Professional Land Surveyor

What You Will Do

GFT is seeking a Professional Land Surveyor to join our Construction Services Team in Wilmington, NC! This role follows a hybrid work model, requiring regular attendance at our Wilmington, NC office.

At GFT, we're not just engineering the future; we're meticulously building it. Our comprehensive suite of construction and program management services reflects our unwavering commitment to excellence, safety, innovation, and sustainability. Our construction management services are the cornerstone of our commitment to transforming communities and enhancing lives. We oversee every construction phase to help ensure projects are completed on schedule, within budget, and to the highest safety and quality standards.

As a Professional Land Surveyor, this is an excellent career opportunity for an experienced, motivated Professional Surveyor who thrives in a collaborative team environment. The role highlights a customer-focused mindset and a passion for delivering exceptional quality and results on every project.

• Understanding of all field and office survey operations.
• Organize technical production and direct field work.
• Uphold quality control and assurance.
• Maintain communication with clients, leadership and staff.
• Meet schedules and budgets while providing responsive service to the client.
• Perform boundary research of maps, deeds, physical evidence, and other records.
• Prepare boundary calculations, metes and bounds descriptions and parcel plats.
• Research previous survey evidence, maps, deeds, physical evidence, and other records to obtain data needed for various surveys including control, topographic, bathymetric, engineering, alignment and right-of-way.
• Coordinate projects with clients, staff, engineering and architectural personnel, and other stakeholders.
• Determine methods and procedures for establishing or reestablishing survey control.
• Ability to apply techniques and methods to obtain desired accuracy and information.
• Maintain project database by using computer programs; entering and backing up data.
• Develop and present proposals to clients.
• Show consistent exercise of initiative and independent judgment in work assignments.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge.
• Participate in professional societies and practice communities.
• Ability to work with and mentor people.
• May supervise the activities of a single or multiple survey field crews and provide training to staff.

What you'll bring to our firm:

• Valid registration as a Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) in the State of North Carolina or in the process of obtaining your PLS in the next six months (preferred).
• Experience with preparation of boundary research and calculations, topographic surveys, project control, metes and bounds descriptions and general survey support for engineering design projects.
• Experience managing office and field survey personnel with the ability to identify work priorities and functions.
• Excellent math, oral and written communication skills.
• Strong detail-oriented work style.
• Experience prioritizing and managing multiple projects with schedule and budget constraints.
• Professional attitude and able to communicate with all levels of personnel.
• Must have valid driver's license and clean driving record.

• Licensed Professional Licensed Surveyor
• North Carolina resident.
• Experience with survey software (Leica, Trimble, Carlson Survey, Civil3D).
• Ability to work in an environment with changing priorities and work locations.
• Flexible to work overtime.
• Experience with the following projects:
• NCDOT right-of-way mapping
• Boundary/Topo
• Transportation/Bridges
• Preparation of Right-of-Way Acquisitions and Easements
• ALTA/ACSM (NSPS) Land Title Surveys
• Construction Layout

The salary range for this position is $90,000-$120,000.

Salary is dependent upon experience and geographic location.

• Hybrid (in-person and remote) work environment.
• Comprehensive benefits package including wellness programs, parental leave, and pet insurance, in addition to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
• Tax-deferred 401(k) savings plan.
• Competitive paid-time-off (PTO) accrual.
• Tuition reimbursement for continued education.
• Commitment to professional development, access to internal and external training programs, and support of active participation in professional organizations
• Incentive compensation for eligible positions.

At GFT, a privately held AEC firm, we innovate where transportation, water, power, and buildings converge. We call this the Infrastructure of Life. We measure our success by the strength of our relationships - that's why we're the employer of choice for 5,000+ of the industry's brightest engineers, planners, architects, inspectors, designers, and more.

Our clients choose us for our expertise and prefer us for our nimble approach, creativity, and personal touch. Backed by over a century's experience, together we're building a lasting…