Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities

Parsons is looking for an exceptionally talented Senior Land Surveyor to join our site-based construction supervision team on a major public realm development in Diriyah, which includes a series of iconic and neighborhood parks, open spaces, and over 55 kilometers of streetscape. The objective of this program is to create a vibrant, inclusive environment that enhances livability, accessibility, and community well-being.

What You ll Be Doing

• Report to the Resident Engineer/Construction Director and act as the lead surveyor for all site surveying and setting out verification activities.
• Supervise and coordinate Parsons survey team and review the contractor s survey work to ensure accuracy and compliance with project requirements.
• Verify the control points, benchmarks, and reference coordinates established by the contractor and ensure they are correctly related to the approved project datum and grid system.
• Check and confirm the contractor s setting out for alignments, levels, coordinates, and dimensions for roads, utilities, structures, hardscape, landscape features, and other works.
• Conduct independent spot checks and surveys to confirm that constructed works are in accordance with approved drawings and tolerances.
• Review and comment on the contractor s survey reports, layout drawings, as built surveys, and topographic surveys, ensuring consistency and completeness.
• Identify and report any discrepancies between design drawings and site conditions, and support the supervision team in resolving setting out issues.
• Coordinate survey activities with discipline engineers (roads, structures, wet and dry utilities, hardscape, landscape) to support interface and clash avoidance.
• Maintain and ensure proper use, calibration, and safekeeping of survey equipment (total stations, GPS/GNSS, levels, laser instruments, etc.).
• Manage and maintain an organized digital and hard-copy record of survey data, field notes, and as built information for future reference and handover.
• Support the verification of earthwork quantities, volumetric calculations, and measurement to assist the project s commercial and quantity surveying teams.
• Participate in progress and coordination meetings and provide survey-related inputs, constraints, and recommendations.
• Ensure all survey activities are carried out in accordance with HSE requirements, safe work practices, and Parsons quality procedures.
• Assist in the preparation and review of as built drawings and final survey records for handover to the client and relevant authorities.

Desired Candidate Profile

• Bachelor's degree in Surveying Engineering from a recognized institution.
• in land/engineering surveying on large-scale infrastructure, public realm, or urban development projects, including at least several years in a senior or lead surveyor role.
• Strong proficiency in the use of modern survey instruments and software, including total stations, GPS/GNSS, digital levels, and survey data processing tools.
• Solid understanding of surveying principles, coordinate systems, leveling, and construction setting out for civil, structural, and landscape works.
• Proven experience working in a site-based construction supervision environment, verifying contractor setting out and as built data.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering, architectural, and utility drawings and translate them into precise field layouts.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical skills, and record-keeping, with a commitment to accuracy and quality.
• Good communication and coordination skills, able to work effectively with multi-disciplinary teams and contractors.
• Experience in KSA or the GCC region is preferred.