Professional Land Surveyor

What you’ll be challenged to do:

This is an excellent career opportunity for an experienced, motivated Project Surveyor who thrives in a collaborative team environment. The role highlights a customer-focused mindset and a passion for delivering exceptional quality and results on every project. 

In this capacity, the successful candidate will be responsible for the following: 

• Understanding of all field and office survey operations.
• Organize technical production and direct field work.
• Uphold quality control and assurance.
• Maintain communication with clients, leadership and staff.
• Meet schedules and budgets while providing responsive service to the client.
• Perform boundary research of maps, deeds, physical evidence, and other records.
• Prepare boundary calculations, metes and bounds descriptions and parcel plats.
• Research previous survey evidence, maps, deeds, physical evidence, and other records to obtain data needed for various surveys including control, topographic, bathymetric, engineering, alignment and right-of-way.
• Keep accurate, legible and neat notes, records, and sketches of work performed.
• Coordinate projects with clients, staff, engineering and architectural personnel, and other stakeholders.
• Determine methods and procedures for establishing or reestablishing survey control.
• Ability to apply techniques and methods to obtain desired accuracy and information.
• Maintain project database by using computer programs; entering and backing up data.
• Develop and present proposals to clients.
• Show consistent exercise of initiative and independent judgment in work assignments.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge.
• Participate in professional societies and practice communities.
• Ability to work with and mentor people.
• May supervise the activities of a single or multiple survey field crews and provide training to staff.

At GFT, a privately held AEC firm, we innovate where transportation, water, power, and buildings converge. We call this the Infrastructure of Life. We measure our success by the strength of our relationships – that’s why we’re the employer of choice for 5,000+ of the industry’s brightest engineers, planners, architects, inspectors, designers, and more.

Our clients choose us for our expertise and prefer us for our nimble approach, creativity, and personal touch. Backed by over a century’s experience, together we’re building a lasting legacy for future generations: stronger communities, a healthier planet, and better lives.

GFT: Ingenuity That Shapes Lives™ is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veterans’ status or other characteristics protected by law.

Unsolicited resumes from third party agencies will be considered the property GFT.

Location: Wilmington, NC

Core Business Hours: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Employment Status: Full-Time
Salary Range:$89,000 - $120,000
Salary dependent upon experience and geographic location

GFT does require the successful completion of a criminal background check for all advertised positions.

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