Land Surveyor

About This Role

This role involves leading land surveying activities for a renewable energy company, managing project surveys, coordinating with external firms, and ensuring accuracy and compliance from early-stage development through project financing and as-built surveys.

Responsibilities

• Manage all land surveying activities in coordination with development, engineering, GIS, and land/title teams throughout the project lifecycle
• Review ALTA, boundary, topographic surveys, and legal descriptions to ensure alignment between engineering design, insured parcels, and project requirements
• Develop and refine preliminary and final legal descriptions for easements, acquisitions, leases, and crossing agreements
• Coordinate with external survey firms, including defining scopes of work, reviewing proposals, and overseeing deliverable quality and timelines
• Perform QA/QC checks on survey data, CAD files, maps, and design overlays to ensure accuracy and compliance with industry and company standards
• Integrate survey data with engineering and design workflows, resolving discrepancies related to boundaries, easements, encroachments, and title exceptions
• Collaborate with the GIS team to create maps, exhibits, and base layers that support internal project planning and organization
• Support title review and curative efforts by identifying survey-related issues, gaps, overlaps, or encroachments affecting land status
• Assist in reviewing and preparing utility, access, and private crossing agreements to confirm consistency with site boundaries and engineering needs
• Maintain organized survey documentation and provide required survey deliverables for permitting, financing, lender review, and as-built records

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in land surveying
• Professional Land Surveyor license in at least one state
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• Strong understanding of ALTA/NSPS standards, boundary law principles, easements, and real property legal descriptions
• Experience reviewing ALTA surveys, boundary and topographic surveys, and CAD/GIS deliverables
• Proficiency with CAD and/or GIS tools, such as AutoCAD, Civil 3D, ArcGIS, or similar mapping/survey platforms
• Ability to coordinate and manage external survey consultants
• Working knowledge of title commitments, exceptions, easements, and curative processes
• Familiarity with land-use, property research, and utility/right-of-way considerations
• Self-motivated to work through complex problems and competing priorities
• Effective verbal and written communication skills

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, geography, or related field
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in land surveying

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits