Survey Manager - Colorado Region

Overview

Lead field survey operations for heavy civil infrastructure projects across the US.

Key Responsibilities

• survey planning
• data processing
• quality control
• team leadership
• regulatory compliance
• client coordination

Tasks

-Develop and implement surveying plans, methodologies, and best practices to optimize field data collection and layout. Collaborate with project managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to develop survey plans and schedules. -Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies. -Prepare and maintain detailed survey reports, logs, and documentation for project records. -Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required. -Troubleshoot and resolve survey-related challenges on-site, adapting to changing project conditions. -Ensure all survey activities comply with local, state, and federal regulations, as well as company policies and standards. -Lead a team of surveyors and field personnel, providing training, mentorship, and technical guidance. -Conduct quality control checks to verify survey accuracy and compliance with contractual requirements. -Manage survey data processing, ensuring integration with project management and BIM software. -Coordinate with project managers, engineers, and construction teams to ensure alignment between design intent and field execution. -Oversee all surveying operations for the construction of assigned projects, ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and adherence to project specifications. -Ensure compliance with safety standards and regulatory requirements in all surveying activities. -Communicate effectively with superintendents, field crews, engineers, project managers, and clients to ensure alignment on scope, schedule, and deliverables.

Requirements

• trimble
• autocad
• gps
• lidar
• pls
• leadership

What You Bring

-Skilled with Trimble Business Center and with CAD (AutoCAD, Civil 3D and/or Microstation) with the ability to use CAD to do calculations, key in elevations from a plan and drawings. -Regular, reliable attendance -Skilled in the utilization of advanced surveying technology, including GPS, total stations, LiDAR, and drones, to capture and analyze data. -Bachelors Degree is preferred. Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) Certification is an asset. (We assist with certification if you do not have it). -Proficiency with Trimble Access/Business Center is required. -Physical ability to lift equipment and perform manual tasks; Strong work ethic, and Committed to safety and getting the work done right the first time. -Excellent written/verbal skills; Strong self-awareness, Able to engage with stakeholders at all levels, and solve problems effectively. -Must be able to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry to perform calculations (area, wolume, circumference, proportion, percentage) -Advanced Experience with CAD software (AutoCAD, or Civil 3D or Microstation ) and GIS platforms is required. Proficient with MS Office Suite. -Proficiency with Survey equipment, such as GPS, total stations, and LiDAR, and data collection tools (drones). -Valid driver’s license and ability to travel regionally -Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment -Dynamic thinker with the desire to lead, motivate, mentor and manage performance of your teams. Must be a self-starter with the ability to set standards of excellence in safety, quality and productivity -Work productively and meet deadlines timely -10+ years of field construction survey experience, and leadership of Survey Crews, peforming dimentional control, industrial measurements, conducting field surveys. Prefer experience with heavy civil highway, bridge construction, power plants, water, tunneling. -Accustomed to Outdoor fieldwork in varied terrain and weather conditions

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Benefits

-Willing to travel as necessary to projects. We provide per diem and trips home, when long durations.

About Kiewit

-It evolved into a massive employee‑owned network operating across North America, delivering projects valued in the billions. -Today it specializes in transportation, water/wastewater, power, oil, gas & chemicals, building, industrial, marine and mining sectors. -Signature projects include New York’s 63rd Street Tunnel, Baltimore’s Fort McHenry Tunnel, T‑Mobile Park in Seattle, and major renewable energy sites. -Its marine division undertakes dredging, coastal resiliency and naval base work, while energy teams deliver gas, power delivery and renewables. -With deep roots in engineering‑led construction, it is known for tackling the kind of ‘impossible’ projects that reshape cities and industries.

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