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Survey Crew Chief

LEE Chamberlin Consultant Engineers
Urbandale, IA Full Time
POSTED ON 10/7/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/5/2025

We Engineer to Serve. Serving clients, building relationships, and bettering communities throughout Iowa has always been our priority. LEE Chamberlin Consultant Engineers is a full-service civil engineering and land surveying firm that provides comprehensive planning, design, and construction services to clients all across Iowa. We implement a centralized project approach where we work with our clients through every step of a project from land and title surveys to construction administration. Serving both the public and private sectors, we have over 30 years of experience completing an assortment of projects from small-scale road grading and paving improvements to large scale housing developments. Our services include land surveying, land use planning, site development, street and highway design, traffic engineering, construction administration, and water and wastewater engineering.


LEE Chamberlin Consultant Engineers is looking for a Survey Crew Chief to join our growing team! At LEE Chamberlin, we work to provide for our employees so that they can grow both as a professional and as a person. We value their different experiences and backgrounds and embrace them in our mission to serve the people and communities of Iowa.


In this position, you will operate as a supervisor for our survey crew and additional staff members assisting in survey assignments. This position requires you to be diligent in field procedures, complete all assigned tasks in a timely fashion, and always maintains company standards. The types of surveys and tasks performed include ALTA/ACSM Land Titles Surveys, Route Surveys, Topographic Surveys, Construction Staking, and more. Survey crew chiefs adhere to QA/QC procedures and note-taking, along with following instructions/work orders from project managers. In this position, you will have the opportunity to be involved in civil engineering projects from a variety of different fields including transportation, city engineering, commercial sites, industrial sites, housing developments, surveying, construction administration, and more!


With a great work environment and benefits package, our employees enjoy coming to work, being on the LEE Chamberlin team, and being involved with projects from start to finish. See below for more detailed responsibilities and qualifications!


Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Complete all assigned tasks in a timely fashion, be diligent in field procedures and maintain company standards at all times
  • Supervise additional staff members assisting in survey assignments. Types of surveys performed: ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys, Route Surveys, Topographic Surveys and Construction Staking
  • Adhere to QA/QC procedures and note taking
  • Follow instruction and work orders from project managers


Qualifications

  • Any use of a robotic total station or a GPS rover is required – equipment is Trimble GPS, Trimble Robotic Total Station (S7), Trimble (TSC3&7) and TDS Ranger Data Collectors
  • 5 years of survey crew experience
  • 2 survey crew chief experience including ALTA and Sectional Boundary Survey
  • Construction layout, ability to read and comprehend Construction Plans
  • Ability to use MicroStation and OpenRoads is a plus
  • Ability to organize field notes and execute field staking
  • Ability to work in varying weather conditions
  • LSIT credential a plus


Above all else, at LEE Chamberlin, you are more than just a number. Our team members are valued, and every day, they continue to work with integrity, a willingness to learn, and a strong work ethic. Our work environment provides a solid foundation for building your own experience in the engineering community, and we welcome individuals who are interested in being a part of our team!

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