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Survey Crew Chief

Atwell
Chicago, Illinois
Full Time
Posted October 23, 2025
$27 - $47
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Job Description

This position involves leading field surveying activities, including various types of land surveys and construction staking, while managing equipment, ensuring quality standards, and mentoring team members in a construction or land development environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Direct instrument persons and complete various types of surveys including houseline, topographic, tree, wetland, boundary, ALTA, control, and construction staking surveys.
  • Maintain accurate field notes, sketches, and data files; upload and download data and calibration files from survey equipment.
  • Ensure proper maintenance and care of field equipment and vehicles.
  • Coordinate with clients, staff, and site superintendents; communicate project status and scope changes.
  • Mentor and train survey team members, including instrument persons, interns, engineers, and surveyors.
  • Perform construction calculations and prepare CAD drawings for block sheets and record drawings.
  • Review engineering plans for potential field issues and improve survey procedures and standards.
  • Make independent decisions within project frameworks and ensure projects are completed efficiently and to quality standards.

Requirements

  • Must have a High School Diploma and or Surveying Degree with 5-8 years minimum experience.
  • Valid driver s license is required.
  • Excellent oral and technical written communication skills are required.
  • Ability to direct instrument persons and other field surveyors.
  • Strong sense of urgency and self-initiative to meet client deadlines.
  • Available to work overtime as needed to complete projects.
  • Available to work in the field in all weather conditions.
  • Desire to learn and improve field skills and survey knowledge.
  • Ability to make independent decisions within the general framework of projects.
  • Must be fluent in the English language.
  • Perform work primarily outdoors at construction sites, landfills, and in traffic, often for extended periods in various terrains, climates, and adverse weather conditions.
  • Must be able to perform moderately strenuous tasks, such as lifting and carrying survey equipment instruments weighing up to 75 pounds over rough terrain.
  • Able to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, clear vegetation, dig holes, and pound stakes with hand tools.
  • Able to stand and walk for extended periods.
  • Able to use hands to finger, reach with hands and arms, or feel and talk or hear.
  • Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Benefits & Perks

Compensation packages including annual bonuses, spot bonuses, and peer recognition awards
Work schedule flexibility
Paid Time Off
Paid Parental Leave
Travel Vouchers
401K match up to 4% of compensation
Tuition Assistance
Student Loan Repayment up to $25,000
Paid Licensing Certification Fees and Renewals
Employee Referral bonuses up to $5,000
Annual Wellness Reimbursement up to $500
Gym memberships, fitness trackers, home gym equipment
Dependent Care Match
Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
Pet Insurance
Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
Employer paid LTD, STD, and life insurance
Metlife Supplemental Benefits (accident, hospitalization, critical illness)
Member Assistance Program (MAP) with counseling, legal, financial, and work-life services

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