Survey Manager

Survey Manager (RPLS) – Texas STV is looking for a licensed Survey Manager (RPLS) to help lead and grow our surveying practice across Texas. Based in Round Rock, this is an opportunity to step into a highly visible leadership role where your technical expertise, client focus, and ability to develop strong teams will directly support some of the region's most important transportation, utility, municipal, land development, and infrastructure projects. Why STV? At STV, you will join a collaborative, forward-thinking team that values quality, innovation, mentorship, and practical solutions that improve communities. You will have the resources of a national firm, the opportunity to shape a growing Texas survey practice, and the ability to make a meaningful impact through the projects you lead and the people you develop. If you enjoy leading teams, solving complex survey challenges, building trusted client relationships, and helping a practice grow, this role offers the chance to do meaningful work with long-term career opportunity. What You'll Do Lead survey operations for a wide range of transportation, utility, municipal, construction, land development, and infrastructure projects throughout Texas. Serve as the Registered Professional Land Surveyor responsible for reviewing, certifying, and sealing survey deliverables in accordance with Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors requirements. Guide boundary, topographic, ALTA/NSPS, right-of-way, easement, route, utility, construction, and as-built surveys from planning through delivery. Provide hands-on leadership, mentoring, and technical guidance to SITs, field crews, office technicians, and CAD professionals while promoting a culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement. Develop project scopes, schedules, budgets, staffing plans, and resource strategies that support efficient, high-quality delivery. Champion quality assurance and quality control practices that ensure accurate, reliable, and defensible survey deliverables. Collaborate closely with engineers, SUE teams, geospatial professionals, construction managers, project managers, and clients to deliver practical survey solutions. Review legal descriptions, plats, easement documents, right-of-way maps, and boundary evidence for technical accuracy and regulatory compliance. Advance the use of modern survey technologies, including GPS/GNSS, robotic total stations, 3D terrestrial laser scanning, UAV/UAS LiDAR and photogrammetry, and GIS. Support business development through client conversations, proposal input, scope development, fee estimates, and technical presentations. Help establish survey standards, procedures, and best practices that support consistency and growth across Texas operations. Mentor and develop survey professionals through coaching, performance feedback, and career development support. Promote compliance with company safety expectations, Texas surveying regulations, and applicable federal, state, and local requirements. What You'll Bring Texas Registered Professional Land Surveyor license, or the ability to obtain Texas licensure through reciprocity within a reasonable timeframe. 5-10 years of progressively responsible professional surveying experience, including leadership of complex projects and technical teams. Strong working knowledge of Texas boundary law, ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys, TxDOT survey standards, right-of-way mapping, construction surveying, and utility coordination. Experience managing survey projects, budgets, schedules, people, and client relationships in a fast-moving project environment. Familiarity with survey software and tools such as Trimble Business Center, Carlson Survey, Civil 3D, MicroStation, OpenRoads, ArcGIS Pro, and related technologies. Experience with GPS/GNSS, robotic total stations, 3D terrestrial scanning, UAV/UAS LiDAR and photogrammetry, or other advanced survey technologies. Strong communication, leadership, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to build trust across multidisciplinary teams and client groups. A commitment to mentoring others, maintaining technical excellence, and delivering a high level of service to clients and project partners. Compensation Range: $130,962.60 - $149,671.54 Health insurance, including an option with a Health Savings Account Dental insurance Vision insurance Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transit and Parking where applicable) Disability insurance Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment 401(k) Plan Retirement Counseling Employee Assistance Program Paid Time Off (starting at 16 days) Paid Holidays (9 days) Back-Up Dependent Care (up to 10 days per year) Parental Leave (up to 80 hours) Continuing Education Program Professional Licensure and Society Memberships STV offers a comprehensive benefits package. STV is committed to paying all of its employees in a fair, equitable, and transparent manner. The listed pay range is STV's good-faith salary estimate for this position. Please note that the final salary offered for this position may be outside of this published range based on many factors, including but not limited to geography, education, experience, and/or certifications. At STV, we believe strong talent comes from a wide range of backgrounds, and your skills and experience may align with this or another opportunity as we continue to grow. STV is one of the top infrastructure-focused professional services firms in North America. Founded in 1912, STV advises, plans, designs, engineers and delivers the infrastructure that powers local economies, including transportation systems, buildings, water and other facilities. Headquartered in New York City, the company has more than 65 offices and 3,300 employees who reimagine the solutions and structures that connect our communities. The firm is ranked 32nd in Engineering News-Record's Top 500 Design Firms survey and is 10th in its transportation category. STV is deeply committed to investing in its people and creating a world-class employee experience. We are passionate about mentoring, coaching and cultivating our talent because we know they are destined to become the next generation of industry leaders. We’re also committed to delivering formative career experiences – and we do that by providing challenging and unique work experiences, by mapping multiple ways to advance (beyond the traditional career ladder!) and by recognizing those who successfully chart new and exciting paths for the firm. We value a wide range of perspectives and experiences, without regard to any factor or characteristic, regardless of whether it is a category protected by federal, state and/or local law, making them an integral part of how we work. Our approach ensures that every individual is respected, heard, and given opportunities to contribute meaningfully. We remove barriers and create pathways for growth, embedding fairness into our daily operations. Learn more atstvinc.com. STV exists to make communities better through innovative solutions that connect people, places and the present to the future. Our local teams throughout the country deeply understand the needs of their communities and have the expertise to provide solutions. We are also committed to giving back to our communities and our neighbors through volunteering and philanthropic activities; fundraising events; scholarships, internships, and mentoring; and sustainability and community improvement projects. Learn more. STV provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information. #J-18808-Ljbffr