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Professional Land Surveyor

Prairie Engineers, P.C.
Columbia, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 6/5/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/3/2026
Prairie Engineers, P.C. is seeking Professional Land Surveyors to join our team!

Join a collaborative team that fuels your growth and rewards your dedication. We're a team looking to make a lasting impact and want people who embrace challenges, drive change, and help shape our collective future. If that's you, let's connect!

Prairie Engineers is a growing and progressive business. You will find opportunities for career advancement, a diverse range of clients, and varied projects across the nation. We value a people-focused culture, a "can-do" attitude, and responsiveness. You can expect mentoring and guidance from us as part of your professional development. As part of our award-winning company, we will work with you to achieve career success! This full-time position is available to be filled remotely or in any of our offices with paid travel expenses and a per diem allowance for meals.

What you Need:

  • Education: Bachelor's Degree in engineering, land surveying, or related field
  • Experience: Minimum 5 years relevant experience
  • Licensure: Current licensure as a Professional Land Surveyor
  • Software: Proficient in Power GEOPAK, Open Roads, and/or AutoDesk Civil3D
  • Safety: A valid driver's license and a clean driving record
  • Travel: Willingness to travel within the United States to meet project requirements
  • Service Oriented: Maintain focus on project delivery and client service with attention to detail and meeting deadlines

How you Align:

  • People Focused: Professional, respectful, and teamoriented, with a strong work ethic and the ability to collaborate internally and externally
  • Can Do Attitude: Positively engages with challenges, facilitates problemsolving, and takes initiative to deliver solutions
  • Responsive: Communicates openly, proactively, and promptly, with excellent verbal and written communication skills

What you can Add:

  • Experience: Specialized survey experience (Hydrographic, UAV Mapping, Mobile LIDAR, Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE), or other hightechnology areas)
  • Licensure: Professional Land Surveyor licensure in additional States
  • Software: Strong familiarity with ArcGIS

What you will Do:

  • Coordinate and mentor field crews and office staff
  • Develop proposals and estimates for land surveying projects
  • Perform and check calculations including level circuit reduction, least squared and compass rule computations, and volume and area calculations
  • Conduct boundary research and prepare plats, plans, and legal boundary descriptions
  • Perform field surveys including hydrographic, topographic, control, and boundary surveys

Salary range $56,160-$156,000/year determined by education, experience, licensure, and knowledge, skills and abilities of the applicant, as well as internal and external benchmarking.

Generous Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • Medical Insurance
  • Health Reimbursement Arrangement
  • Voluntary Dental/Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
  • Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
  • Professional and Technical Development
  • Paid Time Off
  • Paid Holidays
  • Flexible Work Schedules

Check out the Careers page at prairieengineers.com for additional details on the benefits available and to find out why employees chose Prairie. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, genetic information (including family medical history), or any other legally protected status.

Potential candidates for this position should include cover letter and resume with application. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.

Salary : $56,160 - $156,000

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