Project Surveyor

Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. is seeking a Project Surveyor in St Charles, MO. The role involves providing technical oversight, project management, and mentoring for office and field staff, managing survey projects, and ensuring quality control. Candidates should have over 7 years of surveying experience and relevant licensure. The position is primarily office-based with some fieldwork required, emphasizing safety and strategic growth in survey services.
As a Project Surveyor at Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC), you'll provide technical oversight, mentoring, and project management to our office and field staff. You'll expand the survey practice's client base and capabilities, demonstrating keen attention to detail throughout diverse projects. This includes managing field crews, scheduling, and daily assignments. You'll also develop survey plat maps, base maps, conduct research for right-of-way information, easement, recorded plats and property deeds. Your expertise in ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys, topographic mapping, boundary surveys, GPS surveys, and construction layout will be crucial. While primarily office-based, periodic fieldwork is anticipated.
• Technical Oversight Ensure quality assurance and control of survey projects, procedures, and work products.
• Safety Champion the Survey Practice's safety program, prepare Project Safety Plans (PSPs) and conduct field safety audits.
• Quality Control Perform quality assurance and control checks on drawings and calculations, adhering to the CEC Survey Manual.
• Project Management Develop project budgets and schedules, monitoring staff time and resources to meet CEC standards.
• Proposals Draft scopes of service and estimate staff hours for proposal
• Personnel Development Mentor and train survey staff and assist in recruiting key personnel.
• Strategic Growth Help identify growth opportunities for survey services, support business development and marketing, and implement sales strategies for sustainable practice expansion. Collaborate across CEC’s footprint to offer integrated client solutions.
• 7+ years of professional surveying experience;
• Missouri Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) registration or ability to obtain licensure with being a Survey Intern (S.I.);
• Knowledge of technological advances, principles, techniques, and practices of land surveying;
• Experienced in supervising and coordinating the work of multiple survey crews and office personnel, and training employees in survey work;
• Experienced in AutoCAD, Trimble Access and Trimble Business Center; and
• Ability to assist in business development and growth of Survey Practice using marketing and networking techniques.

We have experts! CEC is consistently ranked as a Top 500 Design Firm and Top 200 Environmental Firm by Engineering News-Record. We are looking for people who enjoy using their education and experience to solve difficult technical problems and work on interesting projects. You can accomplish this while working with a team of professionals who are equally motivated to provide high levels of service to our clients and to teach you along the way.

We have support! We have a variety of Employee Resource Groups, including CEC Community - focused on giving back to the communities in which we work; CEC Ignite - focused on helping professionals early in their careers to develop their pathway; CEC iDEA - focused on inclusion, diversity, equality, and acceptance; and CEC Women - focused on creating internal and external opportunities for women to network and leverage professional experience!

We care about our people! People and Culture are two of the five elements of our strategic plan. When you care about your people, they will want to grow a career with you - that is our goal. CEC offers you a small-firm work environment with large-firm opportunities. Not only will we help you develop professionally, but we will also provide an opportunity to become an owner of the firm and share in its success.

CEC offers a matching 401(k); profit sharing; a performance bonus; company stock; medical dental, and vision insurance; short and long-term disability; tuition assistance; professional development; and work-life balance.

CEC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring or promotion based on race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status), national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis or characteristic prohibited by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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