Staff Surveyor - Civil Survey

Imagine a place where responsibility is shared equally among all employees. Where leaders are approachable, and the open-door policy is the rule. Where employees are tasked to be innovative and work with an entrepreneurial spirit. 

Welcome to Manhard Consulting! We see problems as an opportunity for creativity, and we are looking for problem solvers to join our dynamic team. Our firm is organized into small teams to give you a strong sense of accountability and to achieve great results.

Position Objectives:

This position must be able to work independently on houseline plats, plat of survey, subdivision plats, plats of easement, plats of dedication, topographic surveys, ALTA surveys, boundary surveys, and block sheets for field crews for construction staking services.

Accountability and Duties

• Ensures timesheets are submitted accurately and on time
• Provides an accurate accounting of time spent on projects with descriptions for each time entry on a daily basis
• Keeps supervisors informed of work load and any changes in project scope or additional services
• Maintains a good relationship with clients and staff
• Works closely with other disciplines on multi-discipline projects
• Responsible for timely completion of drafting projects
• Mentors and trains Survey Technicians
• Organizes and maintains survey job files
• Accurately completes all houseline plats independently
• Accurately completes plat of survey independently
• Accurately completes boundary surveys independently
• Accurately completes ALTA surveys independently
• Accurately completes topographic surveys independently
• Accurately completes subdivision plats independently
• Accurately completes plat of easement independently
• Accurately completes plats of dedication independently
• Accurately prepares legal descriptions independently
• Accurately completes block sheets for field crews for construction staking services independently
• Participates in marketing, sales, and business development efforts where or when requested by supervisor
• May supervise or coordinate the work of Survey Technicians and/or field surveyors

Required Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Surveying or 24 semester hours of college surveying

Qualification Requirements

• 0-4 years of CAD (AutoCAD Civil 3D preferred)
• 0-4 years of Field Survey experience

Required Certificates, Licenses, Registration

• Valid driver’s license.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent oral and technical written communication skills.
• Strong sense of urgency and self-initiative to meet client deadlines
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Available to work overtime as needed to complete projects
• Available to occasionally work in the field performing surveying tasks
• Knowledge of industry related software
• Proficient with AutoCAD Civil 3D
• Desire to learn and improve CAD skills and survey knowledge
• Ability to make independent decisions within a general framework
• Must be fluent in the English language

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and stoop; kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee may frequently lift and /or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions, possibly for extended assignments.

Employer’s Disclaimer

• This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the Associate occupying this position.
• The Firm reserves the right to add or revise an Associate’s job duties at any time at its sole discretion.
• This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” employment relationship.