Survey Crew Chief
Position Overview
We seek to move the world forward through innovative thinking. Woolpert is an award-winning, global leader in architecture, engineering, and geospatial services. We blend design excellence with cutting-edge technology to deliver exceptional client value. Our team is passionate about their work and committed to building the next generation of industry leaders, and as a certified Great Place to Work®, Woolpert embraces progress and innovation to create limitless opportunities for career growth. Woolpert is hiring a Senior Survey Crew Chief to join our dynamic Survey & Geomatics team in Virginia Beach, VA. The Sr. Survey Crew Chief is a technical position within the survey and geomatics discipline, responsible for leading a survey crew in the field for various types of projects, including land title, transportation, energy, aviation, and land development surveys. Under the guidance of the Survey Team Leader, this role involves performing field survey work, ensuring accurate data collection and compliance with industry standards and company procedures. The Survey Crew Chief/Survey Party Chief role will require you to exercise technical expertise, leadership skills, and communication in a collaborative environment offering career growth opportunities. This is a traveling position requiring up to 80% travel throughout the state of Virginia with occasional travel across the East Coast and Midwest as needed. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must already possess work authorization in the country the job is located.
Responsibilities
- Lead a survey crew to conduct field surveys, including boundary, topographic, construction, and as-built surveys.
- Operate and maintain survey equipment such as total stations, GNSS receivers, laser scanners, levels, and data collectors.
- Prepare detailed field notes and sketches to document survey activities.
- Adhere to project requirements, goals, and schedules as outlined by the Survey Team Leader.
- Fundamental operation of survey software for downloading, processing, initial quality control, and verification of accuracy, ensuring data meets