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Survey Party Chief

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Position: Survey Party Chief

Reports to: Survey Manager

Job Description:

The Survey Party Chief oversees construction staking, topographic surveys, and as-built documentation across diverse construction projects. This role ensures precise, high-quality survey data while coordinating closely with project managers and engineers. The Party Chief upholds strict safety protocols and ethical standards, delivering accurate results that support successful project execution.

Responsibilities:

  • Plans and organizes the field survey activities for construction projects, such as roads, bridges, buildings, pipelines, and utilities.
  • Operate and maintain various survey equipment, such as total stations, GPS, levels, lasers, and data collectors.
  • Perform calculations, measurements, and adjustments of survey data, using software and manuals.
  • Utilize survey maps, drawings, reports and legal descriptions, using CAD and GIS software.
  • Communicate and coordinate with project managers, engineers, contractors, and clients, regarding the survey requirements, specifications, and results.
  • Train and mentor survey helpers and evaluate their performance and skills.
  • Ensure compliance with the survey standards, codes and regulations, and adherence to the safety and ethical practices.

Qualifications

  • High School diploma or equivalent with a minimum of 5 years of experience in construction surveying.
  • Proficient in using survey equipment, software, and methods.
  • Knowledge of the survey principles, practices, and procedures.
  • Strong work ethic and commitment to delivering high-quality surveying services
  • Able to read and interpret construction plans, maps and documents.
  • Skilled in performing mathematical and geometric calculations.
  • Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills
  • Detail-oriented, organized, and reliable

Requirements:

  • Constantly working in outdoor weather conditions
  • Ability to travel onto job sites
  • Civil Engineering or construction industry experience is highly .
  • Valid drivers license and clean driving record.


Our Company is committed to being an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications for all positions equally without regard to their , , age, , , , veteran status, genetic information, among other things, or any other legally protected status.

Survey Party Chief

Dallas, TX
Full time

Published on 09/10/2025

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