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Survey Manager - #2887 What We Offer:
Our excellent salary and benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long-term disability coverage, education reimbursement, 401(k), performance bonuses, and an employee stock program. Employee Resource Groups and Programs offered include the Young Professionals Group, Women at Wade Trim, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Professional Development, Leadership Development, Rotation Program, Mentor Program, Sustainability Program, and Wellness Program.
Position Description: We are looking for a motivated professional to join our Survey team based out of our Michigan offices.
Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree in Land Surveying, Geomatics, or related field, and be a licensed Professional Surveyor in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, or Florida.
This role required ten or more years of experience and prior leadership experience is strongly preferred. The ideal candidate is detail‑oriented, highly organized, and demonstrates strong communication and multitasking skills.
This role requires the ability to quickly learn new systems, adapt to changing priorities, and work effectively in a collaborative environment. A flexible hybrid‑remote work schedule is available after thirty days of employment.
What We Offer:
Our excellent salary and benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long-term disability coverage, education reimbursement, 401(k), performance bonuses, and an employee stock program. Employee Resource Groups and Programs offered include the Young Professionals Group, Women at Wade Trim, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Professional Development, Leadership Development, Rotation Program, Mentor Program, Sustainability Program, and Wellness Program.
Position Description:
We are looking for a motivated professional to join our Survey team based out of our Michigan offices.
Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree in Land Surveying, Geomatics, or related field, and be a licensed Professional Surveyor in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, or Florida.
This role required ten or more years of experience and prior leadership experience is strongly preferred. The ideal candidate is detail‑oriented, highly organized, and demonstrates strong communication and multitasking skills.
This role requires the ability to quickly learn new systems, adapt to changing priorities, and work effectively in a collaborative environment. A flexible hybrid‑remote work schedule is available after thirty days of employment.
About Wade Trim:
Wade Trim is committed to maximizing the value of infrastructure investments. We’ve been solving complex engineering challenges for a century. We customize our work approach to fit each project using a collaborative, friendly style to deliver solutions our clients can stand behind.
Our supportive culture recognizes and strives to fulfill collective client, company, and individual needs. Mentoring and building skills of Wade Trim staff is a priority.
Frequent interaction among staff is encouraged, company leadership is easily accessible, and opportunities are provided for staff to help shape the firm’s future through strategic planning.
Work/life balance is supported through a flexible, hybrid work schedule that brings team members together in the office at least three days a week and connects them virtually when working from home.
To solve our clients’ toughest challenges, we’ve devoted ourselves to delivering innovative solutions.
Our Office of Applied Technology (OAT) is dedicated to seeking new technologies or ways to apply existing technologies to enhance value to our clients and positively impact communities.
All staff are encouraged to share ideas and suggestions for innovative technologies or processes to adopt. This open-minded approach enables us to advance technology, foster innovation, and stay ahead of our clients’ needs.
Wade Trim’s success is shared by the employees that make it happen. Since our beginning, our firm has been 100% employee owned.
This cultivates an ownership mindset that benefits our work approach, collaborative culture, and ability to deliver client solutions.
We believe employee ownership drives the sustainability and growth of our firm and provides all our employees with opportunities for financial success.
If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career in a friendly environment, please submit your resume by visiting the Careers section of our website at http://www.wadetrim.com/careers.
Wade Trim does not accept unsolicited resumes, candidate profiles, or CVs from third-party recruiters or employment agencies.
Any submission made without a valid, signed agreement and an approved engagement request from Wade Trim’s People Services Team will be considered the property of Wade Trim.
Wade Trim reserves the right to pursue and hire any candidate submitted through unsolicited means without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. A valid agreement can only be signed by the Director of People Services.
Resumes or candidate profiles submitted at the request of a Wade Trim employee who is not authorized by the People Services team do not constitute a valid engagement.
Recruiters and agencies must have a current, written agreement authorized by the Director of People Services to be considered an approved vendor.
Wade Trim is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Industrial Commercial Energy Full-time Survey Taylor, MI,Flint, MI Taylor, MI hybrid Typical responsibilities include: Provide division-wide operational leadership and serve as a senior technical resource for Survey Managers and field staff across multiple states and market sectors Develop, implement, and maintain CAD standards and templates across the survey division, driving consistency and quality in all deliverables Train and mentor survey staff on CAD workflows, production efficiency, and deliverable quality expectations Serve as the primary internal point of contact for CAD-related deliverable standards and quality control Review and assist with scope, budget, and schedule development for new project tasks Monitor task budgets and project progress; identify and report variances proactively Assist with and lead preparation of proposals Conduct on-site inspections and provide technical oversight as needed across active project areas Prepare project status reports and other division-level reporting as required Coordinate with and support Project Managers on multi-discipline projects Attend client, public, project, and staff meetings including client progress reviews, plan reviews, and preconstruction conferences Maintain and grow client relationships with a focus on long-term partnership Conduct various types of surveying including boundary, topographic, ALTA/NSPS, subdivisions, construction stakeouts, and energy/utility corridor surveys as needed Perform and review survey calculations, legal descriptions, and record research in support of project deliverables Demonstrated ability to manage and coordinate survey operations across multiple simultaneous projects and teams Experience developing and monitoring project scopes, budgets, and schedules Proven track record of mentoring and developing survey staff at various experience levels Strong working knowledge of proposal development and client management
Maintain a safe working environment and promote a safety-first culture across the division
Education: Bachelor's Degree in Land Surveying, Geomatics, or related field (or equivalent experience) Licensed Professional Surveyor (PLS/PS) in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, or Florida - reciprocal licensure in additional states a plus
Skills/Experience: 10+ years of progressive surveying experience with demonstrated field and office proficiency is required Experience managing multi-project workloads across diverse market sectors including energy/utility, transportation, and boundary is required Advanced proficiency in AutoCAD Civil 3D is required, including survey database management, figure prefix libraries, linework code sets, and description key sets Experience building and managing point databases, importing/exporting field data, and maintaining survey project file structures is required Demonstrated ability to develop and manage drawing templates, layer standards, and border/title block libraries specific to survey deliverables is required Proficiency in preparing and QC-reviewing plats, legal descriptions, ALTA/NSPS surveys, topographic maps, and as-built drawings to client and regulatory standards Proficiency in Trimble Business Center for field data processing, traverse adjustments, and coordinate geometry workflows with demonstrated ability to integrate TBC output into Civil 3D production environments Working knowledge of GIS integration and geospatial data management as it relates to survey deliverable output
Strong written and verbal communication skills for client-facing interaction, proposal writing, and internal coordination Excellent organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage competing priorities across a multi-state operation Strong mathematical aptitude and ability to interpret complex legal descriptions and survey data Collaborative approach to problem solving with the ability to work effectively across disciplines and office locations Prior leadership, mentoring, or supervisory experience is strongly preferred Experience with LiDAR, UAV operations, photogrammetry, or 3D scanning workflows is preferred Familiarity with Trimble Business Center, Leica Cyclone, or similar point cloud processing platforms is preferred
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