Remote Sensing Manager (Port St. Lucie, FL)

Are you searching for a new opportunity to join a growing 100% employee-owned company that offers professional development opportunities, values an excellent work life balance and giving back to your community? Are you looking to be the next industry leader for a company with a culture that collaborates well together, works hard, and has fun while doing so? If so, check out this opportunity to become an employee-owner of Haley Ward, one of the Best Firms to Work For™ in the country!

About Our Company

At Haley Ward, our team of close to 300 employee-owners value accountability and collaboration. These values drive us to provide every client with quality service that meets, and often exceeds their expectations, and is one of the reasons clients routinely return to us for help. Haley Ward’s work philosophy is to take advantage of the benefits of collaboration, mentoring, and face-to-face communication in order to optimize our operations and performance for our clients.

Join our team and Haley Ward will provide you:

• Competitive salary
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Competitive Health, Dental, and Vision insurance plans or - Paid monthly stipend if you have health insurance elsewhere!
• Generous company matched 401(k) plan with a Roth provision
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Eleven (11) paid holidays, including a creative holiday schedule
• Life insurance (company paid)
• Short and long-term disability insurance (company paid)
• Flexible Spending Account and/or Health Savings Accounts
• Culture that provides work-life balance, professional development and is community driven
• And much more!

What you can expect to be doing:

EDC-Inc, a division of Haley Ward is looking for a Remote Sensing Manager who would be responsible for supporting our surveying and civil engineering teams in Florida. This role covers the full life cycle of geospatial data, from high-accuracy field acquisition using terrestrial scanners, mobile platforms, and UAVs, to the complex post-processing and drafting of LiDAR point clouds.

• Acquire LiDAR data using UAVs and mobile platforms, process raw data into point clouds.
• Setup, maintain, and operate survey equipment (GPS and data collector) to set required/missed GCPs and align scan data to survey coordinates.
• Lead and mentor drone pilots on FAA regulations and safety protocols. Assist in managing the Drone Program, including certifications and compliance.
• Process, register, and classify LiDAR point cloud data using Trimble Business Center, Trimble Perspective, LiDAR mill or similar.
• Generate survey-grade deliverables including topographic surfaces, contours, break lines, and planimetric mapping.
• Assist with light drafting and editing drawings in AutoCAD in accordance with company and client standards.
• Perform quality control checks to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with project specifications.
• Coordinate with Survey Project Managers and field crews to clarify requirements and resolve discrepancies.
• Process raw spatial data into high quality engineering and surveying deliverables.
• Lead and mentor growing drone and reality capture programs.

What you will need to succeed:

• Bachelor’s degree or technical degree preferred
• FAA Part 107 License required
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience working with LiDAR scanning or scan registration
• Proficiency in Trimble Perspective, Trimble Business Center and LiDAR mill or LiDAR processing and feature extraction
• Understanding of surveying principles, coordinate systems, and datums or the demonstrated ability to learn the workflows
• Ability to manage, process, and troubleshoot large-scale datasets and interpret survey control and field notes
• Experience working with point clouds from mobile or aerial LiDAR systems
• Strong communication skills; effective technical writing and verbal communication abilities
• Willingness to learn and take instructions
• Valid driver's license & reliable transportation required
• Experience with Windows-based software applications (e.g. Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) is required, and proficiency with GIS is preferred.
• This position requires a flexible schedule and the ability to mobilize project locations and perform work during all weather conditions
• Ability to abide by the project schedule, coordinate travel plans, vehicle and equipment needs, and multi-party collaboration in a timely and efficient manner

A criminal background check and driving record check will be conducted.

Haley Ward is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender identity, marital status, age, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class established by law.

Location: Port St. Lucie, FL– Ability to reliably commute or relocate before starting work (Required)