Senior Survey Project Manager

CME Associates; Manassas (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CME Associates in Manassas, VA seeks a Senior Survey Project Manager to lead complex surveying projects, supervise teams, and manage client relationships. The role spans field and office activities, ensuring accurate data and timely delivery while maintaining high professional standards.

You will coordinate with internal departments, prepare proposals, monitor budgets, and guide junior staff. A strong foundation in boundary, topo, route, and construction surveys is essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of combined field and office surveying experience.
• Professional Land Surveyor (LS/PLS) license preferred.
• Proven experience managing survey projects, schedules, and client relationships.
• Strong knowledge of boundary, topographic, route, and construction surveying.
• Ability to lead teams and mentor junior staff.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Meet with prospective clients, prepare proposals, and establish budgets and schedules.
• Maintain liaison with clients to resolve project questions including technical and billing inquiries.
• Review project changes with management and plan staffing and budget impacts.
• Supervise project personnel to meet high professional standards.
• Coordinate with internal departments to meet project requirements.
• Define scope of multiple projects and develop execution plans.
• Monitor progress toward deliverable schedules and compile status reports.
• Review job cost sheets and prepare monthly billings.
• Ensure projects stay within budget allocation.
• Support marketing efforts and pursue repeat and new business.

Skills

Experience in surveying projects

Leadership

Strong communication

Problem solving

Mentoring junior staff

Education

Professional Land Surveyor license preferred

Job description

We’re looking for a Senior Survey Project Manager who knows their way around the field, the office, and everything in between. If you can juggle projects, lead teams, maintain and build client relationships, and still appreciate a good set of clean survey data, this might be your kind of role. Join a team where your expertise is valued, your leadership makes an impact, and no two projects are ever the same.

Ready to help shape communities one project at a time?

What You’ll Do

• Meet with prospective clients, prepare proposals, and establish budgets and schedules.
• Maintain close liaison with clients to resolve all project questions, such as, but not limited to, technical requirements, completion requirements and billing inquiries.
• Review with manager all project changes, pending or anticipated alterations to the contract, additional work requests, and all other factors, which may significantly affect staffing requirements or budget.
• Supervise work of all project personnel to ensure that it meets the highest professional standards.
• Coordinate with other internal departments to meet project requirements.
• Define the scope of multiple, complex projects and develop plan to accomplish projects.
• Monitor progress toward deliverable schedules.
• Compile project status reports.
• Review job cost sheets and prepare monthly billings.
• Ensure assigned projects stay within budget allocation.
• Participate in and formulate marketing presentations and attend marketing meetings.
• Secure repeat business from existing clients and identify new clients.
• Supervise the work of project managers when assigned.
• Ensure timely services, RDA QA/QC compliant document delivery by personal oversight or effective delegation of task management.

What You’ll Need

• 8+ years of combined field and office surveying experience
• Professional Land Surveyor (LS/PLS) license preferred
• Proven experience managing survey projects, schedules, and client relationships
• Strong knowledge of boundary, topographic, route, and construction surveying.
• Ability to lead teams and mentor junior staff
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

Why Join RDA?

We Offer a Comprehensive Benefits Package Which Includes

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401K Retirement Plan; Roth Contributions
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability
• Generous PTO and 8 federal holidays + 1 floating holiday
• Parental leave
• Supportive team culture

RDA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains a drug-free workplace.

Applicants that require an employment visa sponsorship now or in the future will not be considered. Pay Transparency

The base salary range for this role is indicated in the posting. This range reflects the company’s good faith estimate of the compensation for this position at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined based on factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, internal equity, and geographic location.