PLS​/Senior Surveyor

PLS/Senior Surveyor

Department: Survey/Geomatics

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Baton Rouge, LA

Waggoner Engineering is hiring a PLS/Senior Surveyor for our Baton Rouge, LA office. The opportunity is a project management and project delivery position. Experience with topographic and boundary surveys for LA DOTD, NRCS, municipal and transportation projects is desirable. Private development and ALTA experience are a plus. The candidate selected will receive a $10,000 signing bonus.

Are you ready to inspire, engage and deliver? For almost 50 years Waggoner has delivered sound results through a culture of integrity, service and creativity to benefit our clients. Waggoner has more than doubled in size over the last five years and growth is expected to significantly increase through the addition of talented personnel.

What does that mean for you? Waggoner differentiates itself as a leader in growth strategy for water and disaster recovery, as well as providing full engineering services across 14 offices and 6 states; we need people who are inspired for future growth, engage as leaders in their respective fields, and deliver to both internal and external clients.

If you are tired of hearing “we’ve always done it this way”; if you have a work hard/play hard attitude; and if you enjoy working with a vast team of professionals across various disciplines, you will fit right into our culture.

• Promote Waggoner's “Quality First” management approach within all aspects of the surveying business;
• Serve as a surveying professional of record / responsible charge for various types of surveys; responsible for collaborating with survey field and office staff to deliver projects.
• Meet with clients to develop project scope, budget, and schedule for various types of survey projects.
• Day-to-day oversight of field crews, land surveyor interns, and survey support staff.
• Manage all survey equipment to ensure it is calibrated, functional, and up to date.
• Manage all surveying vehicles and supplies.
• Reports to the PLS / Survey Department Manager.

• Responsible for delivering surveying projects to various clients.
• Collaborate with staff to perform surveys and prepare deliverables.

• Projects include control, topographic, boundary, construction stake-out, as-built, route surveys, subsurface utility engineering surveys (SUE) to name a few.
• Effectively coordinate and communicate with other project team members to meet the needs of our clients.
• Compile and research projects as needed prior to starting work.
• Establish project cost estimate proposals, scope of work, and schedules for negotiations with various clients.
• Assure that assigned projects stay on schedule and within budget.
• Responsible for technical delivery of projects including data collection, field to finish, data processing, and electronic deliverables for various types of surveying projects.
• Project delivery using Trimble Business Center, Leica Infinity, Civil3D, Micro Station/InRoads software.
• Provide independent QA/QC checks.

• Provide detailed instruction to survey crew and support personnel for assigned projects.
• Ensure all survey equipment, vehicles, supplies, tools, and software needs are being managed and functional.
• Responsible for weekly safety meetings.

• Licensed Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) in the State of Louisiana with the ability and desire to obtain licenses in Mississippi and Florida.
• 6+ years’ experience in topographic and boundary surveying and survey project management.
• Experience with Louisiana DOTD and/or NRCS projects are preferable.
• Proficiency with Trimble GPS / Trimble Business Center and Leica Total Station equipment / Leica Infinity software is preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Valid driver’s license with approved/acceptable driving history required.

• WEI Incentive Program
• Healthy Workplace Program
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Competitive Health Benefits
• Career Development and Training
• Flexible/Hybrid Schedule
• Community Service Opportunities
• Worldwide Travel Assistance

Waggoner Engineering, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.