Group Leader - Land Surveying

Professional Land Surveyor – Group Leader (Mid-Atlantic)

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. It offers an opportunity to lead and shape a growing surveying practice within a collaborative, forward‑thinking organization.

• 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.
• Serve as a primary client liaison for key surveying and geospatial accounts in Delaware and Maryland.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with public and private sector clients.
• Support and lead business development efforts, including scoping, pricing, proposals, and interviews.
• Identify opportunities to expand services and grow repeat work.
• 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.
• Manage group performance related to financial results, utilization, backlog, and client satisfaction.
• Collaborate with the Mid-Atlantic Survey Leader on annual business planning and staffing forecasts.
• Promote continuous improvement through technology adoption and process efficiency.

• 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 (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.

The compensation range for this position is $135,000 – $150,000, with final compensation determined based on years of experience, qualifications, and licensing status.

• 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 is an EOE race/color/religion/sex/sexual orientation/gender identity/national origin/disability/veteran.