Senior Land Survey & Geospatial Lead (Hybrid)

Raymond; Georgia; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Raymond is actively seeking a Land Surveying Department Manager to lead and scale our Surveying & Geospatial Services. You will serve as the senior technical authority for surveying operations, focusing on DoD facilities and US-wide deployments.

You will mentor staff, manage budgets, and drive high-precision field surveys using GPS/GNSS, UAVs, and LiDAR. Strong leadership, licensing, and federal project experience are essential.

Qualifications

• 2 years of education in Surveying/Geomatics Engineering, Civil Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Active Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) license in good standing; ability to obtain Georgia PLS and others by comity within 6–12 months.
• Active FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate, or ability to obtain within 90 days.
• 10–15+ years of progressive land surveying experience, incl. 5+ years in managerial/lead roles.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary field crews and office production staff.
• Proven experience with complex control networks, topographic surveys, boundary analysis, construction staking, and utility mapping.
• Strong knowledge of survey data integration with civil design workflows.

Responsibilities

• Define departmental operational goals, build capacity, recruit talent, and scale the survey team to meet growing demand.
• Manage workload allocation, crew scheduling, field equipment logistics, and software licenses to optimize productivity and project delivery.
• Develop project scopes, fee estimates, and fee proposals while managing departmental budgets, billable utilization, and project profitability.
• Supervise, train, and mentor party chiefs, survey technicians, instrument operators, and CAD specialists.
• Lead and execute field survey missions at military bases and project sites across the United States.
• Direct and perform high-precision survey operations utilizing GPS/GNSS, robotic total stations, UAV photogrammetry, aerial LiDAR, and handheld/stick SLAM LiDAR systems.
• Oversee point cloud processing, feature extraction, surface generation, and drawing production in Autodesk Civil 3D.
• Ensure survey models integrate effectively with civil engineering design workflows.
• Coordinate military base access protocols, DD Form 2402 approvals, FAA Part 107 flight authorizations, and applicable UAV/LiDAR restrictions.
• Serve as the Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) in responsible charge, reviewing, signing, and sealing survey maps and related documents.
• Develop and maintain company-wide survey standards, QA/QC checklists, and data coding libraries.
• Travel nationally 25–40% to installations and client sites.
• Support business development and client presentations for federal and commercial contracts.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Field supervision

Technical reporting

Client interaction

Travel readiness

Education

2 years of education in Surveying/Geomatics Engineering, Civil Engineering, or related field

15+ years of progressive survey experience

Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) license

FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate

Tools

Autodesk Civil 3D

Trimble Business Center

Leica Cyclone

Pix4D/TerraSolid

GPS/GNSS receivers

Robotic total stations

Job description

Raymond is actively seeking a Land Surveying Department Manager to lead and scale our Surveying & Geospatial Services. You will serve as the senior technical authority for surveying operations, focusing on DoD facilities and US-wide deployments.

You will mentor staff, manage budgets, and drive high-precision field surveys using GPS/GNSS, UAVs, and LiDAR. Strong leadership, licensing, and federal project experience are essential.