Senior Land Surveyor - Ireland
Company: SOCOTEC UK & Ireland
Role summary
Senior Land Surveyor - Ireland is a role at SOCOTEC UK & Ireland in Moira, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom (on-site). Posted 2026-09-01. Experience level: 5-10.
- Job title
- Senior Land Surveyor - Ireland
- Company
- SOCOTEC UK & Ireland
- Location
- Moira, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Work arrangement
- on-site
- Category
- Trades & Construction
- Experience level
- 5-10
- Date posted
- 2026-09-01
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced land surveyor to join a well-established company in Ireland, offering a competitive salary and excellent career progression. If you're looking to take your surveying career to the next level with a supportive team, this role could be a perfect fit.
Job description
Company Description
SOCOTEC UK & Ireland provides specialist testing, inspection, monitoring, surveying and technical consultancy services across the built environment, infrastructure and construction sectors.
Based in Moira, Co. Armagh, our Ireland team delivers projects nationwide, supported by the wider technical expertise, resources and specialist capabilities of the SOCOTEC Group. Our work spans land and engineering surveying, structural and geotechnical monitoring, environmental monitoring, instrumentation and data services, supporting contractors, consultants, asset owners and public-sector organisations.
We are now expanding our surveying capability in Ireland and are looking for an experienced professional to play a key role in that growth. This is an opportunity to take ownership of projects, work with a high degree of autonomy and help shape a developing service, while having access to the support and expertise of the wider SOCOTEC UK & Ireland surveying team.
Job Description
We are looking for an experienced Senior Land Surveyor to help establish and develop our land surveying capability in Ireland.
This is a senior, hands-on position with responsibility for delivering survey projects from initial enquiry and scope review through to fieldwork, processing, quality assurance and final client deliverables. The successful candidate will be capable of working independently, making sound technical decisions and engaging directly with clients, while having access to the wider SOCOTEC UK & Ireland surveying team for specialist support and additional resources when required.
Projects will span infrastructure, construction, development and the built environment across Ireland, using modern geomatics technologies including robotic total stations, GNSS, digital levels and laser scanning systems.
Key responsibilities include:
Plan, manage and deliver topographical, land, engineering and construction surveys
Review tender documentation, technical specifications and client scopes to establish survey requirements and appropriate methodologies
Undertake detailed topographical surveys across buildings, structures, roads, rail, earthworks, utilities and other site features
Establish and verify survey control networks
Undertake construction setting-out, as-built and verification surveys where required
Process, check and validate survey data prior to issue
Produce survey drawings, digital terrain models, point clouds, reports and other project deliverables
Maintain appropriate survey quality assurance, checking and data-management procedures
Prepare or contribute to survey methodologies, programmes and technical tender submissions
Liaise directly with clients, consultants, contractors and project teams
Identify opportunities for additional surveying services and support the growth of the Ireland surveying capability
Provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior survey staff as the team develops
Collaborate with SOCOTEC surveying, monitoring, engineering and specialist teams on multidisciplinary projects
Ensure work is delivered safely, efficiently and in accordance with client requirements and company procedures
Qualifications
We are looking for someone with:
Significant practical experience in land, topographical, engineering or geomatics surveying
The ability to independently plan, undertake, process and deliver survey projects
Strong knowledge of survey control, coordinate systems, GNSS, robotic total stations and levelling techniques
Experience producing and checking professional topographical and engineering survey deliverables
Experience reviewing technical specifications, tender documentation and scopes of work
Competence with industry-standard survey processing and CAD software
Strong understanding of survey accuracy, verification and quality control
Confidence dealing directly with clients and providing technical advice
Good organisational and project-management skills
Commercial awareness and an interest in helping develop a growing service
A full driving licence and willingness to travel throughout Ireland and the UK when required
Experience in laser scanning, point-cloud processing, UAV surveying, precise levelling, monitoring, BIM or other specialist geomatics techniques would be advantageous.
Additional Information
What's in it for you?
Your expertise deserves recognition. Alongside a competitive salary, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including:
Company pension
Electric car scheme, where applicable
Employee recognition programmes
Family-friendly support
Exclusive employee retail discounts
Employee Assistance Programme
Access to professional training, qualifications and career development
This role gives you the chance to play a key part in developing SOCOTEC’s surveying service in Ireland, with the autonomy to take ownership of projects and direct access to the technical expertise and resources of the wider SOCOTEC UK & Ireland surveying team.
SOCOTEC UK & Ireland is committed to creating an inclusive working environment and is proud to be a Disability Confident employer.
Department: LD
Business Unit: LDG
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