Top Benefits
About the role
Survey Party Chief
Calgary, AB
Strong communities don’t just happen. They’re thoughtfully planned and future-ready. We bring life to urban downtowns, suburban hubs, small towns, and rural areas through master-planned communities, mixed-use developments, parks, and recreation facilities. The result: vibrant economic centers, resilient neighborhoods, and welcoming places that feel like home.
Your Opportunity
Our Calgary office has an opportunity for a Party Chief within our Geospatial Group.
The Earth is top of mind for our Geospatial team. On, above, and under the Earth’s surface, we provide our clients a full range of surveying and mapping services. Through our work, we define land boundaries and analyze spatial data. Join a team of inspired and talented professionals who continually find inventive ways to get the job done better, faster, and smarter.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Performing a variety of surveys and buried facility locating with minimal supervision
- Conducting comprehensive topographic, legal, construction, bathymetric and as-built surveys
- Actively participate and promote Stantec’s Health & Safety culture and awareness
- Effective communication with Project Manager as to progress updates, scope changes, HSSE reporting and other project impacts
- Act as a company representative, liaising directly with client field representatives and land owners;
- Some office technical survey work may be required in this position
- Strong problem solving skills in a field environment; Effective communication skills - verbal and written; ability to produce accurate and legible field notes;
- Manage information flow from field to office and prepare clear, concise, and accurate field notes, records, and calculations
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Experience tracing buried facilities using Electromagnetic Locating techniques
- Ability to execute surveys in an accurate, efficient, detailed and safe manner
- Proficiency with GPS, Total stations and Electromagnetic Locators. Working knowledge of Trimble GPS and Trimble Total Stations is an asset
- A valid Alberta Class 5 Vehicle Operator’s License
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- This position may require travelling to various sites across Canada
- Experience working in remote field environments
- Physical ability to work in mountainous and forested terrain and ability to lift/carry heavy equipment.
- Willing to work in various environmental conditions with varied terrain, able to work in wildlife populated areas, and willing to work in remote field areas for extended periods and varied hours
Education and Experience
- Technical degree/diploma/certificate or equivalent in related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- A minimum of 5 years of field survey experience
- Required Certifications (must have or be able to complete the following):
- Standard First Aid
- H2S Alive
- WHMIS
- CSTS 2020 (Construction Safety Training System)
- CSO (Common Safety Orientation)
- Line Locating Certification
- Valid Driver’s License
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
About Stantec
Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before.
We are a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes, the energy transition, and more.
Today’s communities transcend geographic borders. At Stantec, community means everyone with an interest in the work that we do—from our project teams and industry colleagues to our clients and the people our work impacts. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure.
We are designers, engineers, scientists, project managers, and strategic advisors. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.
Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol STN.
Top Benefits
About the role
Survey Party Chief
Calgary, AB
Strong communities don’t just happen. They’re thoughtfully planned and future-ready. We bring life to urban downtowns, suburban hubs, small towns, and rural areas through master-planned communities, mixed-use developments, parks, and recreation facilities. The result: vibrant economic centers, resilient neighborhoods, and welcoming places that feel like home.
Your Opportunity
Our Calgary office has an opportunity for a Party Chief within our Geospatial Group.
The Earth is top of mind for our Geospatial team. On, above, and under the Earth’s surface, we provide our clients a full range of surveying and mapping services. Through our work, we define land boundaries and analyze spatial data. Join a team of inspired and talented professionals who continually find inventive ways to get the job done better, faster, and smarter.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Performing a variety of surveys and buried facility locating with minimal supervision
- Conducting comprehensive topographic, legal, construction, bathymetric and as-built surveys
- Actively participate and promote Stantec’s Health & Safety culture and awareness
- Effective communication with Project Manager as to progress updates, scope changes, HSSE reporting and other project impacts
- Act as a company representative, liaising directly with client field representatives and land owners;
- Some office technical survey work may be required in this position
- Strong problem solving skills in a field environment; Effective communication skills - verbal and written; ability to produce accurate and legible field notes;
- Manage information flow from field to office and prepare clear, concise, and accurate field notes, records, and calculations
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Experience tracing buried facilities using Electromagnetic Locating techniques
- Ability to execute surveys in an accurate, efficient, detailed and safe manner
- Proficiency with GPS, Total stations and Electromagnetic Locators. Working knowledge of Trimble GPS and Trimble Total Stations is an asset
- A valid Alberta Class 5 Vehicle Operator’s License
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- This position may require travelling to various sites across Canada
- Experience working in remote field environments
- Physical ability to work in mountainous and forested terrain and ability to lift/carry heavy equipment.
- Willing to work in various environmental conditions with varied terrain, able to work in wildlife populated areas, and willing to work in remote field areas for extended periods and varied hours
Education and Experience
- Technical degree/diploma/certificate or equivalent in related field; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- A minimum of 5 years of field survey experience
- Required Certifications (must have or be able to complete the following):
- Standard First Aid
- H2S Alive
- WHMIS
- CSTS 2020 (Construction Safety Training System)
- CSO (Common Safety Orientation)
- Line Locating Certification
- Valid Driver’s License
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
About Stantec
Stantec empowers clients, people, and communities to rise to the world’s greatest challenges at a time when the world faces more unprecedented concerns than ever before.
We are a global leader in sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting. Our professionals deliver the expertise, technology, and innovation communities need to manage aging infrastructure, demographic and population changes, the energy transition, and more.
Today’s communities transcend geographic borders. At Stantec, community means everyone with an interest in the work that we do—from our project teams and industry colleagues to our clients and the people our work impacts. The diverse perspectives of our partners and interested parties drive us to think beyond what’s previously been done on critical issues like climate change, digital transformation, and future-proofing our cities and infrastructure.
We are designers, engineers, scientists, project managers, and strategic advisors. We innovate at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships to advance communities everywhere, so that together we can redefine what’s possible.
Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol STN.