Licensed Surveyor

City of Colorado Springs; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 78,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Colorado Springs seeks a Licensed Surveyor in Public Works, Engineering Development Review, to provide professional land surveying expertise focused on development review, annexations, and capital improvement program support. You will review plats, prepare legal descriptions, establish survey control, and oversee survey records, while representing the City in meetings with developers, consultants, and agencies.

A Colorado PLS license and five years of experience are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Five years of professional surveying experience.
• Colorado Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) license or ability to obtain upon hire.
• Valid driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Review subdivision plats, annexation plats, replats, vacations, easements, and legal descriptions to ensure compliance with City codes and standards.
• Manage development review applications through electronic review systems; coordinate comments with agencies and project managers.
• Prepare annexation plats, legal descriptions, easement documents, and other survey deliverables for City projects.

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

AutoCAD

Accela

Digeplan

OpenGov

Microsoft Suite

GIS mapping software

Job description

Salary: $78,464.38 - $94,194.93 Annually

Location: Public Works - City of Colorado Springs, CO

Job Type: Classified - Full Time

Job Number: 18291

Division: Public Works

Department: Engineering Development Review

Opening Date: 07/21/2026

Closing Date: Continuous

FLSA: Exempt

Licensed Surveyor

About the Job: 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.

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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.

Learn more about this job by reviewing the class specification on the City of Colorado Springs Class Specifications page

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

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

Additional Information

Please contact City Recruiting at [e-mail] 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

The City of Colorado Springs offers additional compensation depending on the position, area of assignment, and specific job assignments, including shift differential, pay differential, acting or lead, special assignment, hazard pay, longevity, cell phone allowance, uniform allowance, relocation, awards, standby, call out, compensatory time off, tuition, overtime, extra duty, incentive, holiday premium, proficiency, and 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.

The City's job classifications, including physical demands and descriptions, can be found on the Colorado Springs Class Specifications page

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Employer City of Colorado Springs

Address 30 South Nevada Avenue, Suite 301

Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80903

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Website http://www.coloradosprings.gov