Project Surveyor, Land Development

Westwood Professional Services, Inc.•Roanoke, VA

About The Position

Westwood Professional Services, Inc. is seeking a Project Surveyor to join our team. This position is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, quality assurance/quality control and completion of survey projects in Westwood’s private development and public infrastructure markets.

Requirements

Professional Survey License – Licensed in State of the office. Additional states preferred.
Four-year degree preferred and 10-plus years of experience in a consulting business.
Must have multi-discipline experience, and a strong understanding of commercial, residential, and public infrastructure markets and projects.
Effective verbal communication is necessary and independent judgment is essential.
Proven leadership and supervisory skills.
Handle multiple priorities and projects well.

Responsibilities

Lead the planning and implementation of projects and monitors the operational effectiveness throughout.
Serves as subject matter expert for survey related activities such as construction staking, topographic surveying, platting, legal description writing, boundary analysis, and legal principles.
Works with the Project Manager to define project tasks, schedule and resource requirements.
Works with Project Manager to evaluate project budget and analyzes project profitability, revenue, margins, billing rates and utilization.
Complies with and helps the enforcement of company standards, policies and procedures.
Measured on engagement in the continual improvement process and formal knowledge transfer/lessons learned, engagement in the quality service/client feedback process including asking for feedback and following up on the feedback including documentation in the system, and the overall success of the project.
Conduct team meetings with project team and evaluate and coordinate the project.
Stays current on service-specific trends, technology, software, hardware and equipment.
Provide day-to-day guidance and mentoring to project team staff as needed.
Responsible for quality control and quality assurance related to the survey activities on each project.
Ensures division, regional, and company policies and practices are consistently followed within the survey service.
Lead by example – display solid judgment, good values, trust, honesty, openness, and professionalism.