Survey Party Chief: Employee-Owned, Growth & Field Impact

LJA Engineering; Florida; On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Time Off

Comprehensive Benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Paid maternity and parental leave

Volunteer days

Professional development memberships

Internal mobility opportunities

Fun culture

Job summary

LJA Engineering is seeking a Party Chief to manage surveying operations, set up instruments, and prepare field notes and sketches for land surveys. The role involves hands-on fieldwork, data collection with Trimble/Topcon gear, and coordinating with project teams to ensure accurate boundary and topographic data.

You will work in a collaborative environment with experienced leaders, traveling to project sites and contributing to design and engineering efforts across multiple client projects.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills both oral and written.
• Ability to build strong relationships with internal and external clients.

Responsibilities

• Proficient in running surveying equipment (Trimble/Topcon GPS) with data collectors.
• Use Level instruments for level loops to achieve vertical control in topographic surveys.
• Locate property corners and prepare sketches of metes and bounds descriptions.
• Capture photos of property corners and document measurements for tying in corners.
• Upload field data into data collectors and prepare text files for CAD work.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Relationship building

Detail oriented

Education

HS Graduate or GED

Tools

Trimble GPS

Topcon GPS

Total stations (Trimble Robotic)

Data collectors

CAD data import

Job description

LJA Engineering is seeking a Party Chief to manage surveying operations, set up instruments, and prepare field notes and sketches for land surveys. The role involves hands-on fieldwork, data collection with Trimble/Topcon gear, and coordinating with project teams to ensure accurate boundary and topographic data.

You will work in a collaborative environment with experienced leaders, traveling to project sites and contributing to design and engineering efforts across multiple client projects.