Waggoner Engineering · 7 hours ago
PLS/Senior Surveyor
Baton Rouge, LA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
6+ years expWaggoner Engineering is hiring a PLS/Senior Surveyor for their Baton Rouge, LA office. This role involves project management and delivery, focusing on topographic and boundary surveys for various clients including LA DOTD and municipal projects.
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Responsibilities
Promote Waggoner's “Quality First” management approach within all aspects of the surveying business
Serve as a surveying professional of record / responsible charge for various types of surveys; Responsible for collaborating with survey field and office staff to deliver projects
Meeting with clients to develop project scope, budget, and schedule for various types of survey projects
Day-to-day oversight of field crews, land surveyor interns, and survey support staff
Responsible for managing all survey equipment to ensure it is calibrated, functional, and up to date. This responsibility may be assigned to staff under your supervision
Responsible for managing all surveying vehicles and supplies. This responsibility may be assigned to staff under your supervision
Reports to the PLS / Survey Department Manager
Responsible for delivering surveying projects to various clients
Collaborate with staff to perform surveys and prepare deliverables
Projects include control, topographic, boundary, construction stake-out, as-built, route surveys, subsurface utility engineering surveys (SUE) to name a few
Effectively coordinating and communicating with other project team members to meet the needs of our clients
Compile and research projects as needed prior to starting work
Establish project cost estimate proposals, scope of work, and schedules for negotiations with various clients
Assure that assigned projects stay on schedule and within budget
Responsible for technical delivery of projects including data collection, field to finish, data processing, and electronic deliverables for various types of surveying projects
Project delivery using Trimble Business Center, Leica Infinity, Civil3D, MicroStation/InRoads software
Provide independent QA/QC checks
Providing detailed instruction to survey crew and support personnel for assigned projects
Ensure all survey equipment, vehicles, supplies, tools, and software needs are being managed and functional
Responsible for weekly safety meetings
Qualification
Required
Licensed Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) in the State of Louisiana with the ability and desire to obtain licenses in Mississippi and Florida
6+ years' experience in topographic and boundary surveying and survey project management
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Valid driver's license with approved/acceptable driving history required
Preferred
Experience with Louisiana DOTD and/or NRCS projects are preferrable
Proficiency with Trimble GPS / Trimble Business Center and Leica Total Station equipment / Leica Infinity software is preferred
Benefits
WEI Incentive Program
Healthy Workplace Program
Employee Referral Bonus
Competitive Health Benefits
Career Development and Training
Flexible/Hybrid Schedule
Community Service Opportunities
Worldwide Travel Assistance
Company
Waggoner Engineering
Waggoner Engineering is a civil engineering company serving public agencies and private corporations across the Southeastern US.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Mohamed Kacem
Partner, VP, Technology and Innovation
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Partner/VP / Technology and Innovation
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