Survey Team Leader (PLS Required)

Description

• Represent the firm at various functions as needed.
• Survey Project Management: Duties include client management, business development, proposals, and financial management of survey and geospatial projects. Provide technical expertise and leadership during the proposal and planning phases.
• Quality Control: Assist with the preparation of plans and conduct quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) on said plans. Ensure project quality control and quality assurance processes are in place.
• Manage survey staff resource levels, including hiring and supervising all technical survey staff and field teams.
• Facilitate the personal and professional growth of team members through coaching, training, and development activities.
• Responsible for effective planning and scheduling of workload and performance of team members.
• Strategic planning and oversight of resources, technology investment, and client support directly impacting performance of the Midwest based team.
• Resource Management: Coach, mentor, direct, and delegate tasks to technical team members to ensure quality project deliverables.
• Maintain and monitor fleet and equipment assets.
• Collaborative Consulting: Coordinate with geospatial specialists and integrate aerial mapping and remote sensing technologies. Prepare surveying and mapping solutions to support project/program requirements.
• Surveying Deliverables: Perform analysis for complex boundary surveys and prepare associated plats and boundary descriptions. Conduct advanced calculations involving field survey data. Prepare or review survey reports and legal descriptions.
• Routine coordination with program and project management staff in Woolpert’s markets.
• Support internal sales efforts, including proposal preparation, project estimating, and participating in interviews by sharing technical knowledge.

Requirements

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Experience in coordinating, planning, and scheduling survey tasks and field crews.
• Strong technical proficiency, including Microsoft Office products, Trimble software/hardware, AutoCAD C3D.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Technology Expertise: Possess sufficient technical expertise of cutting-edge surveying technology, including total stations, GNSS, LiDAR (terrestrial, wearable, and mobile), and UAS.
• Ability and availability to travel as needed to project, client, or corporate locations.
• Strong client interaction skills and the ability to set and uphold project standards.
• Demonstrated ability to organize and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
• Proven experience in Land title research, metes & bounds preparation, and boundary reconstruction/Boundary analysis
• Ability to quickly adapt and respond to industry changes and internal initiatives.
• Diligent and routine coordination with Survey Discipline leadership and contemporaries on production and capacity, including sector technology, human resources, and accounting managers.
• Valid driver’s license with an insurable driving record.
• Professional Survey License(s). States of Indiana and Illinois are required. The qualifications to get licensed in Wisconsin and Michigan would be advantageous.
• Bachelor’s degree or a minimum of 8 years of related work experience in the land surveying field.

Benefits

• Career development: Explore a wide range of learning and growth opportunities within and across industries.
• Paid sick time, retirement plan, fitness reimbursement, pet insurance, identity protection, technology stipend, employee assistance program, and more!
• Flexible paid time off/vacation: Take time off when it makes sense for you and your team.
• Health, life, vision, and dental insurance: Cover all your medical bases.
• Principal program: Earn the opportunity to become an owner of the firm.
• Freedom to Work program: Set your own schedule and location (as appropriate).

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance