Survey Project Manager at Surveying And Mapping, LLC – Florence, Kentucky

For over thirty years, SAM has built a reputation as a trusted, knowledgeable, and innovative partner. Our licensed professionals transform petabytes of complex spatial data into intelligent insights in a holistic Managed Geospatial Services™ (MGS™) framework. As North America's premiere MGS™ company, SAM provides practical, precise, and high-fidelity solutions designed to enhance decision-making, mitigate risks, achieve strategic objectives, and drive costs out of our client's business. Our vision is to advance spatial data acquisition, improve analysis capabilities, and develop predictive analytics to redefine and transform how infrastructure assets are developed and managed throughout their lifecycles.

The Survey Project Manager is responsible for leading land surveying projects from initiation through completion, ensuring that all deliverables meet client expectations, regulatory requirements, company quality standards, and financial objectives.

Acting as the primary liaison between SAM and its clients, the Survey Project Manager oversees both field and office teams, supports business development efforts across multiple markets, and contributes to staff growth and development.

• Lead land surveying projects from planning through final delivery

• Manage project scopes, budgets, schedules, contracts, billing, and overall financial performance

• Supervise and coordinate field and office teams, resources, and work plans across multiple concurrent projects

• Provide technical oversight and sign/seal survey deliverables, including plats, easements, exhibits, and right-of-way documents, as required

• Ensure compliance with applicable regulations, safety requirements, and company quality standards

• Serve as the primary client contact, maintaining strong relationships with clients, engineers, contractors, and stakeholders

• Support business development efforts by identifying opportunities, contributing to proposals, and fostering client relationships

• Mentor and develop staff and represent SAM at client meetings, presentations, and industry events

• Previous industry-related experience in a professional or project management capacity
• Bachelor’s degree in related discipline/and or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated experience in project/phase management for large scale projects
• Strong proficiency with or understanding of tools such as AutoCAD, Micro Station, Geopack, MS Office Suite
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including the ability to clearly define assignments/deliverables to team members
• Ability to oversee, mentor and motivate a project team
• Ability to troubleshoot issues and problem solve on the fly
• Ability to meet or exceed aggressive deadlines while maintaining teamwork and collaboration with others
• Professional License preferred