JOB DESCRIPTION – SURVEY PROJECT MANAGER

$ Oversees all surveying operations including budgeting, scheduling, directing subordinates, prioritizing multiple projects and deadlines, and communication with management staff.

$ Coordinates, prioritizes, and distributes workload within the survey department to ensure the efficient, cost effective utilization of staff to meet deadlines.

$ Identifies, recommends, practices, and develops ways for staff to be productive and efficient.

$ Reviews and approves staff timesheets.

$ Advises and assists staff with company policy, process, and methods.

$ Attends staff meeting for coordination and scheduling of work with all departments.

$ Prepares proposals on projects with subsequent project management responsibilities.

$ Understands project’s scope of work and communicates this scope to support staff.

$ Monitors and maintains project budgets & productivity.

$ Demonstrates creativity, foresight, and mature surveying judgment in anticipating and solving problems.

$ Develops standards and guidelines.

$ Plans and implements improvements for the surveying department (long term and short term).

$ Acknowledges and implements appropriate suggestions from support staff.

$ Participates in the selection, training, and development of the new surveyors.

$ Maintains records of performance for survey personnel and provides written and oral reports.

$ Provides training opportunities to ensure staff maintains current in knowledge with regards to industry and company standards.

$ Oversees and performs surveying assignments within company and industry standards using a computer as an aid to drafting and document deliverables.

$ Oversees and prepares accurate, complete, and value-added work products and perform complex survey computations.

$ Ensures timely document delivery by completing assigned tasks on or ahead of schedule and understands how activity being performed relates to overall project status.

$ Oversees construction-staking calculations.

$ Coordinates construction staking schedule with general contractor and maintains positive client relationships.

$ Analyzes and reviews work of survey crews.

$ Develops and enforces field codes and stringing (field to office data collection).

$ Oversees preparation of cut sheets for field crews.

$ Interpret design plans for construction staking calculations, identifies plan discrepancies and conflicts, and coordinates with engineering staff to ensure proper interpretation.

$ Understand tolerances and accuracy as they relate to project needs.

$ Understands and maintains computer and hard copy filing system.

$ Analyzes title reports and legal descriptions.

Perform boundary analysis and resolution

$ Prepares plats and legal descriptions.

$ Prepare record boundary and easement maps.

$ Prepare Tentative Maps, Parcel Maps, Final Maps, Record of Survey and ALTA Maps.

$ Works with engineering department to identify proposed easements.

$ Reviews all work for completeness and accuracy.

$ Deals directly with map checker to resolve project mapping issues.

$ Stamps and signs maps and legal descriptions.

$ Assists in setting up and maintaining Survey Standards.

$ Maintains the look and consistency of company drawings.

$ Provides accurate account of time spent on projects with descriptions for each time entry.

$ Maintains neat and orderly work area, which will allow access to project information to other team members.

$ Performs other duties as assigned.