Hiring: Associate Land Surveyor Company: NV5 Location: Greater Sacramento Job Posted Time: 2026-09-17 10:41:53 Target Skills & Keywords : Microsoft Excel, Project Management, Quality Assurance About the job Experience: •5 years of surveying and mapping experience is required •3+ years of project management experience preferred Required Skills: •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. Qualifications: •Professional Land Surveyor registration certification is a plus. •A minimum of 5 years of surveying and mapping experience is required •UAV / UAS operation, data acquisition, and data reduction experience 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, and data collectors, and GPS reduction software. •Proficiency in Trimble Business Center, StarNet or similar survey processing software. •Demonstrated capacity to read and understand survey drawings, plans & specifications. •Knowledge of principles of monumentation, staking, and marking. •Hydrographic surveying experience is a plus. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!