of legal descriptions, easement documents, plats, survey exhibits, and boundary information.
Maintain responsible charge of municipal surveying activities and survey data, ensuring the accuracy, integrity, preservation, and accessibility of survey records, monumentation, control networks, and geospatial information.
Restore, maintain, and perpetuate public land survey monuments and survey control in accordance with Colorado law, federal standards, and accepted professional surveying practices.
Participate in project scoping, design coordination, property acquisition, right‑of‑way, and capital improvement project meetings, providing technical surveying expertise throughout project development and delivery.
Identify opportunities to improve business processes, development review procedures, surveying practices, and document management systems, and recommend solutions that improve efficiency and customer service.
Foster positive working relationships through effective communication, collaboration, mentoring, and responsive customer service while maintaining the highest standards of professional ethics and technical competence.
Maintain professional licensure, remain current with changes in surveying laws, standards, technology, and industry best practices, and ensure compliance with all applicable safety policies, procedures, and regulations.
Represent the City of Colorado Springs in a professional surveyor capacity with developers, consultants, the Professional Land Surveyors of Colorado (PLSC), internal departments, utilities, and local, state, and federal agencies.
Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge Of

We are looking for candidates who demonstrate:

AutoCAD and other Drafting/GIS/mapping software
Pertinent federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations

Ability to:

Apply professional land surveyor knowledge
Evaluate and assess issues in a timely manner
Review entitlement applications

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in a related area of study.
Five years of full‑time, professional experience in a related field.
Currently possess, or obtain upon hire, and maintain a valid, non‑probationary driver’s license not subject to restrictions.
Currently possess, or obtain upon hire, and maintain a valid Colorado Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) License

We value a diverse range of qualifications and experiences. Our organization views each year of further education as equivalent to each year of relevant work experience, and each year of additional relevant work experience as equivalent to each year of required education.

Preferred Qualifications

The following qualifications are not required, but they are considered desirable. If you possess any of the preferred qualifications, please include specific details in your application. This information may be used to identify a top group of applicants.

Experience with Microsoft Suite, AutoCAD, Accela, Digeplan, and/or OpenGov

Additional Information

Please contact City Recruiting at City.Recruiting@coloradosprings.gov if you have any questions about this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The City of Colorado Springs is committed to a welcoming culture that values our employees’ unique individual qualities and fosters a welcoming environment where people want to be.

shift differential
pay differential
acting or lead
special assignment
hazard pay
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cell phone allowance
uniform allowance
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compensatory time off
tuition
overtime
extra duty
incentive
holiday premium
proficiency
vacation sell back

NOTE: This job announcement is not intended to include a complete listing of all responsibilities, knowledge, skills, and abilities associated with the position.

The City does not sponsor applicants for work visas of any kind (including but not limited to F‑1, H‑1B or TN visas). Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full‑time basis.

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