Field Surveyor

Field Surveyor / Field Engineer

To be considered, you must have 5+ years of hands-on land surveying experience, including construction surveying and civil construction layout.

Are you a detail-oriented survey professional who understands how accurate field data directly impacts construction success? Do you take pride in precise layout, construction staking, survey control, and producing reliable as-built documentation? Are you comfortable working independently in the field, supporting project teams, and traveling to federal project sites? If so, we want to speak with you.

C.A. Murren is seeking an experienced Field Surveyor / Field Engineer to support federal civil construction projects across multiple locations. This role is responsible for precise field layout, construction staking, survey control, as-built documentation, and support of GPS and machine-control operations.

The ideal candidate is a construction-minded survey professional — not simply someone who can collect points, but someone who understands how survey control, layout, machine control, grading, and as-built documentation fit together within the construction process.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform precise field layout and construction staking for earthwork, grading, utilities, structures, roads, drainage, concrete, and other civil construction activities
• Perform construction layout for building footers, corners, dowels, and related structural components
• Establish, maintain, and verify horizontal and vertical project control
• Operate and maintain total stations, robotic total stations, builder's levels, rotary lasers, and GPS/GNSS base and rover equipment
• Support, configure, troubleshoot, and verify earthwork machine-control systems
• Perform import and export of technical project data
• Perform pre-construction and construction topographic surveys to verify project control and existing site conditions
• Conduct detailed as-built surveys to accurately document installed work, elevations, grades, utilities, and structures
• Identify discrepancies between design information and actual field conditions and communicate issues to project management and supervision
• Maintain accurate field notes, project files, as-built work orders, and equipment logs
• Assist the Survey Department with equipment tracking and routine quality-control checks on survey and leveling equipment
• Assist project teams with quantity verification, earthwork measurements, grade checks, and construction quality control
• Work closely with equipment operators, foremen, superintendents, project managers, and other contractors to ensure construction meets required design tolerances
• Review plans, specifications, drawings, and digital models to prepare for field layout
• Travel to and work on federal projects in various locations
• Perform other survey, layout, and field-support duties as required

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on land surveying experience, including construction surveying and civil construction layout
• Strong hands-on experience with total stations, builder's levels, rotary/rotating lasers, and GPS/GNSS base and rover systems
• Hands-on experience with Trimble systems, including:
  • Trimble Siteworks
  • Trimble Business Center (TBC)
  • Trimble total stations and robotic total stations
  • Trimble GNSS/GPS base and rover systems
  • Trimble machine-control technology
• Demonstrated experience supporting earthwork machine control, including setup, verification, troubleshooting, and field coordination
• Proven ability to perform accurate construction layout and staking, including building footers, corners, and dowels
• Experience completing detailed and accurate as-built surveys
• Strong understanding of construction elevations, grades, coordinates, benchmarks, control networks, and site layout
• Ability to read and…