Survey - Principal

Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. is seeking a licensed Professional Survey - Principal in St Charles, MO. The role involves strategic leadership, technical oversight, and personnel development within the survey practice. Candidates should have 10+ years of surveying experience, with a focus on business development and project management. The position emphasizes mentoring staff and expanding client services, contributing to a supportive and growth-oriented work environment.
Overview

As a licensed Professional Survey - Principal for Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC), you'll work directly with our Corporate Survey Practice Lead and Operations Lead to build and grow office and fields teams providing technical oversight, mentoring and project management. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to expand the group as well as expand its client base and capabilities.

Duties include but are not limited to:
• Strategic Visioning/Leadership: Assist with the efforts in identifying opportunities for growing the practice by expansion of survey services. Assist with business development and marketing effort and implement sales strategies to provide sustainable growth of the practice. Work with other practices within CEC to provide an integrated approach to addressing our Client's needs. Improve services standard both internally and externally of the practice.
• Technical Expertise: Provide technical oversight of projects to include quality assurance and quality control of procedures and work product. Promote and monitor field and office procedures to assure a high level of consistent work product and service quality across the Detroit practice. Promote and monitor the comprehensive safety program for the survey practice.
• Personnel Development/Recruiting: Provide mentoring and training to survey staff to assure professional growth and development. Assist with the identification and recruiting of key personnel.

Qualifications
• 10+ years of professional surveying experience, 5+ years licensed, working in a professional office environment;
• Professional Land Surveyor registration (PLS) in Missouri and Illinois, additional license in Kansas preferred;
• Knowledge of technological advances, principles, techniques and practices of land surveying;
• Experience with survey project management; including preparation of proposals, tracking project budgets, and billing review;
• Ability to speak and write professionally;
• Ability to provide guidance and mentoring to staff in the survey practice;
• Ability to assist in growth of survey practice using marketing and networking techniques.

About Us

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.

THIRD PARTY RECRUITERS

If CEC has not expressly requested recruiting services or contractually engaged with you for recruiting services on a specific position, any resumes or candidate profiles sent to CEC shall be considered unsolicited. Therefore, any such submissions will be considered property of CEC, with no associated fees due to your firm.