Senior Professional Land Surveyor

DOWL•Reno, NV

16h

About The Position

Why DOWL? DOWL is a top-ranked, multi-disciplined consulting firm with over 60 years of experience in civil engineering and related services. Our in-house expertise spans Civil and Land Development, Construction-Related Services, Transportation and Structures, and Water and Environmental Services. At DOWL, you’re valued. We support your growth, offer great benefits, and foster a culture of integrity, professionalism, and teamwork. Survey and Geomatics Join DOWL’s Survey and Geomatics team to play a vital role in shaping infrastructure from the ground up. Our surveyors tackle an impressive variety of projects—from individual sidewalk ramps to expansive 200-mile-long corridors—bringing precision, efficiency, and foresight to every job. We pride ourselves on identifying potential challenges early in the process, enabling design teams and contractors to make proactive adjustments that keep projects running smoothly and on schedule. If you’re detail-oriented, solutions-driven, and eager to work on impactful projects across diverse landscapes, we want you on our team. DOWL is seeking a Senior Surveyor to join our growing Surveying team out of our Reno Office. Our existing team of talented surveyors support a diverse size of both internal and external clients across significant geography. As a mid-sized, privately owned company, you will be joining a well-supported team that works on exciting quality projects. We are the people who make it happen, so getting and keeping the best and the brightest is one of our most important missions. Take a look at our company page to learn more about our mission, philosophy, and history: https://www.dowl.com/company/ . Summary The Senior Professional Land Surveyor 1 manages and leads a variety of surveying tasks including topographic surveys, boundary surveys, preparing legal descriptions, mapping, 3D scanning, and more. The person in this position is expected to exercise a strong work ethic, leadership and organizational skills, mentoring and quality control skills, and produce reliable results. A Senior Professional Land Surveyor 1 demonstrates highly advanced proficiency with complex survey concepts and tasks, quickly learns and apply new survey skills, and mentors and oversees the work of others with less experience. This person is expected to work well with others, absorb and apply constructive criticism, and seek guidance from more experienced members of the team as necessary.

Requirements

Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel) - Advanced
Market Sector Software - Advanced
Trimble Business Center
Trimble Access
CAD processing software
Point Cloud extraction software
Substantial understanding of field surveying equipment use, care and storage
Mastery of fundamentals
Highly efficient at providing technical solutions to the most complex challenges and guides others towards the same
Strong understanding of scopes, schedules, and budgets.
Expert level understanding and mentoring of the applicable industry or client standards such as the following and appropriate deviations from: ALTA surveys, Local platting, surveying standards, ASPRS, BLM cadastral surveys, Client standards
Associate’s or Bachelor's Degree preferred
Years of experience required: 12 years
PLS required (multiple states preferred)
Driving is an essential job function or a valid driver’s license is required to support legitimate business purposes
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to create and interpret graphs and understand statistical analysis.
Able to cut brush using chain saw or machete.
Able to dig with shovel or digging bars, use a jack hammer and sledgehammer, and drive in stakes and rebar (monuments).
Able to walk and hike through rough terrain, snow, and ice.
Able to routinely lift and carry between 30 and 50 pounds.
May need to work at remote sites.

Responsibilities

Manage and lead a variety of surveying tasks including topographic surveys, boundary surveys, preparing legal descriptions, mapping, 3D scanning, and more.
Exercise a strong work ethic, leadership and organizational skills, mentoring and quality control skills, and produce reliable results.
Demonstrates highly advanced proficiency with complex survey concepts and tasks, quickly learns and apply new survey skills, and mentors and oversees the work of others with less experience.
Leads the production of and provides quality control for technical reports and memos
Leads the production of and provides quality control for clear and concise field notes
Leads the production of and provides quality control for equipment maintenance checks
Leads the production of and provides quality control for topographic data collection
Leads the production of and provides quality control for topographic base map and surface model
Leads the production of and provides quality control for monument field recovery
Leads the production of and provides quality control for research of public records
Leads the production of and provides quality control for point cloud extractions
Leads the production of and provides quality control for boundary resolutions
Leads the production of and provides quality control for advanced construction calculations
Leads the production of and provides quality control for advanced control network planning
Leads the production of and provides quality control for remote sensing data
Efficiently performs the most technically complex and demanding professional services without supervision.
Reviews the work of others and mentors others on complex project tasks.
Leads technical approach on proposals.
Oversees team operations and the daily workflow of the team
Organizes workflow and ensures that employees understand their duties or delegated tasks
Recruits and hires new employees
Implements training for new hires and identifies training opportunities for current staff
Communicates information from leadership to employees and vice versa
Monitors employee productivity and provides constructive feedback and coaching
Sets goals for performance and deadlines in ways that comply with company’s plans and vision and communicates them to employees
Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations
Decides on reward and promotion based on performance
Handles discipline and termination of employees as needed and in accordance with company policy