Position Purpose
As a Professional Land Surveyor, you will work with entry level, experienced survey professionals and other relevant support staff to provide survey related services for KLJ client projects. Position ensures technical portion of projects are executed in-line with KLJ’s quality expectations and standards that ultimately deliver on our strategy of providing an exceptional client experience.
Essential Functions
- Provide direction, review, and support to the survey group by leading projects; assuring proper practices and techniques
- Plans, organizes and manages project elements and manage multiple clients
- Provide oral and written communication to project teams, clients and the public
- Plans, organizes, coordinates, prioritizes, assigns and monitors the work of field survey crews
- Manage multiple project teams in the field
- Ensure compliance with KLJ safety standards
- Utilize effective written and oral communication
Responsibilities
- Survey to determine precise location and measurements of points, elevations, lines, areas, and contours for construction, mapmaking, land division, titles, mining or other surveying related purposes
- Construction staking, planning, reports, maps, plats, deeds, local geography, physical evidence, legal descriptions, and research
- Responsible for accuracy of documents and deliverables completed by team
- Instruct, train, and mentor crew members
- May confer with project team members and clients to lead, prepare, and participate in project proposals and interviews
- Effectively manages and delivers projects on-time and on budget
Qualifications
- Associate or bachelor’s degree in Land Surveying or equivalent survey field experience
- PLS certification
- Must have a valid driver’s license and be able to operate motorized vehicles
Hours and Travel
This position requires the individual work 40+ hours per week with 95% of the time spent in the field and 5% in the office.
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities. The employee is regularly required to:
- Sit, stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl
- Use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms
- Talk or hear and communicate clearly
The employee must:
- Be able to walk on uneven terrain up to ten miles per day
- Frequently lift and move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and move up to 75 pounds
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Other Duties
This job description is not meant to be all-inclusive or restrictive and other duties may be assigned. It is a description of the job as presently defined, and is subject at any time to revision. This document is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required. Individuals may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities, as needed.
At KLJ, we have a vested interest in the personal, financial, and professional goals of our employees. We offer a competitive full suite benefit package including health, dental, vision, and life insurance, performance bonus, 401k, employee stock ownership program, and a flexible work environment that gives you options to support excelling both professionally and personally.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the US, without employer-sponsorship. KLJ does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas and does not participate in any OPT training program.
KLJ will not be partnering with third-party recruiters on this position. Please review our third-party recruiting policy at www.kljeng.com/careers.
Position will be posted until filled.
