Senior Land Surveyor & Project Lead

NV5, Inc.; Petaluma (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

PTO

401(k)

Professional development

Job summary

NV5, Inc. in California seeks a Senior Surveyor or Professional Land Surveyor to supervise technical staff, review work products, and manage office and field workloads under the Survey Manager, supporting schedules and budgets.

The role involves field and office surveying, QA, drafting oversight, and compliance with ALTA/NSPS; preferred relocation near Petaluma, Santa Clara, Sacramento, or Walnut Creek; strong Civil3D and Trimble experience required.

Qualifications

• California Professional Land Surveyor license
• Minimum 8+ years of surveying and mapping experience
• 3+ years of project management experience preferred
• Strong interpersonal and written/oral communication skills
• Proficiency with total stations, GPS receivers, data collectors, and GPS reduction software
• Proficiency in Civil3D; survey drafting skills
• Knowledge of ALTA/NSPS standards
• UAV/UAS data acquisition and data reduction experience a plus
• Lidar data processing a plus
• Proficiency with MS Word and Excel

Responsibilities

• Provide professional and technical oversight and guidance.
• Perform project research, logistics, and management; review plats and prepare legal descriptions.
• Adhere to company policies, safety plans, and project safety plans.
• Conduct quality control checks on each project, including computations, field book formats, and content.
• Supervise project field crews and/or serve as field crew chief.
• Work on control, boundary, subdivision, topographic, and design surveys, ALTA/NSPS standards, aerial mapping surveys, and may also perform hydrographic surveying.
• Accurately run and adjust survey measuring instruments, including digital levels, GPS equipment, and total stations with electronic data collecting capabilities.
• Identify and understand basic sources of measurement errors.
• Perform mathematical calculations and check field data.
• Perform data reduction, field note reduction, calculations, data checks, and staking.
• Computations using survey programs and Civil3D.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Communication

Project management

Surveying knowledge

Total stations

GPS receivers

Data collectors

Education

California Professional Land Surveyor license

Tools

Civil3D

Trimble Business Center

StarNet

GPS reduction software

Total stations

Job description

NV5, Inc. in California seeks a Senior Surveyor or Professional Land Surveyor to supervise technical staff, review work products, and manage office and field workloads under the Survey Manager, supporting schedules and budgets.

The role involves field and office surveying, QA, drafting oversight, and compliance with ALTA/NSPS; preferred relocation near Petaluma, Santa Clara, Sacramento, or Walnut Creek; strong Civil3D and Trimble experience required.