Senior Licensed Land Surveyor

Pennoni • Columbia, MD

13d • Onsite

About The Position

Pennoni is seeking a Senior Licensed Land Surveyor to support and lead surveying operations from its Columbia, Maryland office. This hands-on leadership role is for an experienced survey professional who can manage projects and personnel while providing technical oversight across boundary, land title, topographic, and construction surveying assignments. The successful candidate will coordinate field resources, prepare project estimates and proposals, maintain client relationships, and help grow the survey practice in the Maryland market.

The role includes managing survey and survey-mapping projects; overseeing professional surveying work; supervising personnel and coordinating field resources and equipment; preparing scopes, estimates, proposals, and business-development materials; reviewing data and deliverables; applying modern surveying methods and technologies; communicating with clients and project stakeholders; and visiting project sites as needed.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• At least eight years of professional experience in field surveying, land surveying, or a closely related area.
• Current Maryland Professional Land Surveyor license.
• Demonstrated experience managing survey projects and coordinating or supervising personnel.
• Well-rounded experience with boundary surveys, land title surveys, topographic surveys, and construction surveying; experience limited primarily to construction stakeout may not provide the breadth required.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel to job sites as needed.
• Ability to satisfy background-screening requirements associated with certain client sites, federal properties, and railroad rights-of-way.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading a survey team or serving as the professional responsible for multiple concurrent projects.
• Experience supporting multidisciplinary engineering and infrastructure projects.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD Civil 3D, Leica Geosystems hardware and software, high-definition laser scanning technologies, MicroStation, or Bentley OpenRoads.
• Experience developing client relationships and supporting business-development or market-growth initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage survey and survey-mapping projects, focusing on safety, quality, profitability, operational excellence, and timely delivery.
• Provide professional oversight for boundary surveys, land title surveys, topographic surveys, construction stakeout, construction layouts, and survey support for engineering projects.
• Supervise and coordinate survey personnel, including scheduling field crews, assigning resources, coordinating equipment, and monitoring project deadlines.
• Prepare scopes of work, project estimates, fee proposals, and other technical or business-development materials.
• Review survey data, plans, calculations, deliverables, and supporting documentation for accuracy and compliance with applicable professional standards.
• Apply modern surveying methods and technologies, including GPS, robotic total stations, CADD, GIS, and related field and office systems.
• Communicate with clients, project teams, field personnel, regulatory stakeholders, and other internal disciplines.
• Develop and maintain client and public relationships and identify opportunities to expand Pennoni’s survey services within the Maryland market.
• Visit project sites and perform field-related responsibilities as needed.
• Complete additional responsibilities as assigned based on project and business needs.

Benefits

• Pennoni offers opportunities to help employees build their careers.
• The company strives to provide a workplace where employees trust the people they work for, enjoy the people they work with, and take pride in what they do.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: High school or GED