MasTec Power Delivery is seeking a
Licensed Surveyor to support major
transmission line and substation projects across the country. This role will provide professional surveying expertise throughout the project lifecycle, including pre-construction, construction, quality control, and closeout.
The ideal candidate has strong experience in
utility, transmission, substation, or heavy civil construction and is comfortable working in both field and office environments.
Responsibilities
- Provide professional surveying services for major transmission and substation construction projects.
- Establish and maintain project survey control, benchmarks, and coordinate systems.
- Perform and oversee boundary, topographic, construction, layout, and as-built surveys.
- Provide construction layout for transmission structures, foundations, access roads, grading, drainage, underground utilities, and substation facilities.
- Verify construction activities and completed work against approved plans and specifications.
- Perform quality-control checks and resolve discrepancies between design and field conditions.
- Review survey data, calculations, drawings, and technical deliverables.
- Lead and coordinate survey crews, subcontractors, and third-party survey firms.
- Support project management, engineering, and construction teams with survey-related technical guidance.
- Maintain accurate survey records, documentation, and project deliverables.
- Promote and enforce safe surveying practices on active construction sites.
Qualifications
- Active Professional Land Surveyor (PLS/PS) license; ability to obtain additional state licenses as required.
- 5+ years of professional surveying experience, preferably in transmission, substation, utility, or heavy civil construction.
- Strong knowledge of construction surveying, survey control, coordinate systems, and datums.
- Experience interpreting civil, structural, and electrical construction drawings.
- Proficiency with GNSS/GPS, robotic total stations, data collectors, and survey processing software.
- Working knowledge of AutoCAD/Civil 3D, TBC (Trimble Business Center) or similar platforms.
- Strong communication, leadership, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively with project, engineering, and construction teams.
- Willingness to travel extensively and work in the field as project requirements dictate.
- Valid driver's license.
Preferred Experience- High-voltage transmission projects, including 345 kV and above.
- Greenfield and brownfield substation construction.
- Transmission structure and foundation layout.
- Large-scale EPC or design-build projects.
- Multi-state professional surveying licensure.
- LiDAR, drone/UAS, or other advanced surveying technologies.
