Survey Technician

Strong communities don’t just happen. They’re thoughtfully planned and future-ready. We bring life to urban downtowns, suburban hubs, small towns, and rural areas through master-planned communities, mixed-use developments, parks, and recreation facilities. The result: vibrant economic centers, resilient neighborhoods, and welcoming places that feel like home.

If you’re passionate about empowering communities, join us to discover a career with endless opportunities to make communities more equitable, resilient, and livable.

Your Opportunity

Working under the direction of a Professional Land Surveyor, you will support a variety of outdoor surveying projects across diverse locations. Responsibilities include public record research, boundary and right-of-way calculations, drafting mapping-related deliverables, and collecting boundary, topographic, and planimetric field data. You may also help schedule and prepare field crews, support construction-staking calculations and reports, and ensure survey equipment is maintained, repaired, and calibrated as needed.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for survey calculations, analysis, CAD drafting, and map preparation, abstracting title data, record drawings research, and internal coordination.
• Responsible for performing field surveying services to establish site control, perform data collection, construction staking, or other services.
• Work directly with project team members, licensed surveyors, engineers, and technical staff.
• Writes descriptions of property boundary surveys for use in deeds, leases, or other legal documents.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Requires basic knowledge of occupational hazards, and safety precautions.
• Demonstrates some experience in AutoCAD Civil 3D, Trimble Business Center and/or equivalent.
• Understanding of general concepts of relevant areas of survey work.
• Understanding of how to interpret engineering plans, legal descriptions, and deeds.
• Working knowledge of field instrumentation, GPS, and robotic total stations, preferably Trimble.
• Ability to solve complex problems using creativity, and innovation.
• Demonstrates strong math skills, including algebra and trigonometry.
• Valid driver’s license with a clean driving record required.
• Ability to work outside in various weather conditions.
• Ability to work 10-12 hour days in remote or rural areas.
• Willing to work out of town/travel.
• Ability to lift, carry, and handle equipment weighing up to 50 pounds.