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Survey Manager/RPLS

Huitt-Zollars
Huitt-Zollars Salary
Phoenix, AZ Full Time
POSTED ON 4/3/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/2/2025

Survey Manager/RPLS

Role Description: Huitt-Zollars has a great full-time opportunity for a Survey Manager at our Phoenix office. This role will manage the survey department and oversee project budgets. The successful candidate will be a professional land surveyor registered in the state of New Mexico with 10 years of experience in various land survey projects. They will have at least 5 years of experience in managing survey projects and survey staff. This is a good opportunity for a survey manager who enjoys managing and motivating survey staff, cultivating client relationships, and ensuring qualify survey projects are delivered.


Location:
Phoenix, Arizona

Employment Type: 40 FT Hours

Compensation Type: Salary

Registration(s): New Mexico Professional Land Surveyor registration required

Duties:

  • Manage several survey projects simultaneously which includes scheduling, staffing and budgets.
  • Prepare scope of services and detailed project budget for multiple projects.
  • Ensure technical quality, scheduling, and profitability of projects.
  • Act as primary client contact and build relationships with clients.
  • Negotiate scope and fees of projects with clients and follow up on billing/collections.
  • Conduct marketing of surveying and engineering services and business development to obtain additional survey projects.
  • Prepare proposals, cost estimates, plats, legal descriptions and sketches roadway databases, topographic surveys, compute survey data, TxDOT right of way maps, etc.
  • Ensure QA and QC review is completed.
  • Manage survey staff and mentor them to develop professionally.
  • Plan and coordinate work of field survey parties performing design survey and construction staking.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Prepares and follows comprehensive Project Framework Instructions and proper work planning for a project. Ensures proper staff is assigned and utilized on their projects.
  • Reviews project reports and performance metrics to track project progress and budget. Leads successful projects (profit, on-schedule, quality, satisfied client).
  • Contributes to successful delivery and performance of projects
  • Cultivates relationships with clients and holds strong relationships with clients
  • Understands, follows, and enforces Huitt-Zollars' business process including weekly rhythm
  • Takes active steps in the pursuit of winning new business or additional opportunities with existing clients and may be responsible for a stated portion of office sales goal. Assists and/or leads team in pursuit of new work (repeat work, SOQ and Proposals). Develops and/or executes project Win strategy.
  • Understands and follows HZ QMS and Quality initiatives. Ensures quality control measures are being adhered to on projects and daily operations.
  • Actively engages and participates in the training, coaching, and mentoring of junior staff
  • Understands duties and responsibilities, possesses necessary job knowledge and technical skills, maintains job knowledge current.

Role Competencies:

  • Sharing Information: Conveying up-to date information in the most efficient and useful manner to the appropriate stakeholders.
  • Critical Thinking: Analyzing problems and solutions by evaluating the quality of the information available from different sources and avoiding decision-making bias.
  • Executes Strategy: Ensuring that people remain focused on accomplishing strategic goals by thoughtfully planning tasks and overcoming obstacles
  • Fosters a Learning Culture: Creating an inspiring and engaging atmosphere where people feel motivated to grow, experiment, and learn new skills.
  • Identifies Talent: Actively maintaining awareness of internal and external talent, current abilities, and hiring needs.

Qualifications:

  • New Mexico registered Professional Land Surveyor.
  • Minimum 5-10 years' experience overseeing and performing Land Survey.
  • Office production experience including boundary, topographic and construction surveying.
  • Business development experience.
  • Proficient in MicroStation, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Geopak, Carlson Survey and C&G.
  • Passion for building client relationships, marketing surveying, and engineering services.
  • Business development experience.
  • Strong desire to build a positive culture among staff.
  • Valid New Mexico Driver License and clean driving record.

This position is also required to adhere to Huitt-Zollars’ Core Value and Leadership Competencies.

About Huitt-Zollars:

  • Huitt-Zollars, Inc. is a privately held, 100% employee-owned leading Architectural and Engineering (A/E) firm since being established in 1975. Since then, our firm has been providing innovative planning, engineering, architectural and interior design, construction and program management, and design-build services to our clients.
  • Located in more than 20 locations throughout 10 different US states, Huitt-Zollars holds a vision to improve the environment in which we live, work, and play. Employees/co-owners can expect to collaborate with their team, listen to client and community needs, and deliver world-class professional services. Learn more about a career with #teamHZ by viewing our LinkedIN Life page.

Benefits & Perks:

  • Health insurance (BCBS TX BlueChoice PPO)
  • Dental insurance (BCBS TX BlueChoice PPO)
  • Vision insurance (BCBS TX BlueChoice PPO)
  • MDLive Telehealth
  • Employer-Paid Short- & Long-Term disability
  • 8 Paid Holidays
  • Employee Morale/Teambuilding events and activities
  • Paid Vacation/Annual Leave
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Commuter Benefits
  • Professional Societies and Registrations Fee Reimbursements
  • Term Life / AD&D insurance
  • Cancer and Specified Disease insurance
  • Two retirement plans: 401(k) and an ESOP

Physical Requirements:

  • Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
  • Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds at times
  • The employee must be able to concentrate on details, work under deadline pressures, apply sound logic and judgment, and prioritize tasks and responsibilities

Applicants must be legally authorized to work for Huitt-Zollars in the U.S. without employer sponsorship. Currently, Huitt-Zollars does not sponsor H1-B or any other work visa petitions.

Huitt-Zollars does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters without a previously signed third-party agreement. Any unsolicited third-party resumes forwarded by recruiters to any Huitt-Zollars hiring manager or employee will be considered public information, may be treated as a direct application from the person identified in the resume, and will not be eligible for placement fee payment to the agency submitting the unsolicited resume. Huitt-Zollars will not pay a fee to a third-party recruiter or agency that has not coordinated their recruiting activity with the appropriate member of the Human Resources team and without an active, fully executed service agreement.
Huitt-Zollars is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin or any other legally protected status. Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the company will make reasonable accommodations to assist in the application process upon the request of an applicant. No question on this application is intended to secure information to be used for discriminatory purposes.This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and 60-300.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of protected veteran status or disability, and require affirmative action by covered prime contractors and subcontractors to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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