Survey Lead at Dragados USA in Riverdale, Maryland

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• Establishes and monitors construction layout for both temporary and permanent work elements.


• Fully utilizes survey equipment, software (Topcon, Leica and Trimble), and survey systems in performing and managing project surveying for the construction of the project.


• Works with engineering and construction operations to establish survey needs. Must be able to create project models, based on the engineer design of the project


• Coordinate survey operations to support field operations


• Manage Survey Quality Control process. Manage Survey parties


• Procure and manage survey equipment resources


• Find potential issues ahead of time and be able to problem solve


• Ability to work under pressure and coordinate numerous activities and groups of people who need to cooperate to achieve maximum efficiency


• Report to the project's survey manager

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year college or university, Civil Engineering or Survey Engineering preferred


• Minimum 8 years of relevant work experience


• Ability to communicate with a vast range of support entities including Engineers, Superintendents, and Architects


• Possess strong problem solving abilities to address and solve survey challenges associated with construction operations


• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings and specifications and translate into survey data for layout in the field


• Good attention to detail with the ability to recognize discrepancies


• Familiarity with AutoCAD


• While performing essential job functions, the employee is required to frequently inspect and supervise job operations and may be exposed to ongoing construction. Ability to access all areas of a jobsite is required for the position.


• Knowledge and experience with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint