Survey Manager

Job Description

Job description:

Location: Kamloops (Project-Based Travel Required)
Job Type: Full Time

Reports to: Operations Manager

Employment Type: Hourly

Infracon Construction is a full-service General Contractor specializing in heavy civil, mining, industrial, and infrastructure projects across Canada. Infracon has extensive experience working on active mine sites and alongside owner teams, as well as municipal, ministry and the resource sector. We are focused on delivering earthworks, underground utilities, concrete, and infrastructure projects that meet strict safety, environmental, and quality standards.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Operations Manager, were looking for a Survey Manager who understands that survey isnt support — its control. This role is critical to protecting margin, preventing rework, and ensuring we build exactly what were paid to build.

Key Responsibilities

• You will own survey execution across multiple projects. That means:


• Managing and mentoring Infracon surveyors


• Overseeing third-party survey providers


• Acting as the primary liaison with client/owner survey teams


• Governing models, surfaces, and control


• Managing quantity validation and reconciliation


• Ensuring as-builts are accurate and defensible


• Protecting projects from preventable survey-driven rework


• Establishing new survey management systems and improving existing systems

Core Responsibilities

Survey Governance

• Establish and enforce survey QA/QC standards


• Validate control before production starts


• Ensure one approved source of truth for models and surfaces

Leadership

• Lead and develop project survey teams


• Coordinate third-party survey vendors


• Resolve conflicts between field and client survey teams

Data & Model Management

• Review and approve machine control files


• Manage surface versioning and revisions


• Oversee drone and GPS data integration

Quantity & Commercial Support

• Validate quantities prior to billing submission


• Reconcile Infracon vs client survey differences early


• Support change order documentation with defensible data

As- Builts & Closeout

• Ensure continuous as-built capture


• Deliver clean, complete survey records at project completion

Technology Stewardship

• Manage GPS, total stations, drones, and survey software


• Manage all GPS machine control assets


• Drive innovation and continuous improvement in survey processes

Qualifications and Experience

• 5+ years heavy civil, mining, or infrastructure survey experience


• 5+ years in a leadership or senior survey role


• Strong earthworks and volumetric analysis background


• Experience working directly with client/owner survey teams


• Proficiency with Trimble, Topcon, Leica or equivalent systems


• Civil 3D or equivalent modeling and design experience


• Strong understanding of construction sequence


• Civil Tech or BA preferred

Compensation and Benefits

• Wages: $40.00 – $45.00 per hour depending on experience and qualifications


• Competitive wages for the right candidate


• RRSP Matching


• Company vehicle or vehicle allowance


• Comprehensive medical and dental benefits


• Stability of long-term work with a growing and progressive company