Group Leader - Land Surveying

We are seeking an experienced
** Professional Land Surveyor
** to serve as
** Group Leader
** for our
** Mid-Atlantic surveying team**. This leadership role is responsible for overseeing a group of survey crew chiefs and technicians delivering high-quality surveying and geospatial services throughout
** Delaware and Maryland**, while also providing technical and strategic support to the firm’s national Reality Capture team.
* Lead and manage a team of survey crew chiefs, technicians, and support staff across multiple offices and project sites
* Foster a collaborative, safety-focused, and high-performance team culture
* Provide mentorship, coaching, and professional development to advance technical and leadership skills
* Support hiring, onboarding, workload planning, and succession planning for the survey group
* Provide technical oversight and quality control for boundary, topographic, ALTA/NSPS, construction layout, and utility surveys
* Support and integrate Reality Capture services such as terrestrial scanning, mobile mapping, UAV/LiDAR, and photogrammetry
* Establish and reinforce best practices, standards, and workflows for survey and reality capture deliverables
* Ensure compliance with state licensure requirements, safety standards, and QA/QC procedures
* Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) license in Delaware and/or Maryland (or ability to obtain within a reasonable timeframe)
* 10+ years of progressive land surveying experience, including leadership or supervisory responsibilities
* Demonstrated experience managing survey teams and overseeing complex surveying projects
* Proven ability to build client relationships and contribute to business development efforts
* Strong understanding of field operations, CAD/GIS workflows, and survey data management
* Knowledge of and experience with AutoCAD Civil 3D (2018 or newer), Trimble Business Center, ArcGIS
* Well-versed in survey-related technology and equipment (Robotic Total Stations, GPS, Data Collectors)
* Knowledge of and understanding of plan preparation (i.e. topographic surveys, boundary surveys, ALTA Surveys, base mapping, etc.)
* Knowledge of the principles of performing surveys: leveling, traversing, metes and bounds surveys, bathymetric survey, etc.
* Strong knowledge of survey law (legal descriptions), cost estimating, survey research, and survey task scheduling
* Multi-state licensure or experience working across the Mid-Atlantic region
* Experience supporting or delivering Reality Capture and advanced geospatial services
* Familiarity with survey data integration into engineering and design workflows
* Experience in a consulting engineering or multidisciplinary firm environment
* Flexible Work Environment
* Paid Parental Leave
* Medical* Dental
* Vision* Life and AD&D Insurance
* Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
* 401(k) with Company Match
* Paid Time Off + Holidays
* Verdantas strives to develop new ways to increase diversity awareness within our organization. We recruit and reward our employees based on capability and performance — regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion, or physical ability. For us, it is imperative to build balanced teams from all walks of life and we believe that a diverse workforce is a stronger workforce.
*** Verdantas is an EOE race/color/religion/sex/sexual orientation/gender identity/national origin/disability/vet*
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