Survey Manager

Alliance of Professionals & Consultants, Inc. (APC); Colorado; Remote; USD 115,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Alliance of Professionals & Consultants, Inc. (APC) seeks a Survey Manager to lead field and office survey teams for the DJ Basin oil and gas program.

You will report to the Director of Survey, develop work plans, allocate resources across concurrent projects, and steer survey execution to meet delivery commitments. The role involves guiding field crews and office technicians, coordinating with PMs and other teams, and ensuring surveys are checked and ready for use.

Qualifications

• Five+ years of project, client, and staff management including leading people and coordinating survey delivery.
• Experience providing land surveying services for oil and gas projects with field and office delivery.
• Active Colorado PLS licensure preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Define survey scope, deliverables, effort estimates, assumptions, and milestones that support project commitments.
• Build survey work plans with tasks, owners, and dependencies; confirm information needed by field and office staff.
• Assess layout changes, schedules, and scope; update plans and communicate revised commitments.
• Balance field crews and office staff across concurrent assignments; set priorities and due dates.
• Guide coordinators in scheduling; resolve constraints between field collection and office delivery.
• Sign and seal deliverables when licensed; ensure field readiness and safety standards.
• Review survey hours, progress, and variances; provide reliable completion forecasts to PMs.
• Lead people development and identify training needs; collaborate with HR on staffing improvements.

Skills

Survey management

Team leadership

Project coordination

Client coordination

Field-to-office workflow

Tools

Trimble Business Center

AutoCAD Civil 3D

GIS platforms

survey databases

Job description

Job Overview

The Survey Manager leads field and office survey team for the DJ Basin oil and gas program and is accountable for the survey phase of assigned projects. Reporting to the Director of Survey, the Manager develops survey work plans, assigns resources across concurrent projects, and adjusts priorities as layouts, schedules, and field conditions change. The team provides land surveying and aerial mapping for well sites, access roads, pipelines, and facilities, including boundary, topographic, and route surveys; construction staking and as-built surveys; and associated data processing, CAD drawings, and exhibits. This work supports planning and permitting through construction. Assigned resources may also support renewable and other energy projects. Working closely with Project Managers (PMs), the Manager aligns survey scope, effort, and delivery commitments with overall project needs and takes ownership of survey execution problems through resolution. The role leads and develops field crews and office survey technicians, coordinates inputs with other technical teams, and ensures work is checked and ready for its intended use. The Manager coordinates survey execution with client construction and field personnel, while PMs manage the client .relationship and overall project. Professional surveying work is performed under the responsible charge of a designated PLS/RPLS; the Manager may serve in that capacity when appropriately licensed and assigned.

Job Description

Job Title: Survey Manager

Type: Direct Hire

Work Location: Remote

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Serve as the survey counterpart to PMs, defining survey scope, deliverables, effort estimates, assumptions, and milestones that support overall project commitments.
• Build survey work plans with clear tasks, owners, and dependencies. Confirm the information needed by field and office staff and the timing of survey inputs for other technical teams.
• Assess changes to layouts, field access, drilling or construction schedules, and scope with PMs. Develop practical options, update survey plans, and communicate revised commitments.
• Balance field crews, office survey technicians, equipment, and review capacity across concurrent assignments. Match work to staff capabilities and set clear priorities and due dates.
• Guide assigned coordinators and supervisors in daily scheduling and task management, providing direct coordination where needed. Resolve constraints between field collection and office completion of the work.
• Adjust sequencing, workloads, and overtime within delegated authority, considering urgency, cost, quality, safety, and sustained team capacity. Coordinate shared resource needs with the Director of Survey and other managers.
• Manage work from research and field preparation through collection, processing, and CAD drafting. Office deliverables include well location certificates, right-of-way exhibits, ALTA/NSPS surveys, and other survey exhibits.
• Align collection requirements, methods, accuracy, and level of detail with intended use and designated PLS/RPLS direction. Coordinate aerial mapping and LiDAR inputs when included in the survey scope.
• Build QA/QC and PLS/RPLS review into schedules, confirm review comments are resolved, and deliver current, checked survey information to PMs and receiving teams.
• When appropriately licensed and assigned, sign and seal survey deliverables prepared under the Manager’s responsible charge.
• Confirm field readiness, access, equipment, and safe execution with field leadership and Safety and Fleet support. Address conditions or missing information that affect planned work.
• Review survey hours, utilization, completed work, and remaining effort against the plan. Investigate variances and give PMs reliable completion forecasts and notice of scope changes requiring action.
• Take ownership of delivery problems and recovery plans. Bring the people involved together to resolve missing data, conflicting direction, bottlenecks, or missed commitments, and follow actions through completion.
• Investigate recurring delays and rework, identify their causes, and implement practical improvements. Check whether changes improve quality, efficiency, and dependable delivery.
• Coach field and office staff and assigned supervisors on work planning, technical capability, and accountability. Use project feedback and performance discussions to identify training and development needs.
• Address staffing, coverage, and performance needs with HR and the Director of Survey. Recommend equipment or workflow investments with clear reasons, then implement approved improvements.

Preferred Skills & Abilities

• Survey software: Advanced capability with Trimble Business Center, AutoCAD Civil 3D, GIS platforms, or survey databases.
• Remote sensing: Familiarity with photogrammetry, aerial or terrestrial LiDAR, and their integration into survey workflows.
• DJ Basin workflows: Familiarity with Colorado upstream development and survey information supporting ECMC and local permitting.
• Substantial progressive land surveying experience with demonstrated understanding of both field and office operations.
• At least five years of experience in project, client, and staff management, including direct responsibility for leading people and coordinating survey delivery.
• Experience providing land surveying services for oil and gas projects, such as well sites, pipelines, or facilities, with direct involvement in field execution, office delivery, or survey coordination.
• Active Colorado Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) licensure preferred, but not required.

Job Requisition # 40462

A reasonable estimate of the Base Salary for this role is $115,000 - $140,000 per year. The disclosed pay range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. The compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case, such as skills and experience levels.

Meet APC

APC is a professional staffing and services organization focused on engaging people and positively impacting lives. As "Professionals serving Professionals"®, we take pride in providing our employees and contractors with the highest level of customer service and support. APC is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status.