Utility Surveyor

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WSP’s Surveying Services team is growing, and we’re recruiting professionals who want to shape the future of Land and Engineering Surveying across the UK & Ireland.

We have teams based in the following locations - with WSP's hybrid working allowing for a mix of site, in-office and home working:

Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Guildford, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester and Naas.

• Based within WSP's Edinburgh or Glasgow office, working as part of the UK-wide Surveying Services team alongside the Buried Services Surveying, UAV and Measured Building Surveys.
• Coordinating the successful delivery of surveying projects across Scotland and the wider UK, ensuring technical excellence and client satisfaction.
• Undertake Buried Services surveys in accordance with project briefs, specifications and industry standards.
• Process, review and quality assure survey deliverables, ensuring full compliance with WSP procedures, technical standards and quality requirements.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative and integrated surveying solutions.
• Mentor, coach, and develop junior team members, supporting their technical progression and professional development.

• Surveying Services (UK)
• • Working within a team of 48 Surveyors based UK wide, consisting of Topographical, Measured Building & Buried Services Surveyors and UAV Pilots.
  • Working mainly on surveying projects UK wide
  • Varied client base from Local Authorities to Multi-Discipline Consultants
  • Reporting to the survey team lead
  • Hardworking
  • Surveying Services promote the power of joined-up geospatial technologies to bring locational data alive
  • City based offices, with excellent transport links and surrounding area includes shops/café/parking train station

• QCF Level 3 and Level 5, in Utility Mapping Surveying or have a specific qualification, either as part of their main degree, HND or as a specialist module in an engineering-based qualification. However, candidates with suitable skills and proven experience will be considered.
• Proven experience of carrying out fieldwork for below ground utility surveys and drainage surveys on varied sites using Electromagnetic and GPR techniques.
  
  Experience of working to PAS
  128 standards, collecting and post-processing GPR data. Typically, 3+ years.
• Process fieldwork including the production of 2D & 3D CAD drawings and other survey reports.
• Experienced in the use of industry-standard software, including N4ce and AutoCAD
• Experience in the use of total stations and GNSS.
• Experience in carrying out Topographical Surveys would be advantageous but not essential·
• Ability to communicate unambiguously to public and team members. Able to operate effectively in all weather conditions, or at night.
• Undertake own CPD.
• Ability to check and critically evaluate the work done by others, be it Drawings, Calculations or Reports would be advantageous but not essential.
• Active contribution to Technical Excellence and innovation across the survey team
• Ability to work effectively alone or as part of a team.
• Ability to manage and mentor staff.
• The ability to travel UK‑wide on a regular basis is essential for this role.

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