Senior Project Surveyor – Aviation & Geodesy

Openkrill; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Woolpert is seeking an experienced Project Surveyor to support survey and geospatial projects across the United States. The role provides technical leadership, coordinating survey work and deliverables with field crews, technicians, engineers, GIS staff, and clients.

You will mentor staff, support proposals and business development, ensure QA/QC, and comply with surveying standards while integrating UAV, lidar, mobile mapping, and photogrammetry workflows to deliver accurate design-ready data.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Associate degree in Surveying, Geomatics, Civil Engineering, Engineering Technology, Geography, GIS, or a related discipline preferred; equivalent relevant professional experience will be considered.
• Aviation surveys (18B) experience; LSIT or Surveyor Intern certification preferred.
• Experience leading or coordinating survey work for infrastructure, transportation, aviation, utility, land development, or construction projects.
• Strong knowledge of boundary and topographic surveying, GNSS/GPS, total station, right-of-way, and construction survey support.
• Familiarity with UAS, terrestrial lidar, mobile mapping, aerial photogrammetry, GIS, and high-accuracy GNSS.

Responsibilities

• Lead survey tasks and project phases from planning and scoping through final delivery.
• Review project scopes, RFPs, plans, specifications, records, and client requirements to establish survey limits, technical approaches, staffing, schedules, and budgets.
• Develop survey methodologies based on project requirements, site conditions, accuracy standards, schedule, and available technology.
• Coordinate boundary and property research, including deeds, plats, easements, field evidence, and right-of-way determinations.
• Prepare and review survey deliverables including plats, legal descriptions, exhibits, reports, control documentation, basemapping, and design-ready datasets.

Skills

Survey leadership

Project coordination

GNSS/GPS

CADD/ GIS collaboration

UAS/ lidar/ photogrammetry

Technical mentoring

Communication with clients

Education

Bachelor's or Associate degree in Surveying/Geomatics/Geography

Tools

Trimble Business Center

AutoCAD Civil 3D

MicroStation/OpenRoads Designer

Open-source GIS tools

Job description

Woolpert is seeking an experienced Project Surveyor to support survey and geospatial projects across the United States. The role provides technical leadership, coordinating survey work and deliverables with field crews, technicians, engineers, GIS staff, and clients.

You will mentor staff, support proposals and business development, ensure QA/QC, and comply with surveying standards while integrating UAV, lidar, mobile mapping, and photogrammetry workflows to deliver accurate design-ready data.