Registered Land Surveyor – Easements & Land Rights

Registered Land Surveyor (RLS) – Easements & Land Rights

RedLine Design, Inc.

Location: Scottsdale, Arizona / Projects Throughout Arizona
Job Type: Full-time
Compensation: $120,000–$150,000 annually, depending on experience
Work Arrangement: In-person, office and field-based; Arizona project travel required
Department: Easements, Land Rights & Survey
Reports To: Arizona Operations Leadership
Required Registration: Active Arizona Registered Land Surveyor (RLS)

About RedLine Design

RedLine Design, Inc. is a growing telecommunications engineering and professional services company supporting fiber-optic and broadband infrastructure projects across multiple states.

Our services include aerial and underground engineering, field walkouts and data collection, pole attachment engineering, right-of-way permitting, utility coordination, private-property easements, CAD/GIS production, and project management.

As we expand our Arizona operation, we are seeking an experienced Arizona Registered Land Surveyor who can take responsibility for the survey work supporting utility easements and lead the process of securing the property rights needed for fiber placement.

About the Position

This position combines professional land-surveying responsibility with hands-on utility-easement acquisition and landowner coordination.

RedLine already has personnel supporting parcel identification and desktop property research. We need someone who can take that information, determine what additional survey work is necessary, define the proposed easement, and move the acquisition through landowner discussions, negotiated business terms, legal review, execution, and recording.

The right candidate must bring both surveying expertise and direct experience working through utility-easement acquisitions. This is not primarily a parcel-research, permit-processing, construction-staking, or administrative coordination position.

You will work closely with our engineering, GIS, fielding, permitting, and project-management teams, along with clients, property owners, legal counsel, and title resources.

Our goal is to have a dependable person who can own the easement package from the initial handoff through completion—not simply pass it from one department to another.

Key Responsibilities

Professional surveying and easement definition

Take responsible charge of assigned surveying services supporting new utility and telecommunications easements.

Review the parcel research, deeds, recorded plats, existing easements, title information, preliminary routes, and field data provided by RedLine’s teams. Determine whether the available information is sufficient and identify additional evidence, fieldwork, or specialist review needed.

Establish or verify the relevant property boundaries and proposed easement location using appropriate survey methods and professional judgment. Coordinate with engineering to define a practical corridor for conduit, fiber, handholes, cabinets, access, and other proposed facilities.

Prepare or directly supervise the preparation of easement legal descriptions, metes-and-bounds descriptions where appropriate, survey exhibits, plats, and related survey deliverables. Sign and seal documents prepared under your responsible charge in accordance with applicable professional requirements.

Maintain the supporting calculations, field records, boundary evidence, review documentation, and version control needed for the survey work. Research and drafting support will be available, but this position retains responsibility for the adequacy of the survey documents it issues.

Easement acquisition and landowner negotiations

Take ownership of assigned acquisitions once affected parcels and proposed routes have been identified.

Develop an acquisition approach that addresses the required property rights, project schedule, owner concerns, survey needs, and client approval requirements.

Contact property owners and authorized representatives, explain the proposed project, and conduct meetings or site visits as needed.

Lead negotiations over business terms within approved client authority and applicable licensing requirements. Terms may include compensation, corridor location and width, permanent access, temporary construction workspace, restoration, and ongoing maintenance access.

Work with engineering to evaluate route adjustments and other practical solutions to landowner concerns. Document offers, counteroffers, proposed exceptions, and issues requiring client or legal approval.

Recognize when an acquisition cannot be completed within acceptable terms and provide a clear recommendation for escalation, additional review, or an alternate route.

Agreement development and legal coordination

Coordinate complete easement packages using client-approved agreement forms and legal-review procedures.

Translate the agreed business terms into clear instructions for the client and legal counsel. Coordinate proposed agreement changes rather than independently providing legal advice or making unauthorized commitments.

Ensure the proposed facilities, easement description, survey exhibit, negotiated terms, and agreement remain consistent as the acquisition progresses.

Coordinate ownership, signing-authority, required-consent, and title questions with the appropriate legal or title professionals.

Use authorized acquisition or brokerage resources where required. Maintain clear distinctions between professional surveying, business negotiations, and legal services.

Execution, recording, and project handoff

Coordinate final client approvals, signatures, acknowledgments, and other applicable execution requirements.

Arrange recording through the appropriate county or recording resource and obtain the completed recorded documents.

Deliver an organized parcel package containing the approved agreement, final survey description and exhibit, recording information, required approvals, and relevant correspondence.

Communicate access restrictions, construction conditions, restoration commitments, and other obligations to the teams responsible for design and project delivery.

Document the parcel’s land-rights status accurately. Distinguish completed easement acquisition from any remaining permitting, environmental, or other project approvals.

Project management and process development

Maintain acquisition trackers showing parcel status, owner contacts, survey needs, negotiation progress, forecast completion dates, unresolved issues, and next actions.

Coordinate priorities with engineering and project management so difficult parcels and long-lead acquisitions are addressed early.

Prepare survey scopes, resource needs, schedules, and cost estimates. Track acquisition expenses and proposed compensation against approved budgets.

Coordinate internal support personnel and outside survey or acquisition resources as needed.

Help establish consistent procedures, quality reviews, document standards, and reporting for RedLine’s growing easement and land-rights function.

Required Qualifications

• Active Arizona Registered Land Surveyor registration in good standing.
• At least seven years of relevant land-surveying experience, including substantial boundary, right-of-way, and utility-easement work.
• Demonstrated experience personally preparing or taking responsible charge of easement descriptions, survey exhibits, and related professional deliverables.
• Direct experience working with private property owners to negotiate utility or infrastructure easements, including business terms and compensation—not solely preparing survey documents.
• Experience carrying easement packages through client approval, legal coordination, execution, and recording.
• Ability to evaluate boundary evidence, interpret deeds and title information, identify discrepancies, and determine the additional survey work needed.
• Ability to coordinate effectively with engineers, acquisition professionals, legal counsel, title resources, property owners, and project managers.
• Proficiency with AutoCAD Civil 3D, Carlson, or comparable survey-production software, along with common document and project-tracking tools.
• Strong written communication, negotiation, organization, and follow-through, with sound judgment regarding professional responsibility and approval limits.
• Ability to work from the Scottsdale/Phoenix area, travel throughout Arizona, and maintain a valid driver’s license and driving record acceptable for assigned business-driving duties.

An engineering license, survey technician background, or land-surveyor-in-training designation alone does not meet the Arizona RLS requirement for this position.

Candidates whose experience is limited to research, drafting, construction staking, or permit submissions must also demonstrate the boundary/easement and acquisition experience required above.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience supporting fiber-optic, telecommunications, electric, gas, pipeline, water, or other linear utility infrastructure.

Experience handling difficult acquisitions involving route changes, access restrictions, owner objections, restoration concerns, or future property development.

Experience managing survey or acquisition support personnel and establishing repeatable quality and production processes.

Familiarity with Arizona jurisdictions, county recording processes, and projects involving public, private, state, federal, or tribal lands.

Experience supporting BEAD or other publicly funded infrastructure programs.

Relevant right-of-way professional credentials, acquisition training, or additional real-estate licensure.

A degree in surveying, geomatics, civil engineering, real estate, or a related field is preferred. Active professional registration and demonstrated experience will carry greater weight than a degree.

What Success Looks Like

The proposed easement is clearly and accurately defined. Property owners understand the project and receive consistent follow-up. Negotiated terms stay within approved authority. Legal, title, and survey issues are identified early.

Project managers receive dependable completion forecasts, and clients receive complete easement packages with the required documentation. Engineering and construction-support personnel understand the rights obtained and any conditions they must follow.

Success will be measured through the quality of professional deliverables, completed acquisitions, schedule reliability, budget control, documentation, and effective resolution of landowner concerns.

Why RedLine

This is an opportunity to take ownership of an important function as RedLine expands in Arizona.

You will have support for initial parcel research and access to engineering, GIS, fielding, permitting, and project-management resources. We are looking for someone who can bring those pieces together, exercise professional judgment, and move the easement work through completion.

We value people who understand the work, communicate directly, respect property owners, support their coworkers, and follow through on commitments.

Compensation and Benefits

Annual base salary is $120,000–$150,000, depending on relevant experience, qualifications, and demonstrated ability to manage both the professional survey work and the easement-acquisition process.

RedLine offers company-sponsored benefits and paid time off in accordance with applicable company policies.

Work Location and Travel

This position is based in the Scottsdale/Phoenix area and combines office-based work with field visits, landowner meetings, and project coordination throughout Arizona.

This is not a fully remote position. Occasional overnight travel may be required.

How to Apply

Submit your résumé and Arizona RLS registration number.

Include a brief summary of your utility-easement experience, identifying the survey documents you personally prepared or supervised, your role in landowner negotiations, and your involvement in completing acquisitions through execution and recording.

Please distinguish your surveying responsibilities from your acquisition responsibilities. We are looking for demonstrated experience in both.

Equal Employment Opportunity

RedLine Design, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Hiring decisions are based on qualifications and business requirements in accordance with applicable law.

Pay: $120,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

License/Certification:

• Do you have a Arizona Registered Land Surveyor registration? (Required)

Work Location: In person