Survey Manager

The Walsh Group - Walsh Construction & Archer Western

The Role

Overview

Lead survey crew for water projects, handling data collection, mapping, and equipment.

Key Responsibilities

  • map production
  • survey planning
  • field survey
  • gps survey
  • cad drafting
  • equipment maintenance

Tasks

-Produces accurate detailed maps with accurate surveying data in a timely manner. -Construction, topographic, right-of-way, and control survey projects; participates in pre-survey planning meetings with project managers, resident engineers, and contractor representatives. -Performs complex surveying calculations using engineering calculator, laptop computer, personal computer, and graphics software, such as AutoCAD; analyzes raw data for mathematical closure and geometric accuracy and prepares finished grade sheets, topographic maps and other survey report -Gathers field survey data through use of conventional and Global Positioning System (GPS) methods; sets up, adjusts, and operates surveying equipment, including electronic total station, data collector, and GPS equipment, in order to measure distances, elevations, and angles; prepares field notes and drawings; performs field surveying for roadway, bridges and other infrastructure projects. Including installing surveying construction stakes, tying out existing intersection ties, and locating or establishing vertical and horizontal control, right of way, monuments, corners, boundaries, and property lines. -Trains other crew members on the latest technology in surveying equipment and finds new and innovative ways of doing surveys -Assumes responsibility for the company survey equipment and oversees equipment maintenance and inventory. -Makes trigonometric calculations, such as adjusting traverses and calculation of coordinates, control points, quantities and areas. -Assists in construction, design, topographic, and all types of control surveys. -Sets up, operates and adjusts all types of survey equipment, including a level, transit and electronic measuring device.

Requirements

  • problem solving
  • construction degree
  • survey experience
  • trimble

What You Bring

-Creative and innovative problem-solving environment -4-year degree in construction, engineering or other related field of study, or 10 years of survey construction staking experience required -Trimble Business Center experience is a plus

Benefits

-Flexibility in career path & progression -Supportive, communicative managers who reward hard work -Opportunities to work and live all over the United States -Opportunities for growth, training, and development

The Company

About The Walsh Group - Walsh Construction & Archer Western

-Branches under Walsh Construction, Archer Western, and Walsh Canada span North America, delivering regional and trans-border projects. -Projects range from highways, bridges, transit, water, and wastewater plants to airports, hospitals, data centers, industrial facilities, and high-rise buildings. -Innovators in BIM, lean construction, and modular/mass-timber work, with notable projects like the $1.3 billion LAX Tom Bradley terminal and North America’s largest Passive House. -A unique tradition: embedding Miraculous Medals in the first concrete pour since the 1960s, symbolizing safety and faith at project inception.

Sector Specialisms

Bridges

Water Treatment and Desalination Plants

Wastewater Treatment Plants

Transportation

Highways

Sewer and Waste

Water Supply

Mass Transit and Rails

Airports

Healthcare

Multi-Unit Residential

Data Centers

Distribution and Warehouses

Telecommunications

Government Offices

General Building

Building

Hydro/Power

Industrial