Land Surveyor

The Role

As a licensed Land Surveyor, you will take professional responsibility for legal survey work under your control. This includes managing field crews, performing research, verifying data in the field, processing data in the office, performing QA/QC, preparing CAD-derived deliverables, and performing final plan reviews and approvals. You will also prepare for, manage, and verify construction layout over the life cycle of projects, while ensuring that planned development adheres to municipal standards.

Some aspects of the work may be performed remotely, but there are in-person and field work requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform and assume professional responsibility for legal land surveys, subdivisions, and real property reports, start to finish, with minimal supervision
• Perform and/or review topographic surveys and construction layout
• Manage crew members and schedules, assign tasks, and perform QA/QC of all field work
• Prepare, review, organize, process, report on, and maintain job record data to facilitate retrieval, QA/QC, and the production of high-quality, defensible, survey products
• Prepare quotations for legal surveys
• Liaise with members of the public, clients, land surveyors, contractors, and colleagues in a professional manner
• Ensure you and all supervised employees comply with company health and safety policies, including conducting job hazard assessments and safety talks, and inspecting PPE

Qualifications and Experience

• Licensed as a Newfoundland Land Surveyor
  • Licensed surveyors in Canada eligible for, and motivated to complete, licensure via labour mobility will be considered
  • Prior experience surveying in Newfoundland and Labrador will be weighted heavily in the selection process
• Leadership experience
• Proficiency with modern survey instrumentation and data collection workflows
• General computing proficiency and experience with survey office software such as Trimble Business Center, Star*Net, Carlson Survey/Microsurvey, AutoCAD Civil 3D
• Ability to accurately interpret construction and legal survey documents
• Valid driver's licence with a clean abstract - travel to project sites is required
• Ability to remain organized and display focus, care, and attention to detail in all aspects of your work
• Eligibility to work in Canada
• Must be physically able to perform the tasks of a field surveyor and work outdoors year round

Assets & Nice-to-Haves

• Degree in geomatics
• Interest in continued learning and embracing positive change
• Detailed understanding of the semi-automated field-to-finish process
• First Aid / Chainsaw certificates
• Experience in establishing control networks
• Transport Canada Advanced RPAS Pilot Certificate and experience operating drones for survey and mapping applications (photogrammetry, lidar, corridor mapping)
• Experience with photogrammetry, lidar, and point cloud management

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. All applications will be kept confidential.