Registered Land Surveyor

Barge Design; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Barge Design Solutions in Nashville seeks an experienced Professional Land Surveyor to lead diverse geomatics projects, provide technical direction, and mentor team members.

You will supervise field and office activities, seal surveys, interact with clients, and help shape best practices while delivering accurate, defensible results. This role requires licensure, leadership, and strong collaboration across disciplines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited program.
• 8+ years of Geomatics or surveying experience; 12 years may count for degree.
• Registered professional surveying licensure (state varies).
• Ability to lead and mentor teams; stay informed on standards.
• Valid driver's license and ability to travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee diverse geomatics projects and set best practices.
• Sign and seal surveys, provide technical direction and QC.
• Mentor staff and collaborate with internal partners.
• Obtain project information, plan deliverables, and manage scopes.
• Communicate with clients and attend meetings; contribute to proposals.
• Plan and present complex items with appropriate standards.
• Analyze data on site and determine best actions and tools.
• Ensure equipment readiness to win and expand geomatics services.
• Perform complex calculations and, when needed, lead technical work.

Skills

Geomatics leadership

Surveying expertise

Mentoring

Client communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Surveying or Geomatics

Registered professional surveying licensure

Tools

GIS software

Surveying AutoCAD

Job description

What We're Looking For:

Are you a licensed Professional Land Surveyor who values technical excellence and leadership? Barge Design Solutions is seeking an experienced surveyor to lead and oversee diverse geomatics projects and help shape best practices across our organization.

In this role, you will provide technical direction, planning, production, and quality review for a variety of survey services including ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys, boundary and topographic surveys, RTK GPS data collection, and GIS integration. You will guide complex projects, mentor team members, and collaborate with internal partners to ensure accurate, defensible, and high-quality results. This position offers the opportunity to influence standards, support project success, and build lasting client trust while contributing to a growing engineering and consulting firm.

Responsibilities:

• Perform various assignments developing deliverables from vague objectives, requirements, and other limited information.
• Sign and seal diverse types of surveys with capability to ensure quality standards are met.
• Provide seasoned recommendations for solutions to Geomatics and Surveying services.
• Obtain project information and ensure deliverables are accurate and complete.
• Plan presentations of complex items with features that may differ from established standards.
• Proactively reduce and analyze relevant raw data on site using applicable software.
• Quickly and efficiently determine best course of action and resolve challenges for issues resulting from field or project work, establishing a plan of attack and appropriate technology for services to be performed.
• Ensure Barge is positioned with relevant and industry standard equipment needed to win and expand geomatics services.
• Communicate with clients pertaining to specific projects and attend client meetings.
• Prepare cost and quantity estimates and scopes of services in collaboration with the pursuit team.
• Perform complex calculations.
• May act as project-specific lead for technical survey work of others.
• Mentor and review work of more junior staff for quality purposes.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education & Experience Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree from accredited program
• 8+ years of Geomatics, Surveying, or other relevant experience; 12 years of experience may count in lieu of degree
• Registered professional surveying licensure (varies by state)
• Ability to apply thorough knowledge and proficiency acquired through progressive experience to resolve challenging issues; can be considered a Subject Matter Specialist in a discipline or market practice area
• Keeps informed regarding new methods, standards, regulations, and developments affecting the organization and can recommend new practices/changes in emphasis through business planning efforts
• Can effectively collaborate with business and teams to meet defined objectives
• Valid driver's license
• Ability to work varying schedules
• Ability to travel at times including overnight

Work environment includes working outdoors and in rough terrain. Individuals will walk, sit, and stand while operating various equipment, tools, and machinery. Individuals may need to carry, push, pull, or lift up to 50 lbs. Individuals may need to climb various elevations and requires visual acuity sufficient to read alpha/numeric symbols and perform computation and design.

Why join us?

Barge Design Solutions, Inc., is an engineering and architecture firm with diverse in-house multidisciplinary practice areas. The employee-owned company is more than 650+ people strong and serves clients nationwide from multiple U.S. locations. Barge is ranked on Engineering News-Record (ENR)’s Top 500 Design Firms and Architectural Record’s Top 300 Architecture Firms and is a certified Great Place To Work®.

• Collaborate – Help and expect help. Teamwork is essential in what we do.
• Authentic – Honesty, integrity and trust are at the heart of everything we do. We are who we say we are.
• Responsible – We are accountable for our work, our attitude, and our actions. We make Barge better.
• Excellence – We go all in and expect more of ourselves than others expect of us.
• Service – We are humble. We use our gifts in service of others.

We believe that if we are living out our purpose for being in business and integrating our values into everything we do, we will ultimately achieve our vision to be the firm best known for being selected when it matters most.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status or on the basis of disability. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Agency Submissions

No unsolicited agency submissions. Barge Design Solutions does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or staffing agencies.

Any unsolicited resume becomes the property of Barge Design Solutions, and no fee will be paid for resulting hires. Only agencies with a signed agreement are authorized to submit candidates.