Maritime Hydrographic surveyor

Woolpert is an award-winning, global leader in architecture, engineering, and geospatial services. We blend design excellence with cutting-edge technology to deliver exceptional client value. Our team is passionate about their work and committed to building the next generation of industry leaders, and as a certified Great Place to Work®, Woolpert embraces progress and innovation to create limitless opportunities for career growth.

Woolpert is hiring a Maritime Hydrographic Surveyor to join our dynamic Hydrographic Survey team at our Wasilla, AK office. The Hydrographic Survey team performs surveys for private and public agencies throughout the United States, with offices in California, Washington, Alaska, and Texas. Candidates should expect approximately 100 days of travel throughout each year. 

We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.  Applicants must already possess work authorization in the country the job is located.

Field Tasks will include:

• →Multibeam and Singlebeam Hydrographic Survey
• →GNSS Topographic Surveys
• →Terrestrial LiDAR Surveys
• →Survey Vessel Mobilization
• →GNSS & Optical Horizontal & Vertical Control Surveys
• →Candidates with small vessel and coastal waterways experience are preferred.

Office Tasks will include:

• →Multibeam and Singlebeam Data Processing
• →GNSS Static Control Network Processing and Adjustment
• →AutoCAD Civil 3D
• →Mobile & Static Terrestrial LiDAR Survey Processing (same 3d laser scan)

• →Bachelor’s degree in surveying, Geomatics, environmental science, ocean engineering, geology, geography, spatial science, marine science or comparable field.
• →Self-motivated, quick learning, curious, resourceful, flexible individual with a common-sense approach to conducting business and workload management.
• →Interest and desire to work in a marine focused organization
• →Preferred Experience and Qualifications:
  • →Experience using Global Mapper
  • →Experience using marine software (QINSy, CARIS,EIVA Beamworks)
  • →Experience gathering GPS data with Trimble GPS hardware and software and data processing
  • →Experience with AutoCAD or other CAD software, MS-Visio, and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, InDesign).
  • →Experience with LiDAR processing
  • →Experience with 3D visualization

Benefits You Will Love

Certified as a Great Place to Work, Woolpert is one of the fastest-growing architecture, engineering, and geospatial companies in the world. With over 75 offices and countless projects around the globe, you’ll work on meaningful assignments that improve quality of life around the world. In addition to offering competitive pay, we provide employees with a robust set of unique benefits, including:

• →Freedom to Work program: Set your own schedule and location (as appropriate).
• →Principal program: Earn the opportunity to become an owner of the firm.
• →Flexible paid time off/vacation: Take time off when it makes sense for you and your team.
• →Career development: Explore a wide range of learning and growth opportunities within and across industries.
• →Health, life, vision, and dental insurance: Cover all your medical bases.
• →Paid sick time, retirement plan, fitness reimbursement, pet insurance, identity protection, technology stipend, employee assistance program, and more!

Woolpert is an equal-opportunity employer. Woolpert is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.  You may view more about EEO on our website: Equal-Employment-Opportunity-The-Law.pdf and EEO is the Law Poster Supplement.

Applicants who require an accommodation throughout the application and interview process should request this in advance by contacting askhr@woolpert.com.

If you need to reschedule or cancel your interview, please reach out to your recruiter by contacting recruiting@woolpert.com. 

To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of Woolpert or any of our subsidiaries about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at Woolpert via email, the internet, or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of Woolpert, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by Woolpert's Talent Acquisition Team for this requisition and a valid agreement is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of Woolpert's applicant process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.