Job Description
The Project Surveyor supports oil and gas pipeline, drilling, and energy infrastructure projects by leading survey tasks, ensuring data quality, preparing CAD deliverables, and coordinating with clients and project teams to meet project goals.
Key Responsibilities
- Verify and process field survey data measurements and calculations
- Produce base surveys, surfaces, contours, utilities, site features, and boundaries
- Prepare CAD deliverables including ALTA NSPS, boundary, topographic, site, and construction staking plans
- Review field notes, perform quality control on plats and drawings, and calculate stakeout points and alignments
- Research and draft easements from title reports and review public records for boundary and right-of-way determinations
- Coordinate with project managers and clients on scope, schedule, and priorities
- Maintain organized project documentation and adhere to surveying standards and client requirements
- Mentor and guide project team members, assist with task assignments, and review work to meet quality and deadline targets
Requirements
- Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Land Surveying, Geomatics, or equivalent experience
- Active survey license (PS, PLS, RLS) or ability to obtain per state requirements
- Five years of progressive surveying experience under a licensed surveyor; eight years preferred
- Proficiency with AutoCAD Civil 3D and CAD drafting workflows for survey deliverables
- Experience with Trimble data collectors, GPS, robotic total stations, and Trimble Business Center data processing QA
- Strong working knowledge of construction layout, boundary retracement legal principles, geodetic datums, coordinate systems, projections, and field-to-finish techniques
- Ability to verify and process field survey data measurements, calculations, and produce base surveys, surfaces, contours, utilities, site features, and boundaries
- Ability to prepare CAD deliverables including ALTA NSPS, boundary, topographic, site, and construction staking plans with limited oversight
- Experience researching and drafting easements from title reports, reviewing public records for boundary, easement, and right-of-way determinations
- Ability to review field notes, perform QC on plats and drawings, and calculate stakeout points, alignments, staking plots, and prepare cut sheets
- Experience supporting project scope, schedule, and priorities through coordination with Project Managers and clients, including supporting kickoff meetings and status updates
- Knowledge of applying Atwell SOPs, state and local surveying standards, and client requirements
- Ability to maintain organized project job books and documentation
- Mentoring and guiding project team members, assisting with task assignment and review to meet budget, quality, and deadline targets
- Experience with construction staking and as-built surveys for pipelines, gathering systems, terminals, and compressor pump stations
- Experience with drill pad and well pad stakeout, centerlines, and grading as-built verification for drilling programs
- Experience with title easement research for corridors, boundary control, and monumentation across linear projects
- Knowledge of QA/QC processes for EPC design survey inputs and coordination with inspection, environmental, and drilling construction teams
- Familiarity with client-facing communication and change-management processes related to scope, schedule, and budget
Benefits & Perks
Generous Paid Time Off
Paid Parental Leave
Flexible work schedules
Travel Vouchers
Annual bonuses, spot bonuses and peer recognition awards
401K match - 1 to 4 of compensation
Tuition Assistance
Student Loan Repayment
Paid Licensing Certification Fees and Renewals
Financial Rewards for Obtaining Licensure
Employee Referrals
Annual Wellness Reimbursement
Gym memberships, fitness tracker, home gym equipment
Dependent Care Match
Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
Health Savings Account, Flex Spending Account options
Employer paid LTD, STD, and life insurance
Metlife Supplemental Benefits
Member Assistance Program (MAP) with counseling, legal, financial services
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