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As the Regional Survey Manager for Western Canada, you will oversee all surveying operations across multiple large‑scale civil and infrastructure projects, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and technical excellence throughout the region. Supporting projects ranging from $15M to over $1B, you will bring deep expertise, strategic direction, and strong people leadership to guide survey teams and influence project outcomes at a regional scale.

What you will do

• Lead, develop, and manage all survey operations across the Western Canada region, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and project delivery standards.
• Establish regional surveying strategies, workflows, and best practices to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and consistency across multiple project sites.
• Partner with regional construction leadership to forecast survey resource needs, resolve complex technical challenges, and optimize layout strategies for major civil and infrastructure projects.
• Oversee advanced survey methodologies, including total station, GPS, and specialized instrumentation setup, while guiding teams on calibration, EDM parameters, prism constants, and QA/QC standards.
• Validate and consolidate survey data across multiple projects, ensuring accuracy in drawings, charts, and construction documentation.
• Provide expert-level application of geodesy, UTM grid systems, and conversions to local ground coordinate systems to ensure correct integration with engineering and design models.
• Direct the configuration, deployment, and maintenance of surveying instruments, layout software, and data management tools across regional teams.
• Enforce companywide surveying standards, including data governance, file structure, documentation protocols, and reporting frameworks.
• Champion safety through adherence to corporate safety policies, including hazard assessments, eCompliance reporting, and safe field procedures.
• Lead regional audit and QA/QC programs to ensure accuracy of layout, as‑built documentation, and field measurements.
• Manage, mentor, and support survey supervisors and field crews across Western Canada, ensuring skill development, succession planning, and high performance.
• Oversee regional workload planning, crew deployment, and performance evaluations.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, and training for new survey team members.
• Provide timely reporting and insights to project directors, managers, and regional leaders, including progress metrics, risk identification, and scope adjustment recommendations.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, construction, and project management teams to ensure survey requirements are proactively addressed and accurately delivered.

This role could be for you if you have

• 15+ years of progressive experience in construction surveying for major civil and infrastructure projects.
• Proven regional or multi‑project leadership experience, supervising survey teams or managing surveying operations at scale.
• Expert ability to interpret and work from highly complex civil, structural, and architectural drawings.
• Advanced technical proficiency with total stations, GNSS/GPS systems, layout and modeling software, and digital survey data management.
• Strong analytical skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and maintain consistent standards across dispersed teams.
• Experience supporting marine GPS, machine control, or specialized geospatial applications (an asset).
• Post‑secondary education in Geomatics, Geoscience, Engineering Technology, or a related field (an asset).
• Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Flexibility to travel across Western Canada and adapt hours based on project needs.

• RRSP with up to 5% employer matching

• Hybrid work model for corporate roles
• Employee stock ownership program
• Career growth through real development opportunities
• Transit pass reimbursement — get to work for free
• Minimum 4 weeks of vacation from day one


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The expected compensation range posted for this role applies to available work locations in Ontario and/or British Columbia. Offered compensation may vary from the posted range based on a candidate’s relevant skills, experience, qualifications, geographic location, and the final job for which they are hired.

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Pomerleau is a national leader in construction, delivering major projects across Canada. We believe in creating a workplace where people feel respected, supported, and empowered to grow. Our culture is built on collaboration, trust, and a shared commitment to doing great work. If this speaks to you, apply for this role or connect with one of our recruiters to learn how we can support you throughout the process.