Land Surveyor – Infrastructure

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Survey positions, levels, coordinates, alignments, and elevations; set out roads, kerbs, pavements, drainage, sewerage, stormwater, water supply, and utility works.
• Conduct topographic, boundary, level, pre-construction, and as-built surveys; establish and maintain survey control points, benchmarks, and reference levels.
• Operate Total Station, GPS/GNSS equipment, Auto Level, and other relevant surveying tools; interpret engineering drawings, survey data, and coordinate schedules.
• Verify site dimensions, levels, gradients, and alignments against approved IFC and shop drawings; coordinate with site teams, consultants, and subcontractors.
• Monitor earthworks, excavation, backfilling, grading, road formation, and utility installation; calculate measurements and quantities and prepare survey records and reports.
• Maintain survey data, field notes, level books, coordinate lists, and equipment; report discrepancies and follow project specifications, standards, authority requirements, and safety procedures.

Qualifications and experience

• Diploma or bachelor's degree in Surveying, Civil Engineering, Geomatics, or a related field.
• Minimum 3–5 years of relevant experience in infrastructure construction projects.
• Hands-on construction or contracting company experience and familiarity with roadworks, drainage, sewerage, stormwater, wet utilities, dry utilities, and other infrastructure works.
• Good knowledge of coordinate systems, benchmarks, levelling, traversing, setting out, and as-built surveys.
• Ability to read and interpret civil engineering and infrastructure drawings.

Required skills

• Strong technical surveying and setting-out skills; accurate calculation of coordinates, levels, gradients, and elevations.
• Good coordination and communication with site and engineering teams.
• Accuracy, attention to detail, accurate survey records, and adherence to site safety procedures.
• Survey instruments listed include Total Station, GPS/GNSS equipment, and Auto Level.