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Survey Project Manager (PLS)

CES Group Engineers, LLP
Charlotte, NC Full Time
POSTED ON 10/24/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/22/2026

Professional Land Surveyor Project Manager


CES Group Engineers, LLP, an award-winning multi-discipline firm serving the Carolinas and beyond, is seeking a Professional Land Surveyor to serve as a Project Manager to join our growing team in Charlotte, NC. While this opportunity currently exists in our Charlotte, NC location, experienced applicants across the Carolinas may apply as well.


Responsibilities:


  • Provide project management and oversee scheduling, scope, and budgets for quality and timely deliverables.
  • Provide legal certification with review, stamp, and certify final survey plans, maps, and documents with assurance of compliance with state and county regulations.
  • Must be able to perform survey calculations and direct the daily activities of field survey crews, while managing resources and budgets for multiple concurrent projects, including, but not limited to, boundary, ALTA, topographic, design and construction surveying assignments
  • Must provide team leadership and be capable of organizing, prioritizing tasks, and coordinating field and office surveying practices
  • Quality control review of field survey data, and preparation of survey documentation and drawings
  • Excellent communication skills and interact with clients and occasionally travel to client or project sites
  • Coordinate and collaborate with others to get the work done
  • This position primarily operates in a professional office environment, utilizing standard office equipment


Qualifications:


  • Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree in Surveying or Civil Engineering Technology, or a related field is preferred, but not required
  • Licensed Professional Land Surveying License (PLS) in North Carolina and/or South Carolina
  • Five (5) years or more of land surveying experience is required, including demonstrated proficiency with field surveying techniques and survey office practices
  • Proficiency with AutoCAD Civil 3D and/or Carlson Survey software is required. Experience with Trimble Business Center and MicroStation is a plus
  • Good interpersonal skills and well-developed oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to effectively interface with co-workers, management, and clients


Company Benefits:


  • Options for Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • Company provided Life Insurance/AD&D coverage
  • Options for Supplemental Life Insurance/AD&D and Voluntary Accident Benefits
  • 401(k) and Roth 401(k) Retirement Plan Options
  • Company Contribution to Retirement Plan
  • Generous Paid Time Off
  • 8 Paid Holidays


About CES:

CES Group Engineers, LLP is a woman-owned regional provider of civil engineering, landscape architecture, construction engineering and inspection, land surveying and 3-D Scanning, subsurface utility engineering and environmental management services, operating from one (1) Charlotte area office and one (1) Raleigh area office.


CES is experiencing exciting growth on multiple fronts. We offer a congenial work environment and a wide variety of interesting and challenging assignments, as well as competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, flexible work schedules, professional license and education reimbursement, a company-sponsored retirement plan with matching contributions, and group insurance plans covering life, health, dental and vision. Additional information on our firm is available at www.ces‐group.net.


CES creates physical solutions that enhance our natural and structural environments, through a comprehensive understanding of engineering design, landscape architecture and applied science, with the in-house support of geomatics, subsurface utility and construction administration professionals. Decades of experience and the latest tools are coupled with a personal approach and uncommon attention to the unique aspects of each project.


Our public and private sector clients demand exceptional performance and value from providers of professional services. We deliver intelligent and cost-effective solutions to these challenges, while improving, protecting and restoring the quality of interaction between people and their environment.


CES Group Engineers, LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are evaluated without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

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