Survey Crew Chief

Colliers Engineering & Design•Cary, NC

21d

About The Position

Ready to take charge and make your mark in a career where accuracy and leadership collide? As a Survey Crew Chief, you won’t just work on the frontlines of cutting-edge projects—you’ll lead them. From infrastructure and utilities to commercial and residential development, you’ll guide field crews in collecting the data that powers design, development, and construction across the built environment. We’re looking for a confident, solutions-focused leader with a passion for geospatial precision and real-world impact. You’ll manage people, performance, and equipment—all while using the latest tools in surveying technology to execute projects that matter. Colliers Engineering & Design is seeking a Survey Crew Chief to join our team in Raleigh, NC! Join our Survey/Geospatial team, which offers a full range of survey and geospatial data and mapping services that enable us to collect data faster, safer, and more accurately than ever before. Under your direction, survey staff collect data from the air, ground and subsurface to provide precision data interpretation.

Requirements

High School Diploma/GED is required.
10 years of field survey experience and at least 5 years of experience as a Crew Chief, or equivalent knowledge.
North Carolina DOT (NCDOT) project experience.
Proficient in use of Trimble equipment.
Candidates must be proficient with data collectors, data collection techniques, robotic instruments, conventional field note-keeping, total stations and leveling.
Experience with or ability to learn the use of 3D scanners.
Candidate must be a self-starter, with little need for supervision once provided with a work assignment.
Must be able to work in inclement weather.
Willingness to travel overnight.
A valid driver's license and clean driving record required. MVR will be checked and monitored.
Ability to read, write and understand English for purposes of comprehending written job-related communications and verbal instructions and interactions.
Requires a pre-employment drug screen and will require ongoing participation in the employer's random drug and alcohol testing program.

Responsibilities

This position may include work as a leader of one, two or three-person crews.
Survey projects include NCDOT design and ROW, topographic, aerial ground control, boundary and ALTA.

Benefits

company paid medical, dental, and vision coverage
paid pregnancy disability leave
short- and long-term disability insurance
life insurance
a company-matched 401(k)/Roth
paid time off that includes parental and military leave
employee referral and professional license bonuses and a straight time policy that compensates exempt employees for billable hours worked in excess of 40 billable hours within a work week.
reimbursement for education
a free in-house resource for hundreds of educational and self-enrichment courses
mentorship program
wellness program
Women’s Organization and ongoing philanthropic opportunities.