Senior Land Surveyor Manager

Senior Land Surveyor Manager

Sanbell | Ventura, CA
Full-Time | In-Person | Monday–Friday
Compensation: $69–$89/hour

The Surveyors Behind It.

Intelligent Infrastructure. Enduring Communities.

Every road that handles rush hour without a second thought, every water system that just works, and every streetscape that makes a neighborhood feel like home rather than an afterthought - someone took the first step to make that happen. Someone located the property line, staked the construction site, mapped the boundaries, gathered the critical data, and provided the spatial insights needed for the design, engineering, and long-term infrastructure management. Someone combined proven methods with innovative technology to create enduring communities. We're looking for that someone. We’re looking for the surveyors behind it.

Your Impact

Sanbell is looking for an experienced California-licensed Professional Land Surveyor to lead our Land Survey Department in Ventura.

As Senior Land Surveyor Manager, you’ll have ownership well beyond individual survey projects. You’ll lead and develop the survey team, oversee project quality and profitability, strengthen client relationships, and help grow Sanbell’s surveying business throughout the region.

This is an opportunity for an experienced survey professional who wants to combine technical expertise with department leadership, client strategy, and business development at a growing multidisciplinary engineering and design firm.

You’ll be responsible for the performance and continued development of Sanbell’s Land Survey Department, including:

• Leading, hiring, training, and developing survey professionals
• Setting department priorities, workloads, schedules, and project budgets
• Ensuring the accuracy, quality, and timely delivery of survey work
• Managing project scope, profitability, deadlines, and client commitments
• Building relationships with existing clients while developing new business
• Introducing new survey technology, equipment, workflows, and standards
• Serving as a senior technical resource for the department and broader organization

What You’ll Do

Lead the Survey Department

• Manage the day-to-day performance and priorities of the Land Survey Department
• Hire, train, mentor, and support survey staff
• Assign work and balance resources across active projects
• Maintain and enforce Sanbell’s quality standards
• Evaluate department equipment and technology needs and make recommendations to company leadership

Drive Successful Projects

• Serve as Project Manager or Task Manager based on project needs
• Establish project schedules and budgets and monitor performance against both
• Review monthly invoicing and help ensure project profitability
• Oversee proposals, change orders, and support contract negotiations
• Review and sign survey documents, exhibits, maps, and contracts
• Perform and oversee survey data processing and analysis

Build Strong Client Relationships

• Maintain trusted relationships with Sanbell’s existing clients
• Ensure client commitments are understood and consistently met
• Resolve project, authorization, and payment issues when necessary
• Develop relationships with prospective clients and identify opportunities for new work
• Represent Sanbell at client meetings, public hearings, and industry events

Advance the Practice

• Stay current on emerging surveying technology and equipment
• Develop and implement improved procedures, workflows, and technical standards
• Partner with company leadership on significant project, client, and operational matters

What You Bring

• Active Professional Land Surveyor license (PLS/LS) in California
• 10+ years of experience working with land development-oriented civil engineering firms
• 2+ years of project management experience
• Extensive experience with Civil 3D
• Strong understanding of COGO-based software
• Strong knowledge of land surveying practices, project execution, and quality standards
• Demonstrated leadership and organizational skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage competing priorities and perform effectively under pressure
• Self-motivated, collaborative leadership style with the ability to work effectively across teams

What We Bring

• Employer-Paid Medical Insurance
• Employer-Paid Dental and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) with Company Match
• Paid Holidays and Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Employer-Paid Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Paid Parental Leave Program
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution
• FSA Dependent Care Plan (Section 129)
• Reimbursement for Certification and License Expenses
• Employer-Paid Life Insurance
• Flexible Work Hours
• Bonus Pay
• Tuition Assistance
• And MORE

Why Sanbell

Sanbell is a world class, award-winning multi-disciplinary engineering, community planning, and design firm with over 300 cool + smart +talent + people (CSTP) in 13 offices located in Montana, Colorado, Nevada, California, Texas, and Washington. We’re regional enough to know our markets and large enough to bring serious resources to every project.

Sanbell is an equal opportunity employer. Sanbell provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.