Survey Engineer

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Lead site survey and setting-out verification and report to the Resident Engineer or Construction Director.
• Coordinate Parsons' survey team and review contractor surveys for accuracy and compliance.
• Verify control points, benchmarks, and reference coordinates against the project datum and grid.
• Check setting-out for roads, utilities, structures, hardscape, landscape, alignments, levels, coordinates, and dimensions.
• Conduct independent checks to confirm completed works meet approved drawings and tolerances.
• Review survey reports, layout drawings, as-built surveys, and topographic surveys.
• Report discrepancies between design drawings and site conditions and help resolve setting-out issues.
• Coordinate with discipline engineers on survey interfaces and clash avoidance.
• Maintain, calibrate, and safeguard survey equipment, including total stations, GPS/GNSS, levels, and laser instruments.
• Maintain digital and hard-copy survey data, field notes, and as-built records.
• Support earthwork quantity verification, volumetric calculations, and measurement.
• Contribute survey input to meetings and follow HSE, safe-work, and quality procedures.

Required qualifications and skills

• Bachelor's degree in Surveying Engineering from a recognized institution.
• Land or engineering surveying experience on large infrastructure, public realm, or urban development projects, including several years in a senior or lead surveyor role.
• Proficiency with total stations, GPS/GNSS, digital levels, and survey data processing tools.

Desired skills

• Knowledge of surveying principles, coordinate systems, leveling, and construction setting-out for civil, structural, and landscape works.
• Construction-supervision experience verifying contractor setting-out and as-built data is desired.
• Ability to read engineering, architectural, and utility drawings and translate them into field layouts is desired.
• Attention to detail, analytical and record-keeping skills, and commitment to accuracy and quality are desired.
• Communication and coordination skills for multidisciplinary teams and contractors are desired.
• KSA or GCC experience is preferred.

Project and employer context