Professional Land Surveyor

HBK Engineering is seeking a Professional Land Surveyor.  This position will be responsible for building this area of the business, including assisting in expanding our current survey offerings.  This individual will interface with field staff, managers, engineers, and support staff from all levels of the company to complete the work.

HBK is transforming essential infrastructure to achieve a sustainable future and empower the communities where we live and work. Since first opening our doors in 1998, HBK Engineering has quickly emerged as a leader in the utility infrastructure space through our experience on smart grid, modernization, resiliency, communications, fiber to the home (FTTH), and microgrid projects. Today, we’re a Quanta Services Company—a team of 43,000 dedicated individuals offering end-to-end solutions for the utility, energy, and construction industries. 

Team members at HBK Engineering are committed to designing the future we want to live in, and safety is at the center of everything we do. HBK Engineering offers a professional environment where you’ll work alongside some of the best talent in the industry. We offer excellent benefits, competitive salary, employee resource groups, and a community-focused environment where our staff members believe in giving back. At HBK Engineering, you’ll discover a culture where the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion are exemplified by all. Better outcomes are achieved when we bring our authentic selves to work daily. 

Our sights are set on the future, and we invite you to rise to the challenge. 

The responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to:

• Procure necessary research for survey projects
• Prepare calculations for field crews
• Give specific direction and guidance to field crews
• Prepare project budgets, proposals and technical reports
• Ability to represent projects at planning, client and municipal meetings
• Oversee field survey, including on-site management as-needed
• Market HBK’s services
• Provide professional coordination and expertise related to the work of field survey crews and office staff to support work requests
• Review and certify completed survey work
• Direct the writing of land descriptions and maps in accordance with standard surveying practices
• Interpret and review engineering plans and drawings
• Serve as head field expert
• Create field and safety guidelines handbook
• Qualified candidates will oversee boundary, topographic, easement, ALTA, control and utility surveys.

Minimum Qualifications

• Current Illinois or Iowa Professional Land Survey License (PLS)
• Excellent people management skills
• Professional communication with clients
• Flexibility to work in the office and field
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Total Station, GPS
• Minimum of 5-8 years progressive experience in subsurface and/or geotechnical engineering
• Some travel

Background Check and Drug Testing Information

Offers contingent upon satisfactory results from our standard background check and receipt of results of a satisfactory drug screening test from a location specified by HBK.