Senior Survey Technician

Halff; Richardson (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

PTO & holidays

401(k) & ESOP

HSA & FSA

Employee assistance

Job summary

Halff is seeking a Senior Survey Technician in Richardson, TX to lead complex survey production and serve as a technical resource for the team. The role emphasizes independent judgment, data processing, and QA/QC across boundary and right-of-way projects.

You will work with field crews and engineers to ensure accurate deliverables, prepare legal descriptions and exhibits, and contribute to streamlined workflows. Strong CAD skills and TxDOT experience are highly valued at Halff.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant survey experience with progressively responsible survey production experience.
• Strong knowledge of land surveying principles, practices, terminology, computations, and deliverables.
• Experience preparing survey maps, plats, exhibits, legal descriptions, and other survey deliverables.
• Experience performing survey calculations, data reduction, and COGO.
• Experience supporting boundary and right-of-way survey projects.
• TxDOT experience preparing parcel exhibits/plats, ROW maps, property descriptions, or related ROW deliverables.
• Proficiency with OpenRoads Designer, MicroStation, AutoCAD Civil 3D.

Responsibilities

• Organize and evaluate survey research, including deeds, plats, easements, ROW documents, record surveys, and other records.
• Process, reduce, manage, and review field survey data and observations.
• Perform COGO and other survey calculations to support boundary, ROW topographic, and design projects.
• Prepare and review survey drawings, maps, exhibits, and digital terrain data.
• Prepare legal descriptions and exhibits under the direction of an RPLS.
• Assist the RPLS with boundary analysis and computations.
• Prepare survey reports and supporting documentation.
• Perform TxDOT survey production tasks including parcel plats/exhibits and ROW maps.
• Review survey data for completeness, accuracy, and compliance.

Skills

Survey experience

Data processing

COGO calculations

CAD software

Boundary analysis

Communication

Education

Associate degree in Surveying/Geomatics

Tools

OpenRoads Designer

MicroStation

AutoCAD Civil 3D

Trimble Business Center

Job description

Senior Survey Technician - Richardson, TX

Halff has an immediate opening for a Senior Survey Technician to work in our Richardson office. This position provides an excellent opportunity for an experienced survey technician who is ready to take greater ownership of complex survey production, exercise independent technical judgment, support quality deliverables, and serve as a technical resource to other members of the survey team.

The Senior Survey Technician works with a limited degree of supervision and applies established survey procedures and technical knowledge to a variety of assignments, including more complex or atypical work. The position supports project delivery through survey research, data processing, calculations, boundary and right-of-way analysis, preparation of survey documents, and QA/QC. This position offers a meaningful opportunity to streamline existing processes and improve workflow efficiency.

What You Will Do

• Organize and evaluate survey research, including deeds, plats, easements, right-of-way documents, record surveys, and other supporting records.
• Process, reduce, manage, and review field survey data and observations.
• Perform COGO and other survey calculations necessary to support boundary, right-of-way topographic, and design survey projects.
• Prepare and review survey drawings, plays, exhibits, maps, digital terrain data, and other project deliverables.
• Prepare legal descriptions and associated exhibits under the direction of an RPLS.
• Assist the RPLS with boundary analysis, including evaluation of record documents, survey evidence, calculations, and potential discrepancies.
• Assist with preparation of survey reports and supporting documentation.
• Perform TxDOT survey production, including parcel plats/exhibits, ROW maps, property descriptions, and related right-of-way deliverables.
• Review survey data and deliverable for completeness, consistency, accuracy, and compliance with project requirements before submitting them for final review.
• Identify technical issues or conflicting data and develop appropriate approaches or recommendations for review by the RPLS or Project Manager.
• Coordinate with field crews, surveyors, engineers, and other project team members to ensure accurate and efficient project delivery.
• Apply established survey standards, procedures, and project requirements while exercising judgment on less-routine assignments.
• Serve as an informal technical resource and mentor to less-experienced survey technicians, sharing technical knowledge, production methods, and best practices.

What You Will Need

• 5+ years of relevant survey experience, with progressively responsible survey production experience.
• Strong knowledge of land surveying principles, practices, terminology, computations, and deliverables.
• Demonstrated experience preparing survey maps, plats, exhibits, legal descriptions, and other survey deliverables.
• Experience performing survey calculations, data reduction, and COGO.
• Experience supporting boundary and right-of-way survey projects.
• TxDOT experience preparing parcel exhibits/plats, ROW maps, property descriptions, or related ROW deliverables.
• Proficiency with applicable survey and CAD production software, including OpenRoads Designer and/or MicroStation, and AutoCAD Civil 3D.
• Ability to interpret deeds, plats, easements, right-of-way documents, field data, engineering plans, and other project records.
• Ability to recognize discrepancies in survey data and records and communicate findings clearly to an RPLS or project team.
• Ability to perform assignments with limited supervision, manage priorities, and meet project schedules.
• Strong attention to detail and demonstrated commitment to producing accurate, high-quality survey deliverables.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with field and office teams.

Preferred Requirements

• NSPS CST Level III certification, or actively working toward CST Level III.
• SIT certification or demonstrated progress toward professional surveying licensure.
• Previous survey field experience is highly desired but not requried.
• Experience with Public Works, Transportation, Right-of-Way, or Land Development surveying.
• Experience with Trimble Business Center.
• Experience with GIS, point-cloud, LiDAR, or other geospatial data and workflows.
• Associate's or bachelor's degree on Land Surveying, Geomatics, Geospatial Sciences, or a related discipline preferred.

The Halff Survey/Geospatial Solutions Advantage

• Highly qualified staff with land surveying and remote-sensing experience.
• Full array of surveying and mapping services using the most current national, state, local and ALTA/ACSM standards.
• Investment in advanced equipment, software and technologies.
• Culture of innovation, reliability, and consistency.
• 17 survey teams with 38 field crews.

Learn more about Halff's Survey/Geospatial Solutions services, check out some of our projects, and meet our team.

Halff's Survey/Geospatial Solutions Services

• Abstract research
• Bathymetry/hydrography
• Boundary/easements
• Broadband/fiber mapping
• Construction/volume calculations
• Design surveys
• Mobile lidar
• Scan-to-BIM/terrestrial lidar
• Survey control
• Tree surveys
• Topographic mapping
• Unmanned aerial systems (UAS)
• Utility mapping

Company Overview

Halff is a full-service infrastructure consulting firm planned, designed, engineered, constructed — and purposed — for people. Since 1950, we’ve been creating smart solutions that improve lives and communities by turning ideas into reality.

Halff was founded on a core tenet: Focus on people, treat them well, and success will follow. It’s no wonder, then, that our employees and the culture they create result in our firm consistently being named a Top Workplace in America.

Our industry-leading professionals collaborate to meet tough challenges in creative ways. You can view Halff's full complement of services here

Halff has over 30 offices in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Florida, Arkansas, Arizona and Georgia. For a full list of our locations, click here

We Offer Excellent Benefits, Including But Not Limited To

• Medical, dental, prescription and life insurance
• Long-term and short-term disability insurance
• Paid time off (PTO) and 8 company paid holidays (and Veteran's Day for our veterans)
• Traditional and Roth 401(k) plans
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• 529 College Savings Plan
• Flexible spending accounts (FSA)
• Employee Assistance Plan
• Click here for a more comprehensive list of Halff's benefits

Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.

Halff is a drug-free workplace. This offer of employment is contingent upon the receipt of a clear drug screen and background check prior to your first day of employment. This position may be subject to random drug testing pursuant to federal regulations.

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