Senior Surveyor: Lead Projects & Field Ops

NV5; Palm Desert (CA); On-site; USD 69,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Life insurance

PTO

401(k)

Professional development

Job summary

NV5 is seeking a Senior Surveyor in California to provide professional review of work products and manage office and field workloads under the Survey Manager. You will support project schedules and budgets, review surveys, ensure quality, and report progress through completion.

The role involves using total stations, GPS, Civil3D, and other surveying tools, with opportunities to guide field crews and work on ALTA, boundary, and hydrographic projects in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• California Professional Land Surveyor registration is a plus.
• Minimum of 10 years of surveying and mapping experience required.
• 3+ years of project management experience preferred.
• Strong interpersonal skills and practical written and oral communication skills.
• Proficiency in using total stations, GPS receivers, data collectors, and GPS reduction software.
• Proficiency in Trimble Business Center, StarNet, or similar survey processing software.
• Experience in Civil3D with demonstrated survey drafting skills required; excellent Civil3D skills a plus.
• Ability to read and understand survey drawings, plans, and specifications.
• UAV / UAS operation, data acquisition, and data reduction experience a plus.
• Knowledge of principles of monumentation, staking, and marking.
• Experience in hydrographic surveying is a plus.
• Experience with lidar data processing is 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.
• Perform computations using survey programs and Civil3D.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Project management

Interpersonal skills

Written and oral communication

Quality assurance

Education

California Professional Land Surveyor registration (optional)

Tools

Total stations

GPS receivers

Data collectors

GPS reduction software

Civil3D

Trimble Business Center

StarNet

Hydrographic surveying

UAV / UAS data acquisition

Lidar data processing

MS Word

MS Excel

Job description

NV5 is seeking a Senior Surveyor in California to provide professional review of work products and manage office and field workloads under the Survey Manager. You will support project schedules and budgets, review surveys, ensure quality, and report progress through completion.

The role involves using total stations, GPS, Civil3D, and other surveying tools, with opportunities to guide field crews and work on ALTA, boundary, and hydrographic projects in a dynamic environment.