Land Surveyor Resume Example

Traverse layout: a survey-station line mark, accuracy and coverage metrics and a control-network table for land, cadastral and construction surveyors.

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Omar Al-Harbi

Senior Land Surveyor — GNSS Control, Setting-Out & Laser Scanning
omar.alharbi@example.com+966 55 555 3172NEOM, Tabuk, Saudi Arabialinkedin.com/in/omaralharbi-survey
12Years surveying
±5 mmControl accuracy
140Control stations
3Live sites

Summary

Chartered land surveyor with 12 years on giga-projects, highways and cadastral work in Saudi Arabia and the UK. I design and observe GNSS control networks, run setting-out for tunnels and high-rise structures, and deliver laser-scan and drone surveys into BIM. I lead a team of 14 surveyors across 3 sites, keep control accuracy within ±5 mm, and have cut rework from setting-out errors to zero over the last 30 months.

Experience

Senior Land Surveyor
NEOM · NEOM, Tabuk
Feb 2021 – Present
±5 mmControl accuracy
14Surveyors led
0Setting-out rework
  • Designed and observed a 140-station GNSS and precise-levelling control network for a 28 km linear development
  • Lead setting-out for tunnel portals and a 60-storey core using total stations and machine-control models
  • Deliver monthly drone photogrammetry and laser-scan point clouds for earthworks volumes and BIM as-builts
Highways Surveyor
AECOM · Riyadh
Jun 2017 – Jan 2021
210 kmRoad surveyed
  • Ran topographic and mobile-mapping surveys for 210 km of dual carriageway, including utility detection
  • Checked contractor surveys and approved 1,900 setting-out requests against design tolerances
  • Built the project's survey QA procedure and calibration log, adopted on 4 other AECOM highway contracts
Graduate Surveyor
Ordnance Survey · Glasgow, UK
Sep 2014 – May 2017
  • Captured change for national large-scale mapping with GNSS and total stations across central Scotland
  • Completed RICS APC training on boundary surveys and land registration

Survey control & deliverables

DeliverableMethodTolerance
Primary controlGNSS static±5 mm
Height controlDigital levelling±2 mm/km
Structural setting-outTotal station±3 mm
Earthworks volumesDrone photogrammetry±30 mm
BIM as-builtsLaser scanning±10 mm

Summary example

Chartered land surveyor with [N] years on giga-projects, highways and cadastral work in Saudi Arabia and the UK. I design and observe GNSS control networks, run setting-out for tunnels and high-rise structures, and deliver laser-scan and drone surveys into BIM. I lead a team of [N] surveyors across [N] sites, keep control accuracy within ±[N] mm, and have cut rework from setting-out errors to zero over the last [N] months.

Example bullet points for a Land Surveyor

  • Designed and observed a [N]-station GNSS and precise-levelling control network for a [N] km linear development
  • Lead setting-out for tunnel portals and a [N]-storey core using total stations and machine-control models
  • Deliver monthly drone photogrammetry and laser-scan point clouds for earthworks volumes and BIM as-builts
  • Ran topographic and mobile-mapping surveys for [N] km of dual carriageway, including utility detection
  • Checked contractor surveys and approved [N] setting-out requests against design tolerances
  • Built the project's survey QA procedure and calibration log, adopted on [N] other AECOM highway contracts
  • Captured change for national large-scale mapping with GNSS and total stations across central Scotland
  • Completed RICS APC training on boundary surveys and land registration

Replace the [brackets] with your own numbers and facts. Never claim results you didn't achieve.

Skills to include

  • GNSS control & levelling
  • Setting-out & machine control
  • Laser scanning & drones
  • Cadastral & boundary
  • Trimble Business Center
  • Leica Infinity
  • Civil 3D
  • Cyclone
  • Pix4D
  • ArcGIS Pro

Tips for a Land Surveyor resume

  1. Put the hard requirements recruiters screen for in the top third: GNSS control & levelling, Setting-out & machine control, Laser scanning & drones.
  2. List current credentials with the issuing body, e.g. MRICS (Geomatics), Licensed Surveyor.
  3. Give every recent role at least one measured result — for example control accuracy.
  4. Match the job title in your headline to the posting where it is honest to do so.
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