Westwood Professional Services

Survey Project Manager

Westwood Professional Services$88K — $105K *
Technical Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in the land surveying industry.
  • Four-year degree preferred; minimum relevant experience considered.
  • Professional Survey License preferred, non-licensed evaluated on experience.
  • Multi-discipline experience in land surveying.
  • Strong background in project management.
  • Proven leadership and supervisory skills. Effective verbal communicator.

Responsibilities

  • Manage project tasks, schedules, and resources effectively.
  • Oversee project budget and conduct profitability analysis.
  • Facilitate team meetings to coordinate project activities.
  • Stay updated on trends, technology, and equipment in surveying.
  • Drive innovation and add value to survey practices.
  • Establish and maintain quality standards for surveying outputs.
  • Support business development and strategic pursuits for large projects.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive training and mentoring opportunities.
  • Support for continuous learning and professional development.
  • Collaboration with regional and national market leaders.
  • Strong company culture that values integrity and trust.
  • Opportunities to influence local and national survey presence.
Full Job Description
Job Type

Full-time

Description

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Survey Project Manager to join our team. The Survey Project Manager will be responsible for supporting the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, quality assurance/quality control, and completion of professional survey services. Additionally, the role includes training and mentoring of junior staff, client satisfaction, and business development under the direction of the Survey and Market Leaders within the Renewables and Power Division.

Requirements
• Manages project tasks, schedule, and resource requirements.
• Manages project budget and analyzes project profitability, revenue, margins, billing rates, and utilization.
• Conduct team meetings with project team to evaluate and coordinate the project.
• Stay current on service-specific trends, technology, software, hardware, and equipment.
• Drive value based on innovation.
• Work with the Survey Service Leader to establish, implement, monitor, and maintain procedures and quality standards for the survey group.
• Ensure that survey work products have a consistent appearance across the local land survey team and are delivered efficiently.
• Work with Survey Service Leader and Market Leaders on staffing, utilization and workload as it relates to survey.
• Work with the division Survey Leaders, and Market Leaders to grow Westwood's local and national land survey presence with a focus on developing strategic pursuits of large survey projects.
• Support office and market-based business development by providing technical expertise and generating revenue.
• Build, maintain and grow a strong culture for survey that aligns with the division's goals, objectives and strategies, and Westwood's core values.
• Ensures division, regional, and company, values, policies and practices are consistently followed within the survey service.
• Lead by example - display solid judgment, good values, trust, honesty, openness, and professionalism.

Required Experience:
• Professional Survey License preferred by not required. Non-Licensed individuals will be evaluated based on relevant experience.
• Four-year degree preferred and 5-plus years of experience in a consulting business.
• Must have multi-discipline experience, and a strong understanding of all aspects of the Land Surveying profession.
• 5+ years' experience in the land surveying industry.
• Must have a strong background in project management.
• Effective verbal communication is necessary and independent judgment is essential.
• Proven leadership and supervisory skills.
• Handle multiple priorities and projects well.

About Westwood Professional Services

Westwood Professional Services is a multi-disciplined surveying and engineering firm that provides services for residential and commercial development, wind and solar energy, power delivery, and oil and gas pipeline projects. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Westwood has over 500 employees and operates in several states across the United States.
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500 employees
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Founded
1972

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