Assistant Land Surveyor/LSIT

Assistant Land Surveyor/LSIT

Role Description: Huitt-Zollars, Inc. is seeking an Assistant Land Surveyor/LSIT at our Phoenix office. This role is ideal for an LSIT with strong technical expertise and project delivery experience across boundary, topographic, land title, and construction surveys. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering high-quality survey products, supporting project management efforts, mentoring technical staff, and collaborating closely with engineers, architects, and clients. This position offers the opportunity to work on diverse projects within a collaborative, employee-owned professional services environment.

Location: Phoenix, Arizona

Reports to: Survey Manager

Employment type: 40 FT Hours

Registration(s): Arizona LSIT Required

Duties:

• Produce and oversee CAD deliverables for boundary, topographic, ALTA/NSPS land title, and construction surveys.
• Perform competent-level AutoCAD Civil 3D work, including point management, surface creation and processing, and drafting support for survey deliverables.
• Conduct initial boundary determinations for review and final determination by the Survey Manager.
• Review, process, and verify field survey data, measurements, and calculations.
• Research survey records, deeds, plats, and land title information to support boundary analysis.
• Prepare legal descriptions and survey-related exhibits.
• Coordinate survey data and findings with engineers, clients, and project stakeholders.
• Assist with tracking project scope, schedules, and budgets.
• Support and collaborate with field crews, ensuring technical accuracy and efficiency.
• Prepare maps, charts, plots, records, and documentation related to survey projects.
• Perform additional survey-related tasks as required to support project success.

Key Responsibilities:

• Understands, follows, and enforces Huitt-Zollars' business process.
• Productively collaborates with PMs and encourages teams to achieve success and camaraderie amongst each other.
• Understands and follows HZ QMS and Quality initiatives. Assists PM on ensuring that quality control measures are being adhered to on projects and daily operations.
• Understands duties and responsibilities, possesses necessary job knowledge and technical skills, maintains job knowledge current.
• Assist with appropriate administrative and project support tasks supporting the needs of the PM on assigned project tasks.
• Contributes to successful delivery and performance of projects.
• Complete assignments on-time, within budget, and with highest level of quality.
• Routinely proposes and produces more effective ways to accomplish tasks.
• Effectively leads, creates, plans, executes project tasks on a project.

Role Competencies:

• Sharing Information: Conveying up-to date information in the most efficient and useful manner to the appropriate stakeholders.
• Critical Thinking: Analyzing problems and solutions by evaluating the quality of the information available from different sources and avoiding decision-making bias.
• Adaptable: Adjusting behaviors and plans to new circumstances while maintaining a positive attitude.
• Plans Effectively: Making plans for work to be accomplished in a timely manner and utilizing resources sparingly.
• Demonstrates Self-Discipline: Refraining oneself from skipping important steps to make decisions or get work done.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 5+ years of professional land surveying experience.
• Arizona LSIT Required.
• Competent proficiency in AutoCAD Civil 3D (Point management, Surface Creation/Processing and Calculations).
• Strong understanding of boundary surveying principles and practices.
• Experience interpreting design plans and performing field surveying and staking calculations.
• Proficiency with written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams.

• Advanced proficiency in AutoCAD Civil 3D.
• Experience with Trimble Business Center (TBC) for GPS processing and survey adjustments.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Experience in mentoring technical and field survey staff.

This position is also required to adhere to Huitt-Zollars' Core Value Competencies

About Huitt-Zollars:

• Huitt-Zollars, Inc. is a privately held, 100% employee-owned leading Architectural and Engineering (A/E) firm since being established in 1975. Since then, our firm has been providing innovative planning, engineering, architectural and interior design, construction and program management, and design-build services to our clients.
• Located in more than 20 locations throughout 10 different US states, Huitt-Zollars holds a vision to improve the environment in which we live, work, and play. Employees/co-owners can expect to collaborate with their team, listen to client and community needs, and deliver world-class professional services. Learn more about a career with #teamHZ by viewing our LinkedIN Life page.

Benefits & Perks:

• Health insurance (BCBS TX BlueChoice PPO)
• Dental insurance (BCBS TX BlueChoice PPO)
• Vision insurance (BCBS TX BlueChoice PPO)
• MDLive Telehealth
• Employer-Paid Short- & Long-Term disability
• 8 Paid Holidays
• Employee Morale/Teambuilding events and activities
• Paid Vacation/Annual Leave
• Paid Sick Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Commuter Benefits
• Professional Societies and Registrations Fee Reimbursements
• Term Life / AD&D insurance
• Cancer and Specified Disease insurance
• Two retirement plans: 401(k) and an ESOP

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer, type/key-in data
• May lift and carry up to 50 pounds, hike up and down steep slopes carrying up to 50 pounds of survey equipment
• The employee must be able to concentrate on details, work under deadline pressures, apply sound logic and judgment, and prioritize tasks and responsibilities
• Employee may be asked to walk on uneven terrain
• May work in extreme weather conditions
• Bend, squat, dig monument holes, pound in stakes and rebar monuments
• Carry and use brush cutting equipment
• May drive survey vehicle

Applicants must be legally authorized to work for Huitt-Zollars in the U.S. without employer sponsorship. Currently, Huitt-Zollars does not sponsor H1-B or any other work visa petitions.

Huitt-Zollars does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters without a previously signed third-party agreement. Any unsolicited third-party resumes forwarded by recruiters to any Huitt-Zollars hiring manager or employee will be considered public information, may be treated as a direct application from the person identified in the resume, and will not be eligible for placement fee payment to the agency submitting the unsolicited resume. Huitt-Zollars will not pay a fee to a third-party recruiter or agency that has not coordinated their recruiting activity with the appropriate member of the Human Resources team and without an active, fully executed service agreement.

Huitt-Zollars, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin or any other legally protected status. Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the company will make reasonable accommodations to assist in the application process upon the request of an applicant. No question on this application is intended to secure information to be used for discriminatory purposes. This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and 60-300.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of protected veteran status or disability and require affirmative action by covered prime contractors and subcontractors to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. #IND