Title: Professional Land Surveyor (Maryland PLS) Location: Baltimore – 100% in-office Employment Type: Full-time, direct hire
Company / Role Overview
A well-established consulting firm is seeking a Maryland-licensed Professional Land Surveyor to support transportation and infrastructure projects, with a strong focus on state DOT work (including MDOT SHA). The role is office-based with occasional travel to project sites and client offices and is geared toward a hands-on RPLS rather than a survey department manager.
Key Responsibilities
Perform and oversee property, boundary, right-of-way, and ALTA/NSPS land title surveys for transportation, infrastructure, and site development projects.
Provide hands-on QA/QC of all field survey work and office processing to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance with applicable standards and client requirements.
Process field data, perform survey computations, and prepare plats, maps, legal descriptions, and other survey deliverables using CAD-based workflows.Review deeds, maps, prior survey records, and other documents to support boundary analysis and right-of-way determinations.
Coordinate with internal engineering and design teams to support design surveys, construction stakeout/layout, as-built surveys, and other project needs.
Make occasional visits to project sites and client offices to support field crews, resolve survey-related issues, and attend coordination meetings.
Required Qualifications
Active Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) license in the State of Maryland.
5+ years of relevant land surveying experience, including work on transportation, roadway, and/or public infrastructure projects; MDOT SHA experience strongly preferred.
Strong hands-on experience with property, boundary, and ALTA/NSPS land title surveys, including deed and record research.
Proficiency with modern survey instrumentation (e.g., total stations, GNSS/RTK) and office software for processing survey data and preparing plans (e.g., CAD-based survey platforms).
Demonstrated ability to perform detailed QA/QC on survey work and take professional responsibility for survey deliverables.
Preferred Qualifications
Licensure in Washington, DC and/or adjacent states (e.g., VA, DE, PA) is a plus. Direct experience delivering surveys under state DOT standards, preferably MDOT SHA (e.g., highway, roadway, right-of-way, and related infrastructure projects).
Experience working with point clouds and newer survey technologies such as 3D laser scanning, LiDAR, UAV/drone-based mapping, and associated processing workflows.
Work Environment
100% in-office role in Baltimore with occasional travel to project sites and client offices as required.
Collaborative environment working closely with survey, engineering, and design staff on a variety of public- and private-sector projects.