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Professional Land Surveyor

Sgm Inc
Glenwood, CO Full Time
POSTED ON 8/15/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/2/2026

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.

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

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

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

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 - $153,300

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