California Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) license
12+ years of experience in Surveying, Civil Engineering, or related field
Leadership experience overseeing office surveyors and technicians
Expertise in the use and maintenance of survey equipment (e.g., theodolite, total station, drones)
Proficiency in AutoCAD Civil 3D, GIS, and Microsoft Office software
Strong attention to detail and accuracy
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Responsibilities
Lead and supervise survey teams, ensuring quality and productivity
Assign daily tasks and provide technical guidance to staff
Manage various surveying functions, including fieldwork and documentation
Ensure timely and accurate completion of survey projects
Oversee project documentation and deliverables
Handle hiring, training, and performance reviews of staff
Foster client relationships and develop new business opportunities
Benefits
Company-subsidized medical and dental insurance
Company-paid life, short- and long-term disability insurance
401k match and tuition assistance
Performance-based bonuses or incentives
Cross-training opportunities on diverse projects
Collaborative environment with top industry professionals
Full Job Description
CWE, an Apex Company, is seeking an experienced Licensed Surveyor Manager to join our team in ourRoseville, California office. As a California Registered Professional Land Surveyor, you will take leadership on delivering our survey projects by taking a hands-on approach, working with teammates and clients, and optimizing internal processes and standards. This role is ideal for a candidate with strong technical, management, and interpersonal skills who thrives on delivering precise, high-quality results. The PLS will oversee fieldwork, documentation, deliverables, client relations, and ensure that projects adhere to the firm's Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) standards.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Responsible for leading and supervising the Roseville office surveyors and survey technicians as they develop and create solutions to technical problems and overseeing work production and quality control.
Provide day to day assignments and technical guidance to survey staff.
Under limited supervision, manage a variety of surveying service functions that could include drafting, survey support, field survey, document control or other surveying support activities.
Ensure the timely, thorough, and accurate completion of all survey services projects.
Ensure survey deliverables and documentation packages are complete.
Maintain project number assignments and customer documentation.
Responsible for hiring, training, supervising, and mentoring employees; project budgeting, project scheduling; and designing administrative procedures for the survey department.
Write performance reviews and solve internal issues.
As needed, and not limited to, provide party chief services on various field surveying duties, including boundary and topographic surveys, ALTA Surveys, and construction staking. Other activities will include in-office survey and mapping calculations and plans, and preparation of construction staking cut sheets.
Perform survey mapping and survey field work, ensuring that high quality products are produced within the schedule that our clients require. Use the firm's Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) checklists for survey deliverables.
Performance measures for this role include but are not limited to: maintaining a minimum 70% utilization rate, staying within the allotted budgets for tasks, and maintaining quality control. These performance measures will be analyzed and revisited periodically and be a direct indicator of your performance. Your role will grow over time to include harvesting and winning new work from new and existing clients.
Write scope and approach narratives for proposals and develop cost/fee estimates for work.
Keep abreast of the state-of-the-art survey techniques.
Maintain good relationships with team members, sub-consultants, vendors, and clients.
Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and sub-consultants in a timely and clear fashion.
Be the liaison with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
Developing new business relationships to broaden the firm's client base.
Travel to conduct field visits, survey activities, and consult with clients and agencies.
Required Competencies and Qualifications:
California Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) license.
12+ years of experience in Surveying, Civil Engineering or related field(s).
Demonstrated leadership experience overseeing and guiding office surveyors and survey technicians.
Expertise in survey equipment use, configuration, troubleshooting, procurement, repair (e.g. theodolite, total station, drones, GPS/GNSS, etc..), in the field and in the office.
Expertise in Survey software, including but not limited to GIS/GPS, aerial and non-aerial cartography, data collectors, etc.
Proficient knowledge of AutoCAD Civil 3D software, PDF software, such as Bluebeam, Adobe Acrobat, etc., and in Microsoft Office software (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project, etc.).
Abilities to grasp and become proficient in new software and technologies
Ability to pay attention to detail with a high level of accuracy.
Demonstrates a strong work ethic.
Good interpersonal abilities for working in a team environment.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and take direction.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Ability to self-motivate and work productively without supervision.
Proactive approach/self-starter/takes initiative
Ability to kneel, climb, and lift up to 50 lbs.
Valid California driver's license and insurable driving record
Desired Competencies and Qualifications:
Background in surveying for complex properties and right-of-way issues.
Knowledge of land geographic information systems (GIS) and boundary law.
Familiarity with surveying for subdivisions, planned unit developments (PUD), and parcel maps.
High attention to detail, flexibility, and adaptability to work in varying conditions.
Why you'll love working for us:
Company-subsidized medical and dental
Company-paid life, short- and long-term disability
401k match, tuition assistance, and more
Cross-training and the ability to work on a variety of projects
Performance-based bonuses or other incentives
Working with the best and brightest in the industry
