Land Surveyor - Green Infrastructure Project

Job Type: Full Time

Work Arrangement: On-site

• Country:
  Saudi Arabia
• City:
  Riyadh
• Industry: Civil Engineering
• Function:
  Surveying
• Salary:
  Not disclosed
• Gender: No Preference
• Candidate Nationality:
  Not specified

Parsons is seeking an experienced Land Surveyor to join its site-based construction supervision team on the Green Riyadh Project in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In this role, you will lead site surveying and setting‑out verification activities, supervise survey personnel, and review contractor survey work to ensure accuracy and compliance with approved engineering drawings, project specifications, and construction tolerances. You will verify survey control points, benchmarks, coordinates, alignments, and levels for roads, utilities, structures, hardscape, landscape features, and associated infrastructure works.

Working under the direction of the Resident Engineer or Construction Director, you will coordinate with multidisciplinary engineering teams, conduct independent survey checks, review as‑built documentation, and support construction quality and project handover requirements. The position requires strong knowledge of engineering surveying principles, modern surveying instruments, coordinate systems, construction setting‑out, and survey data management.

• Act as the lead surveyor for site surveying and construction setting‑out verification activities.
• Report to the Resident Engineer or Construction Director on surveying matters.
• Verify contractor setting-out activities against approved engineering drawings and project requirements.
• Check alignments, elevations, coordinates, levels, and dimensions for infrastructure and construction works.
• Review surveying activities associated with roads, utilities, structures, hardscape, and landscape features.
• Conduct independent spot checks to verify the accuracy of contractor survey work.
• Confirm that constructed works comply with approved drawings and applicable tolerances.
• Identify surveying discrepancies and coordinate their resolution with the construction supervision team.

• Verify survey control points, benchmarks, and reference coordinates established by contractors.
• Confirm that survey control information is correctly referenced to the approved project datum and grid system.
• Review the accuracy and consistency of survey reference information.
• Check coordinate relationships and leveling information used for construction setting‑out.
• Identify inconsistencies between survey control data, design drawings, and actual site conditions.
• Coordinate with contractors and discipline engineers to resolve survey control issues.
• Maintain accurate records of verified survey control information.

• Supervise and coordinate Parsons ' site surveying team.
• Review contractor surveying activities to ensure accuracy and compliance with project requirements.
• Assess contractor survey reports, layout drawings, and supporting survey documentation.
• Verify that construction setting‑out information is consistent with approved design requirements.
• Monitor surveying quality and identify potential measurement or alignment errors.
• Provide technical guidance on surveying discrepancies and corrective measures.
• Coordinate with the construction supervision team to support timely verification of site works.

• Coordinate surveying activities with roads, structures, wet utilities,…