Land Surveyor - HS2

Job Title: Land Surveyor
Location: Watford
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: 7 months
Work Pattern: 5 days on site
Rate: £350 Outside IR35

About the Role:
We are seeking a skilled and experienced Land Surveyor to join the team working on the prestigious HS2 project. This role is with a Tier 1 Joint Venture, offering an exciting opportunity to contribute to one of the largest infrastructure projects in the UK. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in earthworks and hold a degree in Civil Engineering or Land Surveying.

• Leading a team of one or more Surveyors in carrying out surveying activities.
• Supervising and instructing survey related personnel to ensure quality, timely and safe work practices.
• Carrying out, through the team all engineering survey requirements in line with procedures and management plan
• Carrying out control network observations and adjustments and assist the Senior in designing the layout for longevity and best geometry
• Carry out infrastructure setting out to design and ensure QA of S/C setting out
• Convert and create earthwork designs for upload to machine controlled plant and ensure machines are working to correct designs
• Carry out drone surveys to track site progress and enable calculations against earthwork designs
• Carrying out laser scanning and other industry leading Engineering surveying techniques.
• Ensuring best safe practices during all survey-based operations, liaise with the site-based construction and safety staff.
• Accurately and reliably produce survey data to present to production and design teams including other stakeholders as required.
• Effectively managing a team in line with the Project strategy.
• Ensuring the safe execution of the work at all times.
• Fulfilling Health & Safety responsibilities by adhering to the Company’s Health & Safety Policy and Management Plans.
• Complying with all Company’s Policies and Procedures.
• Undertaking other such reasonable duties appropriate to the role.

 
About you:

• A degree or equivalent qualification in Land/Engineering Survey or Geomatics and / or relevant work experience which demonstrates applied knowledge of Engineering survey procedures.
• Demonstrable experience in a similar role.
• Up to date knowledge of Engineering surveying techniques.
• Experience in leading a team of Surveyors and Junior/Graduate Surveyors
• Experienced in measurement and coordination of large-scale survey networks
• Experience in working with design alignments, 3D design models, positioning control systems, laser scan capture and processing methodologies for design analysis and As-built reporting.
• Experience in management of earthworks and machine controlled plant
• A self-sufficient and motivated individual who can build relationships, develop strategy, and establish processes for surveying
• Knowledge of HS2Grid or similar grid systems preferably including translation between grid systems.
• Computer skills across the whole Microsoft Office suite.
• Experience in survey data processing through various software suites
• Experience in control network adjustments
• Experience in Laser scan processing procedures
• Experience in earthworks and 3D Machine control
• PfCO qualified with UAV experience and knowledge of ground control requirements (desirable)
• CSCS Card holder.
• SSSTS/SMSTS (Desirable)