Survey Lead
Dragados USA

Responsibilities

• Establishes and monitors construction layout for both temporary and permanent work elements.
• Fully utilizes survey equipment, software (Topcon, Leica and Trimble), and survey systems in performing and managing project surveying for the construction of the project.
• Works with engineering and construction operations to establish survey needs. Must be able to create project models, based on the engineer design of the project
• Coordinate survey operations to support field operations
• Manage Survey Quality Control process. Manage Survey parties
• Procure and manage survey equipment resources
• Find potential issues ahead of time and be able to problem solve
• Ability to work under pressure and coordinate numerous activities and groups of people who need to cooperate to achieve maximum efficiency
• Report to the project's survey manager

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year college or university, Civil Engineering or Survey Engineering preferred
• Minimum 8 years of relevant work experience
• Ability to communicate with a vast range of support entities including Engineers, Superintendents, and Architects
• Possess strong problem solving abilities to address and solve survey challenges associated with construction operations
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings and specifications and translate into survey data for layout in the field
• Good attention to detail with the ability to recognize discrepancies
• Familiarity with AutoCAD
• While performing essential job functions, the employee is required to frequently inspect and supervise job operations and may be exposed to ongoing construction. Ability to access all areas of a jobsite is required for the position.
• Knowledge and experience with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint