Survey Department Manager
Survey Manager/PLS
Role Description: This role will manage the survey department and oversee project budgets. The successful candidate will be a professional land surveyor registered in the state of Texas with 10 years of experience in various land survey projects. TxDOT experience preferred. They will have at least 5 years of experience in managing survey projects and survey staff. This is a good opportunity for a survey manager who enjoys managing and motivating survey staff, cultivating client relationships, and ensuring qualify survey projects are delivered.
Location: Houston, Texas
Employment Type: 40 FT Hours
Compensation Type: Salary
Registration(s): Texas Registered Surveyor required
Duties:
* Manage several survey projects simultaneously which includes scheduling, staffing and budgets.
* Prepare scope of services and detailed project budget for multiple projects.
* Ensure technical quality, scheduling, and profitability of projects.
* Act as primary client contacts and build relationships with clients.
* Negotiate scope and fees of projects with clients and follow up on billing/collections.
* Conduct marketing of surveying and engineering services and business development to obtain additional survey projects.
* Prepare proposals, cost estimates, plats, legal descriptions and sketches roadway databases, topographic surveys, compute survey data, TxDOT right of way maps, etc.
* Ensure QA and QC review is completed.
* Manage survey staff and mentor them to develop professionally.
* Plan and coordinate work of field survey parties performing design survey and construction staking.
Key Responsibilities:
* Prepares and follows comprehensive Project Framework Instructions and proper work planning for a project. Ensures proper staff is assigned and utilized on their projects.
* Reviews project reports and performance metrics to track project progress and budget.
Leads successful projects (profit, on-schedule, quality, satisfied client).
* Contributes to successful delivery and performance of projects
* Cultivates relationships with clients and holds strong relationships with clients
* Understands, follows, and enforces company business process including weekly rhythm
* Takes active steps in the pursuit of winning new business or additional opportunities with existing clients and may be responsible for a stated portion of office sales goal. Assists and/or leads team in pursuit of new work (repeat work, SOQ and Proposals). Develops and/or executes project Win strategy.
* Understands and follow QMS and Quality initiatives. Ensures quality control measures are being adhered to on projects and daily operations.
* Actively engages and participates in the training, coaching, and mentoring of junior staff
* Understands duties and responsibilities, possesses necessary job knowledge and technical skills, maintains job knowledge current.
Role Competencies:
* Sharing Information: Conveying up-to date information in the most efficient and useful manner to the appropriate stakeholders.
* Critical Thinking: Analyzing problems and solutions by evaluating the quality of the information available from different sources and avoiding decision-making bias.
* Executes Strategy: Ensuring that people remain focused on accomplishing strategic goals by thoughtfully planning tasks and overcoming obstacles
* Fosters a Learning Culture: Creating an inspiring and engaging atmosphere where people feel motivated to grow, experiment, and learn new skills.
* Identifies Talent: Actively maintaining awareness of internal and external talent, current abilities, and hiring needs.
Qualifications:
* Texas registered Surveyor required.
* Minimum 10 years' experience overseeing and performing Land Survey.
* Office production experience including TxDOT, boundary, topographic and construction surveying.
* Business development experience.
* Proficient in MicroStation, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Geopak, Carlson Survey and C&G.
* Passion for building client relationships, marketing surveying, and engineering services.
* Business development experience.
* Strong desire to build a positive culture among staff.
* Valid Texas Driver's License and clean driving record.
Benefits & Perks:
* Health insurance
* Dental insurance
* Vision insurance
* Employer-Paid Short- & Long-Term disability
* 8 Paid Holidays
* Employee Morale/Teambuilding events and activities
* Paid Vacation/Annual Leave
* Paid Sick Leave
* Tuition Reimbursement
* Commuter Benefits
* Two retirement plans: 401(k) and an ESOP
And more
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