Crew Chief, Project Manager

Strong communities don’t just happen—they’re built. They’re creatively imagined, collaboratively planned, and readied to face tomorrow with optimism. We’re driving the future of Community Development. Our experts lead their fields, collaborating on projects that are as technically challenging as they are impactful, creative, and fulfilling. We’re a place where you can apply your passion—and find endless opportunities to help make communities more equitable, resilient, and livable.

Your Opportunity

Stantec has an immediate opening for an experienced Survey Crew Chief with Project Management experience, or desire to learn, for our Survey Team in Fargo, ND. In this role you will develop a survey market for Fargo, ND including building a team to support the region. You will operate a survey crew for construction staking on DOT projects, municipal, commercial, industrial, and contractor staking projects. Other responsibilities will be to perform public record research and calculations to resolve property boundaries, ALTA’s, subdivision plats, easement exhibits and rights of way; will review survey technician’s work and serve as project manager on various sized survey projects within Fargo, ND. You will also assist in crew scheduling for multiple crews and help prepare crews for their field work within ND. You may have the opportunity to assist and/or prepare construction staking calculations and survey reports as needed within your assigned area.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Operate a survey crew for construction staking, boundary surveys, ALTA’s, design surveys, etc.
• Plans, schedules, conducts, and coordinates the technical aspects of projects.
• Engages regularly with clients to discuss current projects, evaluate firm performance, and identify other business opportunities.
• Serves as a team leader including aligning employee’s goals and objectives cross functionally. Coordinates activities of field crews, including providing job assignments, information, direction, and daily checking of work product.
• Develop new clients and grow current business for ND.
• Develop survey team for ND region as clients and business needs allow.
• Assists with proposal preparation, project management, and final review for all surveys prepared (QA/QC).
• Monitors projects from initiation through delivery, interfacing with clients on technical matters.
• Works directly with project team members, to include other registered surveyors, engineers, and technical and survey staff.
• Writes descriptions of property boundary surveys for use in deeds, leases, or other legal documents.
• Responsible for survey calculations, analysis and final map checking, abstracting title data, record drawings research, and client relations.
• Sign and seal survey documents.
• Assist other survey regions as needed.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature and level as assigned.