[Hiring] Survey Manager @Petroleum Field Services LLC

Role Description

The Survey Manager leads Ascent Geomatics Solutions’ field and office survey team for the DJ Basin oil and gas program and is accountable for the survey phase of assigned projects. Reporting to the Director of Survey, the Manager develops survey work plans, assigns resources across concurrent projects, and adjusts priorities as layouts, schedules, and field conditions change. The team provides land surveying and aerial mapping for well sites, access roads, pipelines, and facilities, including:

• Boundary, topographic, and route surveys
• Construction staking and as-built surveys
• Associated data processing, CAD drawings, and exhibits

This work supports planning and permitting through construction. Assigned resources may also support renewable and other energy projects.

Working closely with Project Managers (PMs), the Manager aligns survey scope, effort, and delivery commitments with overall project needs and takes ownership of survey execution problems through resolution. The role leads and develops field crews and office survey technicians, coordinates inputs with Ascent’s other technical teams, and ensures work is checked and ready for its intended use. The Manager coordinates survey execution with client construction and field personnel, while PMs manage the client relationship and overall project. Professional surveying work is performed under the responsible charge of a designated PLS/RPLS; the Manager may serve in that capacity when appropriately licensed and assigned.

Expected Results in the Role:

• Assigned survey work meets agreed scope, schedule, quality, and effort commitments and supports the next project milestone.
• PMs have a dependable survey counterpart who provides realistic commitments, accurate progress updates, and early notice of risks with practical options for resolving them.
• Field crews and office technicians work to aligned priorities, with capacity planned for collection, data processing, CAD drafting, and review.
• Changes in project plans lead to timely adjustments in assignments, effort estimates, and delivery dates, with affected teams working from current direction.
• Survey data, drawings, and exhibits are complete and ready for their intended use, with required review completed before release and avoidable rework reduced.
• Employees receive clear expectations, effective coaching, and development support that strengthen field and office capability and dependable team coverage.

Qualifications

• Substantial progressive land surveying experience with demonstrated understanding of both field and office operations.
• At least five years of experience in project, client, and staff management, including direct responsibility for leading people and coordinating survey delivery.
• Experience providing land surveying services for oil and gas projects, such as well sites, pipelines, or facilities, with direct involvement in field execution, office delivery, or survey coordination.
• Experience managing concurrent survey assignments with PMs, including field and office workloads, effort planning, progress tracking, and resolution of delivery problems.
• Demonstrated ability to develop staff, improve survey workflows, and coordinate technical decisions and deliverable reviews with designated PLS/RPLS staff.

Requirements

• Translate scope into achievable field and office work plans, recognize dependencies, make realistic commitments, and take responsibility for delivery and follow-through.
• Balance competing assignments, staff capabilities, equipment, and review needs. Judge when to change sequencing, redistribute work, or seek additional capacity.
• Set expectations, delegate effectively, coach employees and supervisors, and address performance concerns while maintaining trust and accountability.
• Apply practical knowledge of survey control, coordinate systems, datums, units, calculations, and boundary and topographic surveying to recognize problems and involve the appropriate expertise.
• Understand GNSS/RTK, total stations, data processing, and CAD drafting well enough to plan work, assess completeness and consistency, and recognize limitations requiring PLS/RPLS direction.
• Respond constructively to short schedules, frequent revisions, rural field conditions, and changing oil and gas project needs. Develop workable options and communicate their effects.
• Use project, timekeeping, and resource information to evaluate progress, remaining work, utilization, and rework, and explain needed adjustments.
• Ask informed questions, resolve competing needs with PMs and technical teams, and communicate decisions clearly while demonstrating Ascent’s core values.

Benefits

• Remote work is acceptable, provided the employee is based in and performs their work within the United States.
• Standard work hours are Monday-Friday, generally aligned to Mountain Time, to support collaboration with clients and internal teams.
• Flexibility is supported within continental U.S. time zones, provided core team availability and communication are maintained.
• Evening, weekend, or additional hours may occasionally be required to meet project deadlines or business needs.
• Travel may be required on occasion for team collaboration, training, or project support.
• Employment is limited to candidates authorized to work in the United States and able to perform work within continental U.S. time zones.