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Position Responsibilities

General Responsibilities

• This position is accountable for safe and efficient project work;
  
• Provide leadership to the Geomatics Team and geomatics projects;
  
• Oversee and conduct surveys for civil construction projects;
  
• Manage project deliverables and working relationships with Woodlands’ peers, management and clients;
  
• Initiate, develop and execute continuous improvement initiatives and best practices;
  
• Assist the Operation Manager with the scheduling and management of projects.
  

Survey Responsibilities

• Lead field survey crews on construction, restoration, topographic, and watercourse crossing projects;
  
• Complete RTK/GNSS, robotic total station, survey level, and control surveys;
  
• Establish, verify, and maintain horizontal and vertical control;
  
• Complete pre-construction layout, construction checks, and post-construction as-built surveys;
  
• Support topographic surveys for roads, access routes, crossings, restoration areas, and construction sites;
  
• Prepare clear field notes, sketches, photos, control records, and survey documentation;
  
• Coordinate with project managers, environmental staff, construction crews, and drafting/data processing staff;
  
• Mentor junior field staff and help develop consistent survey procedures, field codes, checklists, and data collection standards.
  

LiDAR Responsibilities

• Assist with/conduct drone-based LiDAR, static LiDAR, and mobile/SLAM LiDAR data collection;
  
• Set and survey ground control points for LiDAR and photogrammetry projects.
  

Underground Locate Responsibilities

• Complete or assist with electromagnetic utility locating where training and authorization are in place.
  
• Coordinate utility locate requests and review available utility records before field work.
  
• Prepare clear utility sketches, field notes, photos, and survey records
  

• Experience working as a Survey Crew Chief, Surveyor, or Senior Survey Technologist;
  
• Strong working knowledge of RTK/GNSS, total stations, data collectors, survey levels, and field survey procedures;Ability to read and interpret design drawings, construction plans, grading information, surfaces, alignments, and field sketches;
  
• Experience with Trimble equipment and Trimble Business Center, or similar software is considered an asset;Experience with drone LiDAR, static LiDAR, mobile LiDAR, point clouds, or reality capture workflows is considered an asset;
  
• Experience with electromagnetic line locating or utility mapping is considered an asset;
  
• Strong communication, organization, and field documentation skills;
  
• Ability to work independently and lead a small field crew;
  
• Willingness to travel and work outdoors in varying weather and terrain conditions;
  
• Safety tickets such as First Aid, H2S Alive, CSTS/ground disturbance, wildlife awareness, or similar training;
  
• Experience with construction or supervision of road building, right-of-way and well site development, clearing and harvesting operations, culvert and bridge installations;
  
• Knowledge of vegetation, wetland, watercourse, wildlife and soils spatial data collection;
  
• University Degree or technical diploma in Geomatics or related field;
  
• Professional registration or eligibility in one of Alberta’s Professional Regulatory Organizations is seen as an asset;Knowledge of environmental reclamation and restorations is seen as an asset;
  
• Minimum experience of 10 years;
  
• Strong analytical and reporting skills;
  
• Ability to maintain a valid class 5 driver’s license with a clean abstract;
  
• Ability to move a variety of initiatives forward at the same time;
  
• Ability to demonstrate a safety and customer service focus.
  

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