Maryland PLS Lead: Survey Projects & Client Leadership

RETTEW; Morgantown (WV); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Competitive compensation

Professional development resources

Job summary

RETTEW is seeking an experienced Maryland-licensed Professional Land Surveyor to lead survey projects and provide licensed oversight for Maryland work. The role centers on project leadership, client relationships, and multi-disciplinary collaboration across land development, transportation, and infrastructure.

Based in a RETTEW office in Pennsylvania with flexibility on location, you will manage scopes, budgets, and schedules, review plans, mentor staff, and serve as a primary client contact

Qualifications

• Active Professional Land Surveyor license in Maryland.
• Significant professional surveying experience with responsibility for project delivery.
• Experience managing survey projects with scope, schedule, budget, and client expectations.
• Strong working knowledge of Maryland surveying laws, regulations, standards, and professional requirements.
• Experience reviewing and taking professional responsibility for survey plans, plats, and related deliverables.
• Experience coordinating field and office survey operations.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects and priorities.
• Working knowledge of professional survey technology, software, equipment, and CAD-based production environments.
• Strong client communication and project-leadership skills.
• Valid driver's license and ability to travel to project/client locations; hybrid work capability.

Responsibilities

• Manage surveying projects from initial scope and proposal through fieldwork, production, quality review, and final delivery.
• Lead boundary, ALTA/NSPS, topographic, construction, and other professional surveying assignments.
• Provide licensed professional oversight for Maryland surveying work.
• Review and seal survey plans, plats, and other deliverables in accordance with Maryland requirements and professional standards.
• Serve as a primary client contact, managing expectations, communication, project needs, and deliverables.
• Develop project scopes, schedules, budgets, and resource plans.
• Monitor project financial performance, schedule, scope changes, and delivery commitments.
• Coordinate field crews, survey/CAD professionals, Project Managers, Engineers, and other technical disciplines.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to survey professionals and developing staff.
• Support proposals, project pursuits, and opportunities to expand relationships with existing clients.
• Collaborate with RETTEW teams across offices and disciplines to support land development, transportation, infrastructure, and other projects.

Job description

RETTEW is seeking an experienced Maryland-licensed Professional Land Surveyor to lead survey projects and provide licensed oversight for Maryland work. The role centers on project leadership, client relationships, and multi-disciplinary collaboration across land development, transportation, and infrastructure.

Based in a RETTEW office in Pennsylvania with flexibility on location, you will manage scopes, budgets, and schedules, review plans, mentor staff, and serve as a primary client contact