At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead topographic and reality capture projects while mentoring a dynamic team.
- Company: Join Jacobs, a leader in innovative infrastructure solutions.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible working, 24 days leave, and enhanced family support.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with opportunities for professional growth.
- Why this job: Shape the future of surveying and make a real impact on major projects.
- Qualifications: Extensive surveying experience and strong leadership skills required.
The predicted salary is between 51750 - 63250 £ per year.
Overview
In this role you will lead Jacobs’ Birmingham surveying capability, delivering high-quality topographic and reality capture work while shaping client strategies and project outcomes.
You will combine hands-on surveying expertise with team leadership, mentoring, and business growth, contributing to major infrastructure programs across the UK.
You will work with cross-functional teams to advance digital surveying delivery and client solutions, driving impactful projects in a collaborative setting.
- Pay / Benefits
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
- 24 days annual leave
- Enhanced pension contributions
- Private medical cover
- Family planning and fertility support
- Enhanced parental leave and family support programmes
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop the Birmingham surveying and reality capture capability
- Manage and deliver a broad range of survey projects
- Build and maintain strong client relationships and project teams
- Provide technical oversight and ensure high-quality survey deliverables
- Advise on survey methodologies, technologies and data solutions
- Support business growth and identify new opportunities
- Mentor and develop survey professionals within the team
- Key requirements
- Extensive experience in land surveying, geomatics and reality capture
- Proven ability to deliver topographical and laser scanning surveys
- Strong knowledge of point cloud registration and 3D data workflows
- Experience planning, managing and reviewing survey projects
- Proficiency with industry-standard survey processing software
- Excellent client-facing and team leadership skills
- Qualification in Land Surveying, Geomatics or a related discipline
- Professional membership of a relevant Chartered Institution
- A full UK driving licence
- Leadership and people management
- Client-facing communication
- Mentoring and coaching
- Topographic surveying
- Laser scanning
- Point cloud registration
Principal Topographic / Land Surveyor in Birmingham employer: Jacobs
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