Land Surveyor in Training

Dewberry is currently seeking an experienced Land Surveyor in Training for the Charlotte, NC office. Applicant must be responsible, highly motivated, and a detail-oriented individual interested in joining our Land Surveying department.  Applicant must be able to work in a team environment as a key member of a professional surveying staff coordinating field and office work on complex survey engagements, directly supervise technicians and participate in personnel actions involving office staff. In addition, assist in the performance of boundary, ALTA, topographic, platting, right-of way acquisition, transmission line, transportation, and construction surveys utilizing the latest equipment and surveying technology.

This position has opportunity for advancement for a motivated individual willing to grow with the changing skills and technology within the land surveying profession.

Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 60 locations and 2,500 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.

• Assist the survey project manager with all aspects of the daily office workload.
• Seek growth opportunities and report to Dewberry management.
• Directly supervise technicians and participate in personnel actions involving support staff.
• Review job specifications and develop budget proposal for methods and costs.
• Assign tasks to necessary staff.
• Plan and coordinate aspects of work and reviews work created by less experience employees.
• Receive administrative supervision with assignments given in terms of broad general objectives and limits.
• Communicate with the field coordinator with daily workload and needs to meet the schedule.
• Scheduling and communicating workload status to Project Manager in order to meet all deadlines.
• Daily uploading and downloading of data collectors and reduction of files.
• Survey computations for boundary and topographic surveys and construction stakeout.
• Drafting of Boundary, ALTA, topographic, house location surveys and record plats.
• Management and drafting of Route and Design surveys for NCDOT
• Continually advance knowledge with upgrades with software and technology.
• Work independently as a one person field crew or assist field crew as required.
• Recognize and work in a safe manner to comply with all safety regulations.

• College degree preferred.
• Must have High School Diploma.
• Must have a minimum of eight (8) years of survey experience, LSIT preferred.
• Experience with NCDOT design surveys is required.
• Experience with NCDOT Right of Way surveys is required.
• Experience with NCDOT Property Survey Division Exhibits is preferred.
• Proficiency with MicroStation V8i is required.
• Proficiency with Geopak V8i is required
• Proficiency with Open Roads Designer is preferred.
• Must have good verbal and written communication skills.
• Must have strong drafting and computing skills.
• Must be able to work overtime as required.
• Must be willing and able to do short term travel.
• Must be proficient with land record research.
• Must be able to work independently.
• Must have diverse survey experience including: Boundary surveys, topographic surveys, GPS control surveys, route surveys, NCDOT design surveys, construction stakeout for residential and commercial projects and cutsheets.
• Must have a valid driver’s license, good driving record and ability to pass a driving record background check.
• Must pass a mandatory drug test.
• Proficient with Carlson Survey, Carlson SurvCE, Pix4D, and Trimble Business Center software is a plus.
• Experience with laser scanning is a plus.
• Experience with 3D survey drawings a plus.
• Experience with Civil 3D a plus.
• Ability to obtain a security clearance is a plus.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for our employee’s. So if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.

*At this time, Dewberry will not sponsor a new applicant for work authorization.

*Dewberry is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

*Only  recipients of an offer of employment from Dewberry, will be required to submit to a background screening which may include, but is not limited to, employment verification, educational and other credential verification, driving record check, criminal background check, and an investigative consumer report. These screenings will be conducted by Dewberry’s background vendor of choice and will be conducted in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local law.

Notice to Third Party Recruiters:  Dewberry only compensates job placement recruiters that have a valid Dewberry-approved written agreement in place for recruiting services. Dewberry does not compensate third party recruiters for unsolicited job placement candidate information.