Senior Project Surveyor / Project Manager

About the role

VIKA is a full-service Civil Engineering and Site Development consulting firm providing engineering, planning, surveys, landscape architecture, transportation, dry utility engineering, and subsurface utility engineering services throughout the Mid-Atlantic region and Northern Florida. We are seeking a Senior Project Surveyor / Project Manager who is a proven leader with advanced technical expertise ready to take ownership of complex survey and land development projects from start to finish.

This is an in-office position based at our Tysons, Virginia office. The successful candidate will lead survey operations and coordination efforts across VIKA's multi-disciplinary teams, apply advanced knowledge of boundary, ALTA, and topographic surveys, and serve as a primary point of contact for clients, agencies, and regulatory bodies.

Responsibilities

Your Impact will include:

• Survey Leadership: Lead survey operations while assisting Director(s), applying advanced knowledge of coordinate geometry computations and preparing surveying documents for specific project development phases.
• Advanced Technical Expertise: Demonstrate advanced experience in cut sheet preparation, construction stakeout, and all aspects of cadastral surveys, plats, and easement documents with conformance to jurisdictional requirements, review title reports, prepare ALTA surveys.
• Project Coordination: Lead coordination efforts with clients, agencies, and VIKA multi-disciplinary teams, maintain advanced proficiency in boundary surveys, ALTA surveys, topographic surveys.
• Professional Excellence: Attend client meetings, serve as training resource for Project Surveyors and Survey Technicians, participate in industry events, and maintain advanced knowledge of all regulatory approval processes and standards.
• Professional Growth: Participate in professional development activities, assist in proposal development, support project billing functions, and contribute to business development efforts while gaining advanced jurisdictional experience.

Requirements

We hope you will bring:

• Professional Land Surveyor License (LS) required, or Surveyor-In-Training (SIT) with plans to obtain LS
• 6–8 years of progressive surveying experience, including project leadership
• Experienced with Civil 3D AutoCAD
• Advanced proficiency in boundary, ALTA, topographic, and cadastral surveys, plats, and easement documents
• Skilled in cut sheet preparation, construction stakeout, and title report review
• Detail-oriented, self-motivated, and driven to succeed
• Proven ability to lead and coordinate multi-disciplinary, team-oriented environments
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience serving as a client-facing point of contact
• A willingness to mentor others and continue growing into a leadership role

Benefits

VIKA is proud to offer a broad range of benefits including:

• Health, Vision & Dental Insurance
• 401(k), including potential profit sharing
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent & Transit)
• Generous PTO including holidays, vacation, personal leave and community service days
• Biannual Bonuses
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Professional Development Support
• Advancement Opportunities

Pay

The anticipated salary range for this position is $85,000 – $95,000. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors, in accordance with applicable law.