Associate Land Surveyor

NV5

$45.00 - $60.00 / hr

life insurance, 401(k)

United States, California, Petaluma

Jul 02, 2025

Associate Land Surveyor

Job ID

2025-11132

# of Openings

Location

US-Petaluma

Additional Locations

US-CA-Walnut Creek

Category

Survey

Type

Regular Full-Time

Overview

NV5 is a leading provider of tech-enabled engineering, testing, inspection, and consulting solutions for the built environment. We specialize in engineering design, asset management, and geospatial data analytics to support infrastructure resilience and building systems performance throughout the entire asset lifecycle.

NV5's 5,000 consulting engineers, inspectors, and analysts play a critical role in shaping our communities through resilient infrastructure that will stand the test of time and efficient smart building systems for optimized facility environments.

With more than 100 offices nationwide and abroad, NV5 assists clients with planning, designing, building, testing, certifying, and operating infrastructure assets that improve the communities where we live and work.

Join Our Northern CA Team as an Associate Land Surveyor!

Are you ready to take your land surveying career to the next level? We're looking for an Associate Land Surveyor to join our Northern CA team in either Walnut Creek, CA, or Petaluma, CA.

The person in this position assists the Survey Managers in managing survey crews and provides survey research, computations, review of survey drafting of topographic maps and plats, writing legal descriptions, easements, and other survey documents in accordance with local, state, and federal requirements. Reviews projects, performs quality assurance, and reports progress through completion on each project.

Responsibilities

Provide professional and technical oversight and guidance

Perform project research, logistics, and management, review plats, and prepare legal descriptions.
Adhere to the company's policies, safety plan, and the project safety plan.
Perform quality control checks on each project, including computations, field book formats, and content.
Supervise project field crew(s) and/or serve as field crew chief
Work on control, boundary, subdivision, topographic, and design surveys, ALTA /NSPS standards, aerial mapping surveys, and may also perform hydrographic surveying.
Accurately run and adjust survey measuring instruments, including digital levels, GPS equipment, and total stations with electronic data collecting capabilities.
Understand and identify basic sources of measurement errors.
Perform mathematical calculations and check field data.
Perform data reduction, field note reduction, calculations, data checks, and staking. Computations using survey programs and Civil3D.
Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Professional Land Surveyor registration certification is a plus.
LSIT Required
A minimum of 5 years of surveying and mapping experience required
3+ years of project management experience preferred
Experience in the use of lidar scanning (terrestrial, mobile, aerial) data registration/extraction
UAV / UAS operation, data acquisition, and data reduction experience is a plus
Must possess good interpersonal skills and effective written and oral communication skills
Right-of-way mapping and parcel plat drafting.
Must be proficient in the use of total stations, GPS receivers, data collectors, and GPS reduction software.
Experience in Civil3D with demonstrated survey drafting skills required; excellent Civil3D skills a plus
Proficiency in Trimble Business Center, StarNet, or similar survey processing software.
Ability to read and understand survey drawings, plans & specifications.
Knowledge of principles of monumentation, staking, and marking.
Hydrographic surveying experience is a plus
Must be proficient with MS Word and Excel.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions if the candidate is able to meet the physical demand requirements listed below.
Ability to deal effectively and reasonably with stress in the workplace without lost time or undue strain. Frequently required to sit, walk and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Must be able to sit for extended periods of time, work at a computer terminal for extended periods of time, type/key-in data, and answer telephones frequently as needed. The employee will be required to adhere to the company's policies, safety plan and the project safety plan.

The pay range for this California position is $45.00- $60.00 per hour; however, base pay offered may be higher or lower depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience of the candidate. Restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. This information is provided per California Senate Bill 1162. Base pay information is based on market location. Applicants should apply via the NV5 careers site.

NV5 offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, life insurance, PTO, 401(k) and professional development/advancement opportunities.

NV5 provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. NV5 complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

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