Senior Land Survey Tech — Hybrid Work & Impact

Jacobs; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Stock purchase program

Unlimited PPTO

Job summary

Jacobs is seeking an experienced Land Surveyor to join our San Francisco Bay Area team. You will lead surveying tasks, coordinate discipline interfaces, and ensure safe, compliant project execution across geodetic and design activities.

The role emphasizes fieldwork oversight, technical problem resolution, and collaboration with PMs and discipline leads to deliver accurate surveys and compliant deliverables. A degree and professional licensing are preferred, with hybrid work options available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or associate's degree in applicable field.
• Proven ability to complete all technical aspects of a surveying task.
• Professional Land Surveying license preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide input on project safety plan and ensure work activities are compliant.
• Track schedules, project cost and time to complete for all tasks.
• Coordinate with Technical Discipline Leads on staff requirements and development.
• Prepare, monitor and adjust the project quality plan with the PM.
• Serve as the primary project technical expert and assist with technical problem resolution.
• Ensure project team complies with processes and procedures.
• Provide lessons learned and incorporate lessons learned on other projects.
• Ensure that all checking and approval activities are undertaken prior to transmitting deliverables.
• Coordinate technical work between different disciplines.
• Identify technical issues which may affect client satisfaction and act with the PM to resolve.
• Perform or delegate technical tasks including field crew setup, geodetic control network planning and design, control survey processing and adjustment, feature processing of topographic field data, DTM generation/editing, title commitment review, public records research, COGO calculations, writing property descriptions, and QC follow-up.

Skills

Surveying experience

Project coordination

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or associate's degree in applicable field

Professional Land Surveying license preferred

Tools

CAD

GIS

LiDAR

Laser scanning

Job description

Jacobs is seeking an experienced Land Surveyor to join our San Francisco Bay Area team. You will lead surveying tasks, coordinate discipline interfaces, and ensure safe, compliant project execution across geodetic and design activities.

The role emphasizes fieldwork oversight, technical problem resolution, and collaboration with PMs and discipline leads to deliver accurate surveys and compliant deliverables. A degree and professional licensing are preferred, with hybrid work options available.