Survey Project Manager

Astrasurveying; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company truck and fuel card

Health, dental, vision, life insurance

401k with immediate vesting company-mt

Paid holidays

Paid PTO time

Job summary

Astra Surveying, a rapidly growing full-service surveying firm serving Florida, seeks a Project Survey Manager to lead the survey department in Jacksonville or Tampa and surrounding areas. You will manage staff, oversee surveys from ALTA to topographic, and drive project success for multiple concurrent assignments.

Responsibilities include scheduling crews, coordinating with clients and agencies, reviewing drawings, ensuring data accuracy, mentoring field teams, and maintaining quality

Qualifications

• Experience leading survey projects and managing field staff.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and budgets simultaneously.
• Strong client coordination and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage survey department staff and CAD personnel.
• Schedule crews and coordinate progress of multiple projects.
• Coordinate with clients, reviewing agencies, contractors and others.

Skills

Project management

Team leadership

Client coordination

Survey knowledge

Budget management

Communication

Problem solving

Tools

Robotic total station

GPS data collection

AutoCAD/CAD tools

Data collection tools

Job description

Astra Surveying is a rapidly growing full service surveying company working throughout Florida specializing mostly in construction. We are seeking a dynamic team member for a Project Survey Manager position in Jacksonville or Tampa and surrounding areas. This position includes managing the survey department and staff, leading projects as a Survey Project Manager, business development activities and growth of the survey team.

Job Description includes, but not limited to:

• Manage, lead and support survey and CAD department staff
• Schedule survey crews and coordinate job progress
• Coordinate and communicate effectively with clients, reviewing agencies, contractors, etc. for multiple projects at a time
• Work closely with survey crew members and office staff to draft survey data and/or review drawings produced by others
• Effectively communicate with internal staff to gather all information needed for the drafting of survey related data
• Oversee completion of survey projects for boundary, topographic, ALTA surveys, subdivisions, partitions, and property descriptions
• Provide leadership, training and oversight of survey technicians and field personnel
• Communicate with management, clients and assigned survey field crews, in a positive manner, to maximize efforts related scope and budget
• Verify the accuracy of survey data, including measurements and calculations conducted at survey and construction sites
• Assist in establishing and developing criteria for survey methods and procedures, equipment maintenance, etc. as well as specifications of surveying equipment, Data Collection and CAD tools to be used in drafting and modeling
• Oversee land surveys with emphasis on quality and proper survey methodology
• Identify controls for property lines and make the appropriate decisions regarding how to proceed with the survey
• Interpret record documents and accurately represent them in a survey environment
• Oversee and direct surveys in order to establish and map boundaries for properties, topographic studies, construction features, etc. Including Maps, Reports, Legal Descriptions, etc.
• Prepare estimates for various types of surveying services including ALTA Surveys, platting, topographic surveys, construction staking, as-built surveys, data calculation, etc.
• Represent the company in a professional manner at all times

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in right-of-way mapping, control surveys, engineering design surveys, utility mapping, boundary, and topographic surveys, ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys, platting, condominium documents, construction staking, and as-built surveys
• Knowledge of Robotic total station, GPS, and automatic levels for data collection, with the ability to adapt to new equipment and technologies
• Understand and review construction staking calculations, Plats, Short Plats and Boundary Line Adjustments, Topographic mapping, Property boundary calculations, Easement documents, topographic maps from field data
• Able to interpret plans and provide accurate field crew setup for the construction activities
• Reduce field notes and prepare staking exhibits for contractors
• Ability to write new easement legal descriptions and interpret existing easement legal descriptions to draft their location in relation to a property boundary
• Experience preparing a topographic mapping lineout for field crews
• Able to calculate heights, depths, relative positions, 3D Modeling, and other characteristics and aspects of a construction project
• Experience searching legal records, survey records, plans, specifications, land titles, etc. in order to obtain information about property boundaries and other items of interest specific to the tasks to be surveyed
• Ability to perform necessary calculations essential to the practice of surveying

Excellent Compensation Package:

• Competitive Salary
• Company truck and fuel card
• Health, dental, vision, life insurance, STD, LTD
• 401k with immediate 100% vested company match
• Immediate PTO time
• Paid Holidays

Astra Surveying is a DFWP employer. Astra Surveying is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender, gender expression or expression, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.