Senior Survey Party Chief

What Your Day Will Look Like:

Consor is currently looking for a Survey Party Chief to join our Construction Services Surveying team specializing in transportation-related structures in our Phoenix Downtown office. As a dynamic and growing engineering consulting firm, Consor has many opportunities for career development.   

What You'll Do:

• Prepares and surveys assigned locations.
• Directs and assists a field survey crew to locate existing survey monuments, sets traverse points for control, sets new survey monuments for use as control points, and paints and/or sets targets for aerial mapping.
• Directs and assists a survey crew on multiple transportation construction projects.
• Makes minor adjustments to the methods and workflow to accommodate changing conditions.
• Verifies locations of construction project items in the field and in the plans.
• Clarifies and interprets plans for subordinates, project field personnel, and contractor personnel.
• Provides advice to project personnel, keeping them informed of project construction plan changes.
• Performs daily tasks by demonstrating proper procedures for using specialized equipment.
• Operates a variety of survey equipment including Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite receivers, total stations, and electronic levels to establish horizontal and vertical control.
• Compiles field survey books.
• Prepares maps, diagrams, and sketches, annotates photographs and writes field survey notes.
• Writes detailed descriptions of survey site control points and monuments for geodetic positions and later recovery.
• Draws maps for each project, notes angles, distances, and calculates slopes.
• Composes and completes a transit book to record all survey data.
• Sets or directs others to set traffic control signals on job site for workers’ safety.
• Reviews subordinates’ work in progress, or upon completion, to ensure the accuracy and completeness of computations and measurements.
• Explains and demonstrates basic survey field methods to other field personnel.
• Performs other related duties such as testing and maintaining survey equipment and operation and maintaining assigned vehicles. 

What You'll Need:

• RLS, NICET Level III, or NSPS Level III Certification
• Experience providing heavy construction staking/layout for transportation structures (i.e. bridges, underpasses, overpasses, etc).
• Experience with operating survey instruments including electronic total stations, digital and automatic levels, GPS equipment and robotics, and entering data in electronic surveying equipment, field books, and computers.
• Minimum ten years field surveying experience or Land Surveyor-in-Training (LSIT).
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.  

What Benefits You’ll Enjoy:  

We invest in us. Because our team members go above, below, and beyond the surface to care for our communities (inside and out), we do our best to take care of you by providing a comprehensive benefits package! Eligibility for some of the benefits outlined below is based on full-time work status; part-time and contingent positions are only eligible based on hours worked. If you have questions, contact careers@consoreng.com. 

• Career Growth & Development – Tuition reimbursement program, paid professional training, major license achievement bonus, extensive on-demand learning center, and paid professional memberships.  

• Work-Life Alignment – Industry-competitive PTO, seven paid holidays and two floating holidays, flexible work schedules, paid parental leave, and eligibility for hybrid and remote work options for some employees based on role responsibilities.  

• Wellness – Medical, dental and vision insurance, employee assistance program, fitness and wellness reimbursement, and HSA and FSA options.  

• Life – Employer-paid STD and LTD, employer-paid term life insurance, and retirement 401(k) with company match.  

• Community – Quarterly social events, paid group volunteering events, and employee networks and groups.   

  

How Your Career Will Grow:  

We know career growth is not always linear or streamlined—it’s often dynamic. You may want to explore a management track, try a new technical track, or move laterally to reposition your skills and talents. No matter what level you join us at or how you want to shape your career, we want Consor to be a place where you can learn and grow.