Regional Land Survey Manager

Description

SINCE 1976, CANNON has provided creative solutions to clients in the energy industry, water resources, public infrastructure, and commercial and residential development. We work hard. We play hard. We have fun.

The Regional Land Survey Manager is a leadership opportunity to grow and shape Cannon’s surveying operations across Southern California, from our West Los Angeles or Irvine offices. Reporting to the Director of the Survey Division, you’ll oversee survey projects, manage a survey team, and conduct business development by marketing surveying services to new and existing clients such as: Public Agencies, Developers, Schools Districts, Universities, Energy Producers, and Water Companies.

REGIONAL LAND SURVEY MANAGER JOB DUTIES

• Lead, mentor, and grow the Southern California Surveying team.
• Manage, coach, and evaluate staff to support professional development and strong performance.
• Foster a collaborative, supportive work environment across field and office teams.
• Maintain and expand client relationships with public agencies, developers, utilities, and private sector partners.
• Conduct business development activities to secure new opportunities and ensure repeat business.
• Oversee survey projects from proposal through delivery, ensuring budgets, schedules, and quality standards are met.
• Prepare project proposals, cost estimates, and schedules.
• Preparation and review of legal descriptions.
• Coordinate with field crews, office staff, subcontractors, and vendors.
• Experience in performing easement, highway, and street right-of-way research, calculations, and mapping.
• Provides office land surveying services supporting Topographic, Subdivision, Boundary, Construction, Control, and ALTA/ACSM Surveys.
• Performs plan review, prepares construction staking calculations, cut sheets, and point plots.
• Analyze and resolve conflicts between design plans and existing improvements.

Requirements

• 10 years progressive land surveying experience, with previous leadership experience.
• Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) license (CA required).
• Proven success in business development and client retention.
• Strong project management skills -budget oversight, scheduling, resource allocation.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of Land Surveyor’s Act, Subdivision Map Act, applicable state and local agency regulations governing land surveying.
• Proven ability to manage a technical team and work effectively with peers, project managers, team members, and clients, in a dynamic work environment.
• Knowledge of AutoCAD Civil 3D and survey field equipment.
• Valid CA driver’s license, clean driving record, and current auto insurance.
• Represent Cannon and our clients with professionalism and integrity.

WE OFFER competitive salaries, relocation assistance, excellent benefits package, remote work flexibility, and an active and positive team building, work environment.

Cannon is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to status as a protected veteran or a qualified individual with a disability, or other protected status such as race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age.

Salary : $180,000 - $240,000