Professional Surveyor/Project Manager

About the Role

Manages the full life cycle (proposal-initiation-execution/control-closeout) of surveying projects for Ardurra. This includes managing all activities related to project scope, schedule, cost, cash flow, quality, communications, resources, procurement, and risk elements required to optimize client service, quality, and fiscal responsibility. The overall objective is to build and maintain a positive client relationship, and to achieve or exceed the estimated profit margin for the project.

Responsibilities

• Provides support for Survey Technician staff.
• Performs technical duties such as CAD drafting, preparing draft and final Word documents, generating reports, scanning, and filing.
• Prepares survey cost estimates and detailed proposals for survey projects.
• Reviews field notes from field survey, reduces and rectifies raw data, and processes field data.
• Provides in-office support to the department, including data entry, sorting, and CAD drafting.
• Proficient with Ardurra’s standard CAD template.
• Helps train and orient new staff with Ardurra’s drafting and CAD standards.
• Assists in other general technical support as needed.
• Inputs and analyzes data from field survey work into AutoCAD/Civil3D or other database and drafting or data processing systems.
• Conducts periodic training with office and field technician staff.
• Reads and analyzes legal descriptions from deeds and other records.
• Plots parcel lines based on metes and bounds descriptions, plats, and surveys.
• Prepares legal descriptions in Word.doc format.
• Prepares sketches, legal descriptions, surveys, plats, and reviews.
• Assists with right-of-way, deed, or other records research.
• Collaborates with Surveyors, Engineers, and Technicians as assigned or needed.
• Participates in project meetings and recurring project status meetings.
• Reviews draft survey drawings in preparation for submittal to client or review agencies.
• Responsible for signing and sealing surveys for which they are in direct supervision and control.
• Maintains continuing education as required for licensure.
• Membership and involvement in local survey society chapter and organization is encouraged.

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Geomatics or Engineering preferred.
• Currently licensed Professional Surveyor (PSM in Florida) or able to obtain within 6 months.
• Minimum of 2 years' experience as a Project Manager/Project Surveyor.
• Proficient with AutoCAD/Civil3D.
• Basic math skills including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
• Capable of solving problems using trigonometric and geometric functions.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and work ethic.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Bluebeam (or Adobe).
• Ability to work as part of a team or individually.
• Team-oriented and self-motivated.

Physical Demands

• Work requires using a machete, shovel, sledgehammer, or other appropriate tools.
• Lifting and carrying equipment weighing up to 50 lbs. over rough terrain may be required.
• Hand-eye coordination is necessary to operate various pieces of field equipment.
• Often required to sit, stand, walk, use hands/fingers to handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls, and reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and smell.
• Able to get in and out of a vehicle multiple times a day; drive 30 to 60 miles daily.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Works outside in all types of weather conditions, possibly for extended periods of time.
• The terrain may be rough, steep, wet, or swampy.
• Vegetation may be dense, and insects, snakes, or animals may be encountered.

Benefits

Ardurra offers competitive compensation and rich benefits programs. The culture focuses on professional and career development through internal programs like Ardurra Academy and an industry-leading Leadership program. The company is committed to a people-centric culture where individuals are valued, supported in their professional growth, and provided with tools and resources for success. Benefits include positive time-off programs and flexibility to help maintain a healthy work-life balance.