Survey Project Manager / Professional Land Surveyor
Duties and Responsibilities
Defines project tasks, schedule, and resource requirements.
Manages project budget and analyzes project profitability, revenue, margins, billing rates and utilization.
Measured on the overall profitability, engagement in the continual improvement process and formal knowledge transfer/lessons learned, engagement in the quality service/client feedback process including asking for feedback and following up on the feedback including documentation in the system, and the overall success of the project.
Conduct team meetings with project team and evaluate and coordinate the project.
Stay current on service-specific trends, technology, software, hardware, and equipment.
Drive value based on innovation.
Work with the survey service leader to establish, implement, monitor, and maintain procedures and quality standards for the survey group.
Ensure that survey work products have a consistent appearance across the local land survey team and are delivered efficiently.
Work with survey service leader and market leaders on staffing, utilization and workload as it relates to survey.
Work with the division survey service leader, survey service leader, and market leader to grow Westwood’s local and national land survey presence with a focus on developing strategic pursuits of large survey projects such as due diligence portfolios, construction services or large-scale cadastral surveys.
Support office and market-based business development by providing technical expertise and generating revenue.
Build, maintain and grow a strong culture for survey that aligns with the division’s goals, objectives and strategies and Westwood’s core values.
Ensures division, regional, and company, values, policies and practices are consistently followed within the survey service.
Lead by example – display solid judgment, good values, trust, honesty, openness, and professionalism.
Supervise technical staff in the preparation of utility engineering designs, cost estimates, and customer billing.
Manage schedules and assign technical staff projects and daily work.
Manage the development of the technical staff through mentoring, instructing on technical engineering principles, and governing electrical and safety codes.
Instruct and teach the technical staff in areas of company policies, safety, terms and conditions under which Westwood provides service.
Instruct and teach the technical staff in the use of computer systems and software, tools and equipment, and company-owned motor vehicles.
Manage and provide guidance and direction for professional communication with internal and external stakeholders.
Coordinate internal/external reviews of designs completed prior to submissions.
Evaluate the performance and development of technical staff.
Collaborate with the department managers to develop, evaluate, and implement new policies and procedures which reflect best engineering practices.
Collaborate with other departments and divisions on company-wide initiatives.
Perform the duties of the Transmission Engineering Manager when the manager is unavailable.
Maintain great relationships with our existing clients and seek out opportunities with potential future clients.
Supervise technical staff in the preparation of utility engineering designs, cost estimates, and customer billing.
Manage schedules and assign technical staff projects and daily work.
Manage the development of the technical staff through mentoring, instructing on technical engineering principles, and governing electrical and safety codes.
Instruct and teach the technical staff in areas of company policies, safety, terms and conditions under which Westwood provides service.
Instruct and teach the technical staff in the use of computer systems and software, tools and equipment, and company-owned motor vehicles.
Manage and provide guidance and direction for professional communication with internal and external stakeholders.
Coordinate internal/external reviews of designs completed prior to submissions.
Evaluate the performance and development of technical staff.
Collaborate with the department managers to develop, evaluate, and implement new policies and procedures which reflect best engineering practices.
Collaborate with other departments and divisions on company-wide initiatives.
Perform the duties of the Transmission Engineering Manager when the manager is unavailable.
Maintain great relationships with our existing clients and seek out opportunities with potential future clients.
Computer aided design and drafting of all engineering products and deliverables.
Collaborate with engineers and other drafters to correct discrepancies in drawings and designs.
Typical CAD Design is that of functional electrical drawings as shown below. o Operations Diagrams o Single Line Drawings o Three Line Drawings o Current and Potential Schematics o Protection and Control Schematics o Communication Schematics o Alarm Schematics o Associated Wiring Diagrams (Point to Point Translation) o Importation of tables and calculations such as BOMs as well as creating notes to be applied to each drawing.
Self-checks all work performed to ensure its accuracy prior to turning it over to the supervisor or designee assigned to review the work.
Understand & meet project schedule, and quality requirements.
Complete drawings accurately and efficiently.
Detailed and quality oriented.
Able to handle multiple projects concurrently and maintain flexibility to changes in work assignments as changes occur in projects.
Actively assist in the delivery of a complete project. This may include phone or e-mail correspondence, Microsoft Teams communications, attending meetings, and other project documents required for project completion.
