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Survey Party Chief jobs at H-1B visa sponsoring employers sit at the intersection of field leadership and licensed geospatial expertise. Sponsoring employers build these roles around degree-level geodetic science, civil engineering, or geomatics duties. H-1B status is granted for up to three years, extendable to six, giving you a stable runway to advance in U.S. land surveying.
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Company: Gregory Construction
Job Type: Full-Time | Travel Required
Region: Southeast, Southwest & Mid-Atlantic
Lead the Layout. Keep the Project Moving.
Gregory Construction is seeking an experienced Survey Party Chief to lead field surveying and construction layout on large-scale heavy civil and mission-critical projects.
We’re looking for more than a technically strong surveyor. We need someone who understands how heavy civil construction gets built—mass grading, excavation, underground utilities, concrete, structures, paving, and site development—and can translate plans and design data into accurate field layout that keeps our crews productive.
This is a hands-on field leadership position for someone who can independently manage survey activities, troubleshoot issues, coordinate with project teams, and develop other survey personnel.
If you know heavy civil construction and take pride in seeing your layout become the finished product, we want to hear from you.
What You’ll Do
- Lead day-to-day field surveying and construction layout activities on active heavy civil projects.
- Perform accurate layout, staking, elevations, control, and as-built surveys.
- Provide survey support for mass grading, excavation, wet and dry utilities, concrete, structures, paving, and site development.
- Operate Trimble S7 Total Stations, TSC7 Controllers, Trimble Access, and Topcon GPS systems.
- Establish, maintain, and verify project survey control networks.
- Interpret construction plans, alignments, elevations, coordinates, and design information.
- Use Trimble Business Center (TBC) to support construction layout and field operations.
- Identify discrepancies between plans and field conditions and work with project teams to resolve issues before they impact production.
- Coordinate closely with superintendents, project managers, engineers, and field crews to support daily construction activities.
- Troubleshoot survey equipment and field layout challenges.
- Lead, train, and develop Survey Techs and other survey team members.
- Maintain accurate survey records and as-built information.
- Perform work safely around heavy equipment, excavation, underground operations, and active construction crews.
- Travel to Gregory Construction projects as required.
What We’re Looking For
The strongest candidates will have a heavy civil construction surveying background and understand the relationship between accurate survey work and successful field production.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of field surveying experience, with strong construction survey experience.
- Demonstrated experience surveying heavy civil construction projects.
- Strong knowledge of grading, earthwork, excavation, underground utilities, structures, concrete, and paving layout.
- Advanced working knowledge of Trimble Business Center (TBC).
- Experience operating modern total station and GPS survey equipment.
- Ability to independently establish and maintain survey control.
- Ability to read and interpret complex construction plans, alignments, elevations, and design information.
- Strong construction math, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to lead field survey operations and train less-experienced team members.
- Strong communication skills and ability to coordinate effectively with field and project leadership.
- Valid driver’s license.
- Ability and willingness to travel to project sites throughout Gregory Construction’s operating regions.
Heavy Civil Experience Matters
We’re especially interested in Party Chiefs who have worked in environments similar to Gregory Construction.
Your background should include hands-on construction survey experience involving several of these scopes:
- Heavy civil construction
- Mass grading and earthwork
- Wet and dry underground utilities
- Storm, sanitary, and water systems
- Underground electrical and communications infrastructure
- Excavation and trenching
- Concrete and structural layout
- Site development
- Roadway and paving operations
- Mission-critical/data center sitework
Gregory's work includes civil, industrial, and mission-critical construction, making relevant heavy civil field experience particularly important for this position.
Preferred Technical Experience
- AutoCAD Civil 3D
- GPS Machine Control, including Komatsu/TOPCON
- Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC)
- OSHA 30 Certification
Why Gregory Construction?
At Gregory Construction, our survey teams play a critical role in turning plans into production.
As a Survey Party Chief, you’ll have the opportunity to lead survey operations in the field, work alongside experienced construction professionals, use modern surveying technology, and contribute directly to large-scale heavy civil and mission-critical projects.
We offer competitive compensation and benefits, opportunities for professional development and career advancement, and a team-oriented environment built around our Core Values of Safety, Integrity, Excellence, and Communication.
If you’re an experienced construction Survey Party Chief who knows heavy civil work, can lead a crew, and can take ownership of layout from plans to field execution, apply today to join Gregory Construction.
Survey Party Chief – Heavy Civil Construction
Company: Gregory Construction
Job Type: Full-Time | Travel Required
Region: Southeast, Southwest & Mid-Atlantic
Lead the Layout. Keep the Project Moving.
Gregory Construction is seeking an experienced Survey Party Chief to lead field surveying and construction layout on large-scale heavy civil and mission-critical projects.
We’re looking for more than a technically strong surveyor. We need someone who understands how heavy civil construction gets built—mass grading, excavation, underground utilities, concrete, structures, paving, and site development—and can translate plans and design data into accurate field layout that keeps our crews productive.
This is a hands-on field leadership position for someone who can independently manage survey activities, troubleshoot issues, coordinate with project teams, and develop other survey personnel.
If you know heavy civil construction and take pride in seeing your layout become the finished product, we want to hear from you.
What You’ll Do
- Lead day-to-day field surveying and construction layout activities on active heavy civil projects.
- Perform accurate layout, staking, elevations, control, and as-built surveys.
- Provide survey support for mass grading, excavation, wet and dry utilities, concrete, structures, paving, and site development.
- Operate Trimble S7 Total Stations, TSC7 Controllers, Trimble Access, and Topcon GPS systems.
- Establish, maintain, and verify project survey control networks.
- Interpret construction plans, alignments, elevations, coordinates, and design information.
- Use Trimble Business Center (TBC) to support construction layout and field operations.
- Identify discrepancies between plans and field conditions and work with project teams to resolve issues before they impact production.
- Coordinate closely with superintendents, project managers, engineers, and field crews to support daily construction activities.
- Troubleshoot survey equipment and field layout challenges.
- Lead, train, and develop Survey Techs and other survey team members.
- Maintain accurate survey records and as-built information.
- Perform work safely around heavy equipment, excavation, underground operations, and active construction crews.
- Travel to Gregory Construction projects as required.
What We’re Looking For
The strongest candidates will have a heavy civil construction surveying background and understand the relationship between accurate survey work and successful field production.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of field surveying experience, with strong construction survey experience.
- Demonstrated experience surveying heavy civil construction projects.
- Strong knowledge of grading, earthwork, excavation, underground utilities, structures, concrete, and paving layout.
- Advanced working knowledge of Trimble Business Center (TBC).
- Experience operating modern total station and GPS survey equipment.
- Ability to independently establish and maintain survey control.
- Ability to read and interpret complex construction plans, alignments, elevations, and design information.
- Strong construction math, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
- Ability to lead field survey operations and train less-experienced team members.
- Strong communication skills and ability to coordinate effectively with field and project leadership.
- Valid driver’s license.
- Ability and willingness to travel to project sites throughout Gregory Construction’s operating regions.
Heavy Civil Experience Matters
We’re especially interested in Party Chiefs who have worked in environments similar to Gregory Construction.
Your background should include hands-on construction survey experience involving several of these scopes:
- Heavy civil construction
- Mass grading and earthwork
- Wet and dry underground utilities
- Storm, sanitary, and water systems
- Underground electrical and communications infrastructure
- Excavation and trenching
- Concrete and structural layout
- Site development
- Roadway and paving operations
- Mission-critical/data center sitework
Gregory's work includes civil, industrial, and mission-critical construction, making relevant heavy civil field experience particularly important for this position.
Preferred Technical Experience
- AutoCAD Civil 3D
- GPS Machine Control, including Komatsu/TOPCON
- Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC)
- OSHA 30 Certification
Why Gregory Construction?
At Gregory Construction, our survey teams play a critical role in turning plans into production.
As a Survey Party Chief, you’ll have the opportunity to lead survey operations in the field, work alongside experienced construction professionals, use modern surveying technology, and contribute directly to large-scale heavy civil and mission-critical projects.
We offer competitive compensation and benefits, opportunities for professional development and career advancement, and a team-oriented environment built around our Core Values of Safety, Integrity, Excellence, and Communication.
If you’re an experienced construction Survey Party Chief who knows heavy civil work, can lead a crew, and can take ownership of layout from plans to field execution, apply today to join Gregory Construction.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship in Survey Party Chief
Document your geomatics degree for USCIS
Gather transcripts, course syllabi, and any credential evaluations showing your degree aligns with geodetic science, civil engineering, or geomatics. USCIS scrutinizes specialty occupation evidence closely for field-based roles, so a detailed degree-to-duties match letter from your employer strengthens the petition.
Check the O*NET profile before applying
O*NET lists the core tasks and knowledge domains for Survey Party Chief roles. Cross-reference your resume against those descriptors so your application language mirrors the occupational definition USCIS relies on when evaluating specialty occupation eligibility.
Search Migrate Mate for verified sponsoring employers
Target firms with confirmed H-1B LCA filing history in geospatial services, civil engineering, and land development. Migrate Mate surfaces employers who have sponsored survey and geomatics professionals, letting you prioritize outreach to companies already familiar with the sponsorship process.
Verify worksite-specific LCA coverage before relocating
Each project site requires its own certified Labor Condition Application. If your role involves rotating across counties or states, confirm with your employer that a new LCA will be filed and certified by DOL before you work at any unlisted location, not after.
Use OFLC Wage Search to benchmark prevailing wages
Look up the prevailing wage for your specific SOC code and metropolitan area before accepting an offer. DOL requires the employer to pay at least that wage on the LCA, so knowing the figure helps you negotiate and confirm the offer will pass the certification step.
Request premium processing if project timelines are tight
USCIS offers premium processing for I-129 petitions, which can accelerate adjudication when a construction or infrastructure project has a fixed mobilization date. Confirm with your employer early whether they'll elect premium processing so your start date stays on schedule.
H-1B Visa Survey Party Chief: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Survey Party Chief role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
It depends on how the employer structures the position. Survey Party Chief does not automatically qualify as a specialty occupation under H-1B rules. Sponsoring employers build these roles around degree-level duties in geodetic science, geomatics, or civil engineering and document that a bachelor's degree in a specific related field is a minimum requirement. Without that degree-level framing in the job description and petition, USCIS is likely to issue a Request for Evidence or deny the petition.
What type of employers sponsor H-1B visas for Survey Party Chiefs?
Civil engineering firms, geospatial consulting companies, land development contractors, and infrastructure project owners are the most common H-1B sponsors for this role. Use Migrate Mate to browse employers with verified LCA filing history in geomatics and survey-related occupations, which narrows your search to companies that have already navigated the sponsorship process.
How does the multi-site nature of survey work affect my H-1B status?
Every worksite where you perform H-1B duties must be listed on a certified Labor Condition Application. If your project moves to a new county or state, your employer needs a new or amended LCA filed and certified by DOL before you work there. Failure to maintain current LCA coverage is a compliance violation that can jeopardize your status and your employer's ability to sponsor future workers.
Can my H-1B employer change my survey assignments or project location?
Material changes to your worksite, job duties, or salary may require an amended I-129 petition filed with USCIS. Routine reassignments within the same metropolitan statistical area covered by your LCA are generally permissible, but moving to a new area or taking on substantially different supervisory or technical duties warrants a fresh filing. Confirm with your employer's immigration counsel before any major assignment change.
What happens to my H-1B status if the survey project ends early?
If your employer terminates your position, you enter a 60-day grace period during which you can find a new H-1B sponsoring employer. The new employer must file an I-129 petition, and you can begin work once it's filed. H-1B status is tied to that specific employer and role, so you cannot continue working under the original petition after termination.