Survey Party Chief - Rochester | DCCM

Our Gainesville, Georgia office is looking for a Field Survey Crew Leader, where you’ll take on diverse and rewarding projects in land surveying. This role offers the chance to lead, train, and work closely with a dynamic team, utilizing state-of-the-art GPS and conventional surveying methods to deliver top-quality results across residential, commercial, and infrastructure projects.

What You Will Do:

• Lead Field Operations: Supervise and direct assigned survey crew members in executing a wide range of survey types, including:
• Construction layouts (residential, commercial, utilities, and roadways)
• Boundary, topographic, as-built, and route surveys
• Establishment of horizontal and vertical controls
• Project Planning & Coordination: Strategize, coordinate, and manage crew activities to ensure seamless project execution and alignment with client specifications.
• Quality Control & Accuracy: Ensure that all field measurements and data collection conform to regulations, company standards, and client requirements. Verify angles, distances, and data integrity at every stage.
• Field Computations & Documentation: Perform essential field computations and document findings with precise notes and sketches. Efficiently manage data uploads and downloads using company software.
• Data Interpretation: Accurately interpret deeds, plats, and civil/architectural plans to support the effective completion of fieldwork.
• Equipment Management: Operate and maintain all surveying equipment, performing field adjustments and routine maintenance to ensure reliable performance.
• Resource Management: Prioritize tasks for yourself and your team to meet client and company objectives efficiently.
• Client & Team Communication: Engage with clients and coordinate with office personnel to deliver accurate and complete final survey products.
• Training & Development: Mentor, train, and guide crew members, offering insights to improve their skills and understanding of best practices.
• Research & Reporting: Conduct deed and plat research as needed and assist in generating reports and documentation, including time cards, expense reports, and survey inspection records.
• Performance Evaluation: Contribute to the evaluation of crew members and provide recommendations on hiring, discipline, and promotion.

What You Bring:

• Experience: Six years of field experience with a minimum of 2 years as a Party Chief
• Education: High School diploma, 2-4 year degree surveying or geomatics degree preferred or equivalent experience.

The things about us you will appreciate!

Our comprehensive benefit package includes the following:

• Three medical plan options
• Dental & vision plans
• Company-paid group life, short and long-term disability insurance
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Flexible and Dependent care spending accountsAdditional Supplemental plans (Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Accident)
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off (PTO) which starts accruing upon hire

About Rochester | DCCM

Since 1966, the Rochester | DCCM name has been synonymous with quality, reliability and expertise. As Georgia’s premier infrastructure solution provider, our team of engineers, land surveyors, and GIS professionals, along with our exceptional support staff deliver technical knowledge and seasoned guidance backed by the responsiveness your project demands.

Rochester | DCCM provides private and public entities with land surveying, civil engineering and program management services. While our technical knowledge and experience drive the success of our clients’ projects, it is our relationship-based service—driven by a commitment to quality, reliability and responsiveness—that makes us a long-term, integral part of our clients’ project teams. In fact, more than 75% of our business is for repeat clients, with numerous relationships spanning decades.

From initial concepts and due diligence to survey, design and management, our staff takes pride in meeting the scope, quality, schedule and cost objectives of clients’ projects, and ensuring they unquestionably use us for their next project.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Rochester | DCCM is committed to developing and maintaining a diverse workforce. It is the policy of our office that applicants for employment are recruited, selected, and hired on the basis of individual merit and ability with respect to the position(s) being filled. Rochester | DCCM prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability or handicap, or any other status protected by applicable law.