Senior Land Surveyor & Project Leader – Montana

LVI Associates; Butte (MT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

LVI Associates in Montana is seeking a Professional Land Surveyor to lead a diverse surveying team on projects across transportation, infrastructure, land development, environmental, mining, and construction sectors.

You will oversee field operations, boundary analysis, data processing, and client coordination while mentoring junior staff and growing the firm’s surveying practice. Montana licensure is preferred.

Qualifications

• PLS license in Montana or ability to obtain through comity.
• Bachelor’s degree in Surveying, Geomatics, Civil Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of progressively responsible surveying experience.
• Strong knowledge of boundary surveying principles, land records research, and legal descriptions.
• Experience processing survey data and preparing final survey deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage land surveying projects from proposal through project completion.
• Oversee boundary, ALTA, topographic, construction, control, and as-built surveys.
• Supervise and mentor field crews, survey technicians, and junior survey professionals.
• Perform research and analysis of deeds, easements, plats, title reports, and legal records.
• Prepare and review survey plats, legal descriptions, easement exhibits, and mapping deliverables.
• Conduct quality assurance and quality control reviews to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Resolve boundary issues and provide technical recommendations on complex surveying challenges.
• Coordinate with engineers, environmental scientists, planners, contractors, and public agencies.
• Maintain project schedules, budgets, and client communications.
• Utilize modern survey technology including GPS/GNSS, robotic total stations, UAVs/drone platforms, and LiDAR systems.
• Support business development efforts through client engagement, proposal preparation, and project scoping.

Skills

Project management

Communication

Leadership

Technical surveying knowledge

Education

Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) license in Montana

Bachelor's degree in Surveying, Geomatics, Civil Engineering, or related field

Tools

AutoCAD Civil 3D

Carlson Survey

Trimble Business Center

Leica Infinity

Job description

LVI Associates in Montana is seeking a Professional Land Surveyor to lead a diverse surveying team on projects across transportation, infrastructure, land development, environmental, mining, and construction sectors.

You will oversee field operations, boundary analysis, data processing, and client coordination while mentoring junior staff and growing the firm’s surveying practice. Montana licensure is preferred.