Licensed Surveyor

Licensed Surveyor

MasTec Power Delivery is seeking a Licensed Surveyor to support major transmission line and substation projects across the country. This role will provide professional surveying expertise throughout the project lifecycle, including pre-construction, construction, quality control, and closeout. The ideal candidate has strong experience in utility, transmission, substation, or heavy civil construction and is comfortable working in both field and office environments. Salary range: $120-140K depending on experience.

Responsibilities:

• Provide professional surveying services for major transmission and substation construction projects.
• Establish and maintain project survey control, benchmarks, and coordinate systems.
• Perform and oversee boundary, topographic, construction, layout, and as-built surveys.
• Provide construction layout for transmission structures, foundations, access roads, grading, drainage, underground utilities, and substation facilities.
• Verify construction activities and completed work against approved plans and specifications.
• Perform quality-control checks and resolve discrepancies between design and field conditions.
• Review survey data, calculations, drawings, and technical deliverables.
• Lead and coordinate survey crews, subcontractors, and third-party survey firms.
• Support project management, engineering, and construction teams with survey-related technical guidance.
• Maintain accurate survey records, documentation, and project deliverables.
• Promote and enforce safe surveying practices on active construction sites.

Qualifications:

• Active Professional Land Surveyor (PLS/PS) license; ability to obtain additional state licenses as required.
• 5+ years of professional surveying experience, preferably in transmission, substation, utility, or heavy civil construction.
• Strong knowledge of construction surveying, survey control, coordinate systems, and datums.
• Experience interpreting civil, structural, and electrical construction drawings.
• Proficiency with GNSS/GPS, robotic total stations, data collectors, and survey processing software.
• Working knowledge of AutoCAD/Civil 3D, TBC (Trimble Business Center) or similar platforms.
• Strong communication, leadership, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with project, engineering, and construction teams.
• Willingness to travel extensively and work in the field as project requirements dictate.
• Valid driver's license.

Preferred Experience:

• High-voltage transmission projects, including 345 kV and above.
• Greenfield and brownfield substation construction.
• Transmission structure and foundation layout.
• Large-scale EPC or design-build projects.
• Multi-state professional surveying licensure.
• LiDAR, drone/UAS, or other advanced surveying technologies.