Topographical Surveyor
Job Description
Are you an experienced Topographical Surveyor looking to develop your career?
At Lucion, we have the environment to take you to the next level. We cover a broad range of sectors, from residential projects and country estates to commercial buildings, schools and churches – and even work in aviation environments. Our broad and growing range of expertise means there’s never been a more exciting time to join our team.
We currently have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Topographical Surveyor to come and join our team in Gateshead/Stroud. We are offering a competitive basic salary depending on skills and experience.
Main Responsibilities
- Be proficient in topographic surveys, setting out and levelling surveys
- Liaise directly with clients to ascertain their specific requirements, building relationships, solving enquiries, and providing feedback on services
- Ability to work effectively alone or as part of a team
- Experienced in the use of various surveying equipment and techniques
- Maintain high standards of customer care and promote a culture of service excellence
The Ideal Candidate
- Full UK Manual Driving Licence
- Ideally 3 years’ experience in a similar role
- Experience with AutoCAD, LSS, Trimble Realworks and Microsoft Office
- Conversant in the use of a wide range of survey instruments, including Trimble Total Stations, GPS and Faro Scanners
Benefits
We know that people are at their best when they are in a positive working environment, where they are encouraged to use their skills and where they have the opportunity to progress and become fulfilled. We want to attract and retain quality people so we have put together the following package of benefits:
Lifestyle & Family
- 25 Days annual leave in addition to bank holidays
- Employer matched pension contribution scheme
- Life assurance
- Employee Assistance Programme – when you need support, we make sure it’s readily available for you from an independent provider 24/7 365 days a year
- Wellbeing centre – access to healthy eating ideas, work outs and mediation guides
- Discounts & cashback platform – exclusive access to deals from over 800 retailers where you can both spend money and earn cashback on every day expenses
- Referral bonus – as a growing company, we are always looking to bring in talented individuals that fit our community. If you recommend someone that joins us, you’ll be rewarded every time.
- Healthcare cashback scheme – claim back the cost of every day healthcare bills – from fillings and acupuncture to a new pair of specs. Our scheme also provides access to GP services 24/7 and expert health information.
- Supportive family policies – whatever your parenting journey is, we will offer support when you need it.
- Enhanced parental leave – we stand above other companies in our field, offering a significantly enhanced scheme for maternity and paternity leave.
Tools to do the job
- Company Van & Equipment – we’ll make sure you’re fully equipped to do the job in hand. As well as receiving your own company van you’ll get all of the relevant equipment, PPE and uniform provided.
- Overtime rates
- Paid travel – contributing to your core 42.5 hour week, allowing you to achieve the enhanced hourly rate.
- NexGen – our award-winning software is completely unique to the Lucion Group. Developed in-house, NexGen gathers all data relating to a project, ensuring processes are streamlined and efficient for both our team and our clients.
Environmental
- Electric car salary sacrifice scheme – lease a fully electric car through salary sacrifice, paying for it out of your gross salary before tax and national insurance is calculated.
- Cycle to work scheme – whether you want a new bike, equipment or both, Cycle to Work will save you from 32% to 47% on the total cost.
- Environmental initiatives – each year we take part in World Environment Day initiatives to continue in our mission to protect people and planet, such as planting trees and seagrass as part of biodiversity regeneration projects.
Working Culture
- Our Social Value Fund gives our people the chance to make a positive difference. Our employees can request financial support for sponsorship or donations and volunteering leave for causes that matter to them.
- Social events – held at regular intervals allowing you to spend some down time with your colleagues.
- Charity sports events – fancy taking part in a half marathon or a sponsored bike ride? We’re always looking at ways we can offer our services or sponsorship to give something back to our people and local communities.
- Connected communication systems – online chat, working groups for things you’re passionate about, blogs, employee representative groups and more.
- Team meetings – we love to get together (in person or online) whenever we can, to discuss what we’re up to within our team and the wider Lucion community.
- Long term career development – we have a nationwide presence with more than 500 employees operating across 12 specialist sectors including energy, healthcare, offshore, infrastructure, agriculture and land development. This means we can offer a wide range of career opportunities to those who share our commitment to making a positive difference to the environment.
