What are the responsibilities and job description for the Professional Land Surveyor position at Ruekert & Mielke, Inc?
Job Title: Professional Land Surveyor
Team/Location: Surveying Team, Madison
Description:
Are you seeking a professional yet dynamic working environment where your contributions are valued? At R/M, we combine engineering expertise and technology to solve complex challenges for local communities. If you’re ready to grow professionally and take on a leadership role, we invite you to join our team as a Professional Land Surveyor. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic about professional development and will work closely with project managers, team leaders, and clients to deliver surveying services. This position will primarily be office-based, with occasional fieldwork required, as it relates to leadership growth or project needs.
Goals and Responsibilities:
- Collaborate directly with project managers and clients on survey-related projects.
- Prepare survey documents such as plats of survey, certified survey maps (CSMs), legal descriptions, ALTA/ACSM surveys, and easements.
- Conduct deed and legal description research, ensuring accurate documentation.
- Perform quality control (QA/QC) reviews of work completed by surveying staff, ensuring all deliverables meet high standards.
- Assist with project oversight, including estimating, scoping, and billing, to ensure smooth project execution.
- Coordinate construction staking and layout for various project types.
- Collect general property information, historical land use details, plats, as-builts, boring logs, and other necessary documents to support surveying and design efforts.
- Conduct site visits and general data collection to support design and construction efforts.
- Assist with the preparation of field reports and existing condition reports.
- Perform right-of-way plating, including research, control establishment, base map preparation, computing existing R/W, parcel lines, easements, and drafting descriptions for land acquisition purposes.
- Collaborate with civil engineering teams to integrate survey data into project designs, ensuring accuracy and functionality.
- Perform fieldwork in various weather conditions while adhering to safety protocols.
Qualifications and Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Land Surveying or a related field.
- Wisconsin Registered Land Surveyor (RLS, PLS) license or eligibility to take the WI exam.
- 2 – 5 years of experience as a PLS, with strong familiarity in topographic and construction surveying, boundary and control surveying, ALTA/ACSM surveys, right-of-way plats, and subdivision plats.
- Proficiency with Trimble GPS and Total Station Systems, with a solid understanding of surveying equipment required for the tasks at hand.
- Proficient in AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Microsoft Office, and ideally Trimble Business Center.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
- Excellent problem-solving skills with a keen eye for detail and quality control.
- Willingness to learn and help train others on new surveying technologies and equipment.
- Ability to work in a team setting and complete assigned tasks efficiently, while maintaining safety during field operations.
Join us and grow into a leadership position where your voice and ideas will help shape the future of surveying!
Benefits:
Ruekert & Mielke, Inc. is proud to be 100% employee owned. Our flexible working environment, engaged culture, and in‐depth training and mentoring program are just a few of the reasons why we are consistently named a “Top Workplace” by the Journal Sentinel.
We offer a highly competitive compensation program and unique benefits, including:
- Employee stock ownership plan
- Performance bonuses
- Extra hours bonuses
- Remote/flexible hours
- Generous personal time off and holiday programs
- Health, dental, vision, life, dependent life, and disability insurance
- 401(k) and Roth 401(k) with employer match
- Flexible spending accounts
- Prepaid legal services
- Employee Assistance Program
- Tuition reimbursement
About Ruekert & Mielke:
Ruekert & Mielke, Inc. is a 100% employee‐owned civil engineering firm with more than 75 years of experience that empowers clients and employee‐owners to thrive by solving infrastructure challenges. Our engineers, environmental scientists, and technology experts work as an extension of our clients to provide unparalleled planning, design, and construction management services while focusing on building a more sustainable future. With the help of our cutting‐edge, proprietary technology, our experts take an innovative approach to addressing our clients’ specific infrastructure and asset management needs. Through blending experience, vision, and technology, R/M serves as your infrastructure ally to help “make community possible.
