Transportation Survey Group Manager

ESP Associates, Inc.; Morrisville (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Matching

PTO & 10 Holidays

Health Insurance

Teladoc Behavioral Medicine

Short-Term Disability Insurance

Volunteer Time Off

Job summary

ESP Associates has an immediate opportunity for a Transportation Survey Group Manager in North Carolina. This role oversees and manages transportation survey projects, building our local survey practice with NCDOT and local municipalities, including business development.

The candidate will lead both field and office survey teams, ensure project quality and compliance with NCDOT standards, and contribute to proposals and production management.

Qualifications

• Professional Land Surveyor license in NC is required.
• Progressive experience in surveying management, specifically supporting NCDOT transportation survey projects.
• Strong technical background in NCDOT Survey standards and contract guidelines.
• Experience in business development and maintaining relationships with NCDOT and local municipalities.
• Experience leading survey projects and serving as lead survey consultant.

Responsibilities

• Oversee surveying and geomatics groups (field and office) with training and guidance.
• Manage all survey project operations, ensuring adherence to NCDOT specs, safety, and quality control.
• Develop and maintain relationships with NCDOT decision makers and local municipalities to win contracts.
• Assist with proposals, qualifications statements, and production management for roadway surveys.
• Support workforce planning, monthly billing, and final review of reports and maps.
• Ensure quality control and QA in line with NCDOT survey manual guidelines.

Skills

Survey management

Business development

Leadership

Communication

Project management

Education

Professional Land Surveyor license (North Carolina)

Tools

MicroStation

Open Roads Designer

Trimble Business Center

AutoCAD Civil 3D

ArcGIS

Trimble Survey field equipment

Job description

ESP Associates has an immediate opportunity for a Transportation Survey Group Manager to support our Transportation Business Unit in North Carolina. As a Group Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing and managing transportation survey projects, building our local survey practice with NCDOT and local municipalities, including business development.

Responsibilities:

• The Survey Group Manager will be responsible for all aspects of surveying and geomatics groups (field and office) providing training, mentoring, technical and administrative guidance and oversight.
• Manage and oversee all aspects of survey projects and operations, ensuring adherence to project specifications set by NCDOT, safety standards, and quality control measures.
• Develops and maintains relationships with NCDOT decision makers, as well as local municipalities, to increase Company exposure and position the Company for survey contracts.
• Assists in preparing and approving proposals and qualifications statements and may assist with the management of production for survey and row plans related to roadways, streets, highways, and other transportation-related systems and multi-modal projects.
• Assist Managers with workforce planning, monthly billing, and final review of completed reports and maps.
• Quality control and quality assurance including compliance with NCDOT survey manual guidelines.

Qualifications:

• Professional Land Surveyor license in North Carolina, required.
• Progressive experience in surveying management, specifically supporting NCDOT transportation survey projects.
• Strong technical background in NCDOT Survey standards, including certifications and contract guidelines.
• Experience performing business development and maintaining relationships with NCDOT and local municipality decision makers.
• Experience supporting NCDOT survey projects and local municipalities as a lead survey consultant.
• Extensive knowledge of survey and mapping principles, practice standards, procedures and project management.
• Experience with survey computations and methods to NCDOT standards using MicroStation, Open Roads Designer, Trimble Business Center, FBK, AutoCAD Civil 3D, and ArcGIS, as well as field experience with Trimble Survey field equipment.
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership, and communication skills to effectively and professionally interact with team members, clients, governmental review authorities, government officials, and the public.
• Demonstrated expertise adjusting to priorities and demands from multiple clients and projects in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, multi-disciplinary environment.
• Firm understanding of risk management and loss prevention.
• Superior organizational and planning skills with keen attention to detail
• Intermediate to advanced computer skills (MS Office, Teams, SharePoint, and relevant technical software, ORD, AutoCAD and MicroStation platforms) required.
• Strong self-motivational and organizational skills with the ability to lead, motivate and direct a team of office and field personnel.
• Candidate must be able to pass a drug screen, background check, and have a satisfactory driving record in accordance with the company’s driving (MVR) policy.

Corporate Information:

ESP is a multi-discipline engineering design and consulting firm providing our clients with civil engineering, surveying, planning/landscape architecture, geosciences, environmental, subsurface utility engineering, and construction engineering inspection.

Through years of dedicated service to our clients, ESP has received a designation of 189 on the 2026 ENR Top 500 Design Firm rankings. For the firm's primary territory, the ENR Texas & Southeast Top Design Firms, ESP received a 2026 ranking of 53.

ESP offers an excellent employee benefits package including:

• Competitive compensation with yearly performance reviews and discretionary annual bonuses
• 401(k) (Traditional & Roth plans) with a guaranteed employer match of 100% up to the first 3% and 50% on the next 2% (eligibility after 60 days)
• PTO (Paid Time Off) & 10 Paid Holidays
• VTO (Volunteer Time Off) of 4 hours each year (prorated during first year based on hire date)
• Tiered Health, Vision & Dental Insurance Options (eligibility after 30 days)
• Behavioral Medicine through Teladoc
• Short-Term Disability Insurance (Employer paid)