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Professional Land Surveyor

Employment Opportunities @ SGM - Engineering Jobs in Colorado
Durango, CO Full Time
POSTED ON 6/14/2026 CLOSED ON 8/14/2026

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Job Title
Professional Land Surveyor
Location
Durango, CO 81301 US
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 US (Primary)
Grand Junction, CO 81501 US
Gunnison, CO 81230 US
Meeker, CO 81641 US
Category
Survey
Job Type
Full-Time
Travel
Daily
Salary Grade
$0.00 - $0.00 ( Varies based on Experience )
Job Description

SGM is seeking a full-time experienced Survey Project Manager to join our Survey Team in Glenwood Springs, Meeker, Durango, and/or Gunnison, Colorado office. The successful candidate will possess strong technical skills and experience in the following areas: boundary, easement, right of ways, topo surveys, design surveys, aerial mapping, construction layout, survey crew management, and client communication skills.  The ideal candidate will have a strong desire to live, work and play in Western Colorado.   SGM offers a generous benefits package to full-time employees including medical, dental, vision coverage, employer paid STD/LTD/Life, HSA/FSA plans, 401k employer match, parental leave, vacation & sick leave, 8 paid holidays, and incentive compensation bonuses.  Benefits may be prorated for part-time employees.  This position will be posted until filled but no sooner than three days from now. 

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Coordinate with the client, the client’s representative, and contractors
  • Develop project scopes, budgets, and schedules
  • Produce competitive proposals
  • Review project budgets and invoices
  • Supervise and direct field surveyors and office drafters
  • Ensure team is properly equipped with personal protection equipment and following safety protocol
  • Manage survey projects from start to finish with minimal oversight
  • Attend meetings with project team
  • Provide QA/QC to other PLS and Project managers
  • Follow local state and federal survey regulations

Salary is DOE:

Professional Land Surveyor I: 12-22 years: $96,500-$122,600

Professional Land Surveyor II/III: 17-33 years: $119,300- $153,300

 

 

Job Requirements

Qualifications:

  • 10 years of land surveying experience
  • Colorado PLS
  • Strong communication skills with clients and internal staff members
  • Ability to lead field surveyors and drafters
  • Advanced understanding of coordinate systems and vertical datums
  • Advanced knowledge of CAD Software
  • Advanced ability to research property boundaries, easements, and other documents of record
  • Ability to work independently or as part of a crew
  • Motivated problem solver

 

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

  • AutoCAD Civil 3D experience
  • GIS experience
  • Trimble software and hardware experience
  • Diverse surveying experience with including boundary retracement, construction staking, topographic mapping, and legal description preparation
SGM is seeking applicants who have the desire to provide quality service, enjoy working in a team atmosphere, and want to be a part of a company that finds as much value in their employees as they do their clients.

At SGM, we are a company that believes in fostering personal growth, encourages collaboration, and offers merits for a job well done. We offer a competitive pay scale, vacation time, health care coverage, and other reward programs to our staff.

SGM is a thriving full-service multidisciplinary engineering, consulting, and surveying firm headquartered in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. SGM currently employs over 100 people in various positions. We love where we live, work, and play. We are nestled in the beautiful Rocky Mountains of Western Colorado. SGM’s success is built upon strong long-standing relationships with a solid base of municipal, special district, state and federal government, and private sector clients. SGM delivers responsive service and high-quality solutions in the areas of water and wastewater, water resources, transportation, structural, municipal, and civil/site development engineering. SGM also boasts a full-service land surveying practice and an MEP Team, delivering energy efficiency and renewable energy consulting services. SGM is headquartered in Glenwood Springs, with additional offices in Aspen, Salida, Durango, Gunnison, Grand Junction, and Meeker.

As an equal opportunity employer, SGM realizes that a diverse group of employees will bring a broader range of ideas and a stronger vision to the world of engineering, consulting, and surveying. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law. CDOT Non-Discrimination in Employment Notice

Salary : $96,500 - $122,600

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