What are the responsibilities and job description for the Survey Program Manager position at Koch?
Your Job
DEPCOM Power is seeking a Survey Program Manager to develop and lead survey capabilities across our EPC project portfolio. This role will combine hands-on drone-based surveying with program development, technology advancement, and cross-functional leadership. The Survey Program Manager will partner with engineering, construction, and project delivery teams to drive value, consistency, and performance across projects.
Travel Expectations: This role will involve 75% travel to project sites
Our Team
DEPCOM Power’s in-house EPC Construction team delivers fully integrated project execution across civil, structural, electrical, and high-voltage scopes. By aligning engineering, procurement, and construction under one organization, we drive schedule certainty, cost control, and consistent project performance. Our team partners closely with engineering and technology groups to implement innovative solutions and optimize outcomes across our utility-scale solar portfolio.
What You Will Do
For this role, we anticipate paying $140,000 - $150,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Hiring Philosophy
All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.
Who We Are
As a Koch Engineered Solutions company, DEPCOM Power is a leading energy solutions partner for the utility solar and broader energy industries, providing project development support, engineering, procurement and construction, energy storage, repowering and operations and maintenance services. Our highly skilled team of conventional and renewable power industry experts work to deliver the lowest cost of energy and the highest rate of return.
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).
DEPCOM Power is seeking a Survey Program Manager to develop and lead survey capabilities across our EPC project portfolio. This role will combine hands-on drone-based surveying with program development, technology advancement, and cross-functional leadership. The Survey Program Manager will partner with engineering, construction, and project delivery teams to drive value, consistency, and performance across projects.
Travel Expectations: This role will involve 75% travel to project sites
Our Team
DEPCOM Power’s in-house EPC Construction team delivers fully integrated project execution across civil, structural, electrical, and high-voltage scopes. By aligning engineering, procurement, and construction under one organization, we drive schedule certainty, cost control, and consistent project performance. Our team partners closely with engineering and technology groups to implement innovative solutions and optimize outcomes across our utility-scale solar portfolio.
What You Will Do
- Develop and lead DEPCOM Power’s survey program and capabilities across the project portfolio
- Perform drone-based survey work supporting project delivery while building scalable survey operations
- Recruit, develop, and mentor drone survey pilots to support project needs
- Champion survey technologies and workflows to improve project accuracy, efficiency, and value creation
- Manage and support survey deliverables across DEPCOM projects
- Partner with Civil Construction, Estimating, Procurement, Engineering, Construction Technology, and Project Delivery teams
- Provide survey subject matter expertise and mentorship to Civil IHC and Project Delivery teams
- Support program and team development in collaboration with Construction and Technology leadership
- Experience performing drone-based or construction survey work in a utility-scale construction environment
- Experience supporting survey deliverables for engineering or construction projects
- Ability to travel frequently (up to 75%)
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams including engineering, construction, and project delivery
- Valid driver’s license and ability to travel to project sites
- Experience building or leading a survey program, function, or team
- FAA Part 107 certification (or equivalent drone pilot certification)
- Experience with survey technologies including drone LiDAR, photogrammetry, and GPS survey equipment
- Knowledge of civil construction workflows and survey requirements for utility-scale projects
For this role, we anticipate paying $140,000 - $150,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Hiring Philosophy
All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.
Who We Are
As a Koch Engineered Solutions company, DEPCOM Power is a leading energy solutions partner for the utility solar and broader energy industries, providing project development support, engineering, procurement and construction, energy storage, repowering and operations and maintenance services. Our highly skilled team of conventional and renewable power industry experts work to deliver the lowest cost of energy and the highest rate of return.
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).
Salary : $140,000 - $150,000