Survey Project Manager

Matrix New World Engineering, a part of True Environmental and its partner firms, have united their strengths to establish the nation's premier environmental and engineering services consulting firm. This powerhouse organization offers an extensive range of services aimed at revolutionizing the built environment and preserving the natural one. Its diverse expertise encompasses environmental remediation, urban planning, engineering iconic coastal and marine structures, developing sustainable energy sources, and pioneering resource extraction methods. With a workforce of over 450 dedicated professionals, including environmental experts, engineers, technicians, scientists, planners, surveyors, and construction management professionals, this dynamic organization operates in more than 20 offices across the U.S. Explore further at www.MWNE.com and True-Environmental.com to discover the full scope of our capabilities.

The role of the Survey Project Manager is to plan and direct project survey tasks and resources towards successful project completion. Matrix New World engages in a wide range of projects, including civil, environmental, geotechnical, marine, and structural engineering, as well as landscape architecture. These often involve large-scale initiatives for both public and private clients, addressing issues like climate change, water resources, transportation, and urban revitalization. Such complex endeavors necessitate precise surveying and mapping from inception to completion.

Survey Project Managers are crucial for overseeing the entire lifecycle of a survey project. This includes initial client communication, preparing proposals and budgets, scheduling, allocating resources (including field crews and technical staff), and ensuring projects remain on schedule and within budget.

What you'll do

• Provide constant Consult/communication to the client about the progress of their project.
• Provide weekly updates on field progress, office CAD/QA/QC progress, and invoicing at the end of the project.
• Assist the field staff with development of the workplan including clear and concise directions for the task.
• Collect all field data and organize that data into the Project folder and report back to the field crew members all shortfalls and extra coverage issues if any.
• Complete a thorough review of the data collected.
• Complete the data reduction, closure calculations, research, and outline the limits of survey for the CAD staff.
• Set up the workplan for CAD staff to complete the delivery required and provide support and mentor all staff.
• Report on all activity regarding the project both related to the company's scope of services and relative to the culture of the company.
• Assist the Senior Project managers with the development of project scope and fee estimates.
• Develop the work plan for the field survey.
• Set up project files and coordinate schedules with other Project Managers for field and office tasks. Prepare weekly progress reports for management and the client.
• Prepare field/office work assignments and work orders.
• Supervise field and office personnel to ensure compliance with company policies and procedures related to Safety & Operations.
• Assign tasks for completion; monitor progress and adjust resources and schedules when needed and follow the budget to meet project schedule and budgetary criteria.
• Coordinate with the equipment manager to assure that we maintain an adequate inventory of materials and equipment necessary to outfit the survey crew(s) and to monitor the maintenance of equipment by all field survey personnel.
• Monitor to verify policy/procedure compliance is followed by all staff and consult with the Company Safety Director regarding any safety related issues or concerns.
• Update the training spreadsheet for staff and notify each field staff member on your team when training is due to be renewed.
• Mentor field survey personnel and provide field support and trouble shoots relative to survey procedures and operation of survey equipment.
• Assist with efforts to train project staff and direct their work in such activities as performing surveys or drafting assignments.
• Conduct field/office personnel formal (annual) and informal (as required) performance evaluations;
• Develop and implement survey operation procedures.
• Provide Quality Assurance and Quality Control Inspection of field survey activities to verify that the quality of work performed complies with project specifications and drawings

Additional tasks

• Coordinate field survey findings with both in-house Engineering Staff and clients involved with projects.
• Direct or conduct surveys to establish legal boundaries for properties, based on legal deeds and titles; routes; construction layouts; as-built/as-surveyed locations.
• Prepare or direct the preparation of sketches, maps, reports, and legal descriptions of project surveys. Assume liability for the work performed.
• Research all sources of legal records, survey records, and land titles for your opinion on property boundaries in project areas to be surveyed.
• Check the integrity of all survey information and verify the accuracy of survey data including measurements and calculations conducted.
• Write descriptions of property boundary surveys for use in deeds, leases, or other legal documents.
• Plan and conduct ground surveys designed to establish baselines, elevations, and other geodetic measurements.
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems - Expert at taking the time to analyze the results, find the source of the problem, and develop the solution to solve problems.

Minimum Requirements

• Registered Professional Land Surveyor and/or
• A minimum of 5 years as a Project Manager, including all aspects of process development and execution.
• Bachelor's Degree - Bachelor of Science Degree in Geomatics preferably
• Experience with project management in particular: Project accounting, time management, budgeting, client management, and willing to attend and deliver methods and strategies at project and management meetings.
• Experience with practical survey methods, including survey control, boundary recovery, topographic and hazard survey, construction staking, field design and as-built methodologies.
• Excellent understanding of New York State and New Jersey Land Survey Requirements and Agency standards.
• Competent and proficient understanding of land surveying.
• 3+ years of working knowledge of current survey equipment- Leica, (Total Station and Scanner) and survey software-infinity, Cyclone, AutoCAD Civil3D, and MicroStation.
• 3+ years of solid working knowledge of Microsoft products-Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word; Adobe, and on-line research tools.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.