As a Professional Land Surveyor, you will work with entry level, experienced survey professionals and other relevant support staff to provide survey related services for KLJ client projects. Position ensures technical portion of projects are executed in-line with KLJ’s quality expectations and standards that ultimately deliver on our strategy of providing an exceptional client experience.

About Us

At KLJ, we love engineering, moving forward, and bringing ideas to life. Our work is more than a project, it's a long-term solution for the communities in which we live and work. We are committed to providing an exceptional experience to our customers – every project, every time. We reimagine what projects can be through innovative planning, design, and support of infrastructure projects of all shapes and sizes. Join our team and reimagine what your career can be.

Position Purpose

As a Professional Land Surveyor, you will work with entry level, experienced survey professionals and other relevant support staff to provide survey related services for KLJ client projects. Position ensures technical portion of projects are executed in-line with KLJ’s quality expectations and standards that ultimately deliver on our strategy of providing an exceptional client experience.

Essential Functions

• Provide direction, review, and support to the survey group by leading projects; assuring proper practices and techniques
• Plans, organizes and manages project elements and manage multiple clients
• Provide oral and written communication to project teams, clients and the public
• Plans, organizes, coordinates, prioritizes, assigns and monitors the work of field survey crews
• Manage multiple project teams in the field
• Ensure compliance with KLJ safety standards
• Utilize effective written and oral communication

Responsibilities

• Survey to determine precise location and measurements of points, elevations, lines, areas, and contours for construction, mapmaking, land division, titles, mining or other surveying related purposes
• Construction staking, planning, reports, maps, plats, deeds, local geography, physical evidence, legal descriptions, and research
• Responsible for accuracy of documents and deliverables completed by team
• Instruct, train, and mentor crew members
• May confer with project team members and clients to lead, prepare, and participate in project proposals and interviews
• Effectively manages and delivers projects on-time and on budget

Qualifications

• Associate or bachelor’s degree in Land Surveying or equivalent survey field experience
• PLS certification
• Must have a valid driver’s license and be able to operate motorized vehicles

Hours and Travel

This position requires the individual work 40 hours per week with 95% of the time spent in the field and 5% in the office.

Relationships

The Professional Land Surveyor is supervised by the Department manager and receives guidance and direction on project related tasks from the Project Manager or Department Manager. Supervisory responsibilities in the field include Survey Technician, Survey Crew Chief, Senior Survey Crew Chief, Land Surveyor in Training and support staff members.

• The position plans and implements work assignments in accordance with guidelines, previous training, or accepted practice as a PLS.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities. The employee is regularly required to:

• Sit, stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms
• Talk or hear and communicate clearly

The employee must:

• Be able to walk on uneven terrain up to ten miles per day
• Frequently lift and move up to 50 pounds and occasionally lift and move up to 75 pounds

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Other Duties

This job description is not meant to be all-inclusive or restrictive and other duties may be assigned. It is a description of the job as presently defined, and is subject at any time to revision. This document is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required. Individuals may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities, as needed.

At KLJ, we have a vested interest in the personal, financial, and professional goals of our employees. We offer a competitive full suite benefit package including health, dental, vision, and life insurance, performance bonus, 401k/ESOP, employee stock ownership program, and a flexible work environment that gives you options to support excelling both professionally and personally. The salary for this position is expected to range between $75-95K. This estimated salary represents the middle of the range. Factors that may be used to determine actual salary include education (or applicable experience), training, job location, competencies relevant to the role, and internal equity. The options available for the current plan year are described at www.kljeng.com.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the US, without employer-sponsorship. KLJ does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas and does not participate in any OPT training program.

KLJ will not be partnering with third-party recruiters on this position. Please review our third-party recruiting policy at www.kljeng.com/careers.

Position will be posted until filled.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)