Job Description

Step into your new role
Kleinfelder is seeking an experienced and dynamic Surveying Program Manager to lead and oversee a team of more than 25 survey professionals across our Maryland and Virginia offices. This is a high-impact leadership role, providing strategic direction, operational oversight, and technical expertise to ensure excellence in land surveying, and aerial mapping. This position is available in our Hunt Valley, MD office.

Key Responsibilities:
- Provide strategic leadership and managerial oversight for surveying operations across multiple locations, ensuring efficiency and quality.

- Oversee and manage financial performance of survey operations across our Maryland and Virginia offices.

- Lead and mentor a team of survey professionals, fostering professional growth and collaboration.
- Oversee and coordinate all aspects of land surveying projects, ensuring compliance with legal, regulatory, and industry standards.
- Prepare and present detailed reports on survey findings for clients, stakeholders, and executive leadership.
- Develop and refine CAD-based property surveys, subdivision plans, condominium plats and design related mapping to support engineering and development projects.
- Ensure the successful execution of FEMA Elevation certificates, boundary verifications, easement plats, survey descriptions, ALTA Surveys and topographic surveys.
- Manage the preparation of project cost estimates, proposals, and budgets to optimize operational efficiency.
- Coordinate with engineering teams to address survey-related design issues and technical challenges.
- Interpret complex plans, blueprints, and legal documents to guide project execution.
- Implement innovative surveying techniques and technological advancements to enhance team productivity.

Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in land surveying, civil engineering, or a related field preferred.
- Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) license in the States of Maryland, Virginia and Kentucky required; Additional registrations in PA and DC preferred.
- Minimum 20-25 years of progressive experience in land surveying, including extensive field and office work.
- At least 8-12 years of experience managing a survey department or leading a surveying team.
- Strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills to guide and support a large, multidisciplinary team.
- Proficiency in AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Carlson, Open Roads Designer (ORD Version 3) and other industry-leading surveying software.
- Advanced knowledge of surveying methodologies, legal principles, and mathematical computations.
- Valid State Driver’s License with a track record of responsible driving.

Following an offer, candidates will be required to satisfactorily complete employment reference checks, verification of professional licensure and/or educational credentials, a motor vehicle report (MVR), and a comprehensive background check.

Move Forward with Kleinfelder:
Kleinfelder and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, has been connecting great people to the best work since 1961. We are engineers, scientists, and construction professionals providing solutions that improve our clients’ transportation, water, energy, and other private infrastructure. As a responsive, cross-disciplinary team of bright, curious, and innovative problem-solvers, we are dedicated to doing the right thing, every day, on every project from over 110 offices in the US, Canada, and Australia. Connecting great people to the best work is our purpose - together, we deliver.

Progress with an Employer that Values You
Kleinfelder, and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, is an inclusive organization free from discrimination. We are a stronger organization when we are a diverse workforce and believe that through diversity, equity, and inclusion comes creativity, innovation, and unity. We are proud to offer the following:

Benefits: Kleinfelder, and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, offers an excellent compensation and benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) plan, and paid holidays.
The expected salary range for the position is displayed in accordance with the Maryland Wage Transparency Law. Final agreed upon compensation is based upon individual qualifications and experience. Salary range: $149, 898 - $228, 234.

Career Development: We are committed to investing in the professional development of our staff, offering each employee every opportunity to grow, develop, and take control of their career paths. We support these efforts through reimbursements for continuing education as well as many of the expenses associated with trainings and certifications, and opportunities for career development through our internal Mentoring Program.
Equal Opportunity: Kleinfelder, and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans. (Compliant with the new VEVRAA and Section 503 rules)

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES
Please note that Kleinfelder, and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, Kleinfelder, and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, will not consider or agree to payment for any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Kleinfelder, and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resume, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Kleinfelder.