Survey Crew Chief

About the role

The Survey Crew Chief is responsible for leading and performing field surveying activities in support of heavy civil construction projects. This position coordinates survey crew operations, performs construction staking and layout, collects and verifies survey data, and ensures the accuracy, safety, and efficiency of survey work. The Survey Crew Chief serves as the field representative of the Survey Department and works closely with project managers, superintendents, engineers, operators, and field personnel to support project execution. The position requires a combination of field and office responsibilities, with the majority of time spent on active construction project sites. The Survey Crew Chief must be capable of working in varying weather conditions, traveling to multiple project locations, and performing physically demanding tasks while ensuring high standards of safety and accuracy. This is a safety sensitive position.

FNF Construction, Inc., a MasTec CE&I company, established in 1984, has maintained a strong commitment to excellence on all of our projects. The majority of our projects are in the Southwest where we provide heavy-highway construction and general engineering work, both as a general contractor, subcontractor and manufacturer/producer of aggregate and asphalt rubber binder. Our partnering management approach has earned us long-lasting relationships with both government and private industry in all types and sizes of construction projects. MasTec’s Clean Energy & Infrastructure (CE&I) segment generates over $4 billion in annual revenue, providing construction services across industrial, renewables and infrastructure sectors. In infrastructure, we specialize in general heavy civil construction, underground utilities, structures, electrical work, material production, roadways, bridges, specialty pavement overlays, environmental projects and commercial buildings. Sustainability and safety are foundational to our culture and influence everything we do. MasTec, a minority-owned Fortune 500 company, has shaped the construction industry for more than 90 years. With over 35,000 employees and 400 offices nationwide, we provide flexibility and career growth in dynamic work environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coordinate, and supervise daily survey crew activities on construction projects.
• Perform construction staking, layout, grade verification, and as-built surveys for roadway, bridge, utility, grading, and infrastructure projects.
• Establish and maintain project control points, benchmarks, and survey networks.
• Collect, process, and verify field survey data using GPS, robotic total stations, levels, data collectors, and other survey equipment.
• Read and interpret project plans, engineering drawings, specifications, and staking calculations.
• Calculate elevations, grades, distances, coordinates, alignments, and other project control measurements.
• Assist with construction site layout, machine control support, and earthwork quantity verification.
• Communicate survey information effectively with project managers, superintendents, engineers, subcontractors, and equipment operators.
• Maintain accurate field notes, survey records, sketches, reports, and as-built documentation.
• Upload, download, and process survey data using survey and CAD software.
• Identify and resolve survey discrepancies,