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Survey Technician (CADD Tech)

Colliers Engineering & Design
Buffalo, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 10/26/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/25/2026
Overview

Do you have an eye for detail and a love for problem-solving? Ready to be part of a team that builds the world from the ground up? We’re looking for a Survey Technician to bring technical skill, analytical thinking, and passion to the backbone of every successful design, engineering, and construction project. As a Survey Technician, you’ll support field crews and project managers in producing precise, high-quality survey deliverables. From processing field data and drafting topographic maps to reviewing boundary records and supporting layout plans, your work will directly shape the structures, roads, and infrastructure of tomorrow.

Colliers Engineering & Design professionals provide a broad range of survey and engineering services to a variety of clients that include: power, energy, DOT, city, county and private owners. One of our biggest advantages is the collective expertise of our multi-disciplined team that enables us to provide complete project engineering in-house, under one umbrella, through our civil and structural engineers, permitting specialists, surveyors, and scientists. Together, we make every effort to ensure that each project and goal will be met in the most efficient and cost effective way possible.

Join our Survey/Geospatial team, which offers a full range of survey and geospatial data and mapping services that enable us to collect data faster, safer, and more accurately than ever before. Collect data from the air, ground and subsurface to provide precision data interpretation with us and accelerate YOUR success to become tomorrow’s industry leader.

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for performing selected drafting assignments, quickly and accurately.
  • Transform field collected electronic files into Autodesk Civil 3D (CAD) produced drawings.
  • Produces ALTA, Boundary, Topographic Surveys, As-Built drawings, maps, Specific Purpose Surveys, Plot plans and Subdivision Record Plats. by using AutoCAD Civil 3D (CAD).
  • Reduce field notes from field collected data into survey/civil grade base maps.
  • LiDAR Calibration, Classification and Quality Control.
  • Photogrammetric processing of Aerial Imagery.

Qualifications

  • Experience in Survey/Civil profession required.
  • Minimum of 2 Years of experience using AutoCAD/Civil 3D.
  • OpenRoads Designer experience required.
  • Railroad and/or DOT experience preferred.
  • LASER Scanning/ LIDAR/ experience a plus.
  • Ability to read, write and understand English for purposes of comprehending written job-related communications and verbal instructions and interactions.

Compensation: $25.14 to $29.90 per hour (depending on qualifications)

What We Offer

At Colliers Engineering & Design, our people are our most important resource. That’s why we are committed to providing all our employees with a safe, comfortable work environment, potential for career advancement, and the ability to impact society through their projects as well as Company sponsored activities.

This dedication begins with supporting a work life balance through a generous compensation package that includes: company paid medical, dental, and vision coverage; paid pregnancy disability leave; short- and long-term disability insurance; life insurance; a company-matched 401(k)/Roth; paid time off that includes parental and military leave; employee referral and professional license bonuses and a straight time policy that compensates exempt employees for billable hours worked in excess of 40 billable hours within a work week.

We have also created an internal culture that provides the resources and technology needed to encourage personal and professional growth opportunities through reimbursement for education; a free in-house resource for hundreds of educational and self-enrichment courses; mentorship program; wellness program; Women’s Organization and ongoing philanthropic opportunities.

Apply today to learn how you can join our team of professionals, so we can help you Accelerate Your Success!

Salary : $25 - $30

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