Chief Surveyor

BiN-AR Turkish Company Branch JV Zaid Ahmadi Trading, Construction and Logistic Services Company is currently implementing the Construction of Sar-e-Pol to Faryab Road, Lot 1 (30 km).

The project includes road design and construction, earthworks, drainage structures, culverts, retaining walls, pavement layers, asphalt works, and road-safety facilities.

The Chief Surveyor will manage and supervise all surveying activities for the project, including survey-control verification, topographic surveys, road setting-out, levelling, cross-sections, quantity calculations, and as-built surveys.

The candidate must have strong knowledge of ellipsoidal and orthometric heights. The project survey data is based on ellipsoidal heights, and the Chief Surveyor must ensure that these values are correctly processed and are not mixed with orthometric elevations without an approved conversion method.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage and supervise all project survey teams and activities.
• Verify, establish, maintain, and protect the project’s GCPs, survey pillars, Benchmarks (BMs), Control Points, and temporary benchmarks.
• Check the project coordinate system, datum, projection, control coordinates, and height-reference system.
• Understand and correctly manage ellipsoidal heights, orthometric heights, geoid undulation, and vertical datums.
• Ensure consistent use of the project’s approved ellipsoidal survey data.
• Perform GNSS/DGPS, total-station, traverse, levelling, and closure checks.
• Set out and verify the road centerline, chainages, curves, grades, offsets, slopes, formation widths, and construction limits.
• Set out and check culverts, drainage channels, retaining walls, and other road structures.
• Conduct original-ground, progress, cross-section, and final as-built surveys.
• Prepare and check level sheets for earthworks, subgrade, sub-base, base course, asphalt layers, culverts, drainage works, and retaining walls.
• Clearly state the applicable height system on level sheets and survey records.
• Calculate excavation, embankment, pavement-layer, structural-excavation, backfilling, and other roadwork quantities.
• Prepare profiles, cross-sections, digital terrain models, surfaces, and quantity reports.
• Provide verified survey quantities for progress reports and interim payment applications.
• Coordinate joint measurements with the Quality Control Team, Survey Team, subcontractors, and client representatives.
• Prepare and maintain survey reports, control-point registers, level sheets, field books, quantity calculations, and as-built drawings.
• Ensure all survey equipment is calibrated, checked, protected, and properly operated.
• Report survey discrepancies, damaged control points, design conflicts, and measurement errors immediately.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Survey Engineering, Geomatics, Geodesy, Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering, or a closely related field. A master’s degree in a relevant field will be preferred.

Experience

• Minimum 10 years of professional surveying experience.
• At least 7 years of surveying experience on road or highway projects.
• Previous experience as Chief Surveyor, Senior Surveyor, or Survey Manager is required.

• Strong knowledge of road and highway surveying.
• Strong knowledge of ellipsoidal and orthometric height systems.
• Experience working with GCPs, permanent pillars, BMs, Control Points, and survey-control networks.
• Ability to prepare accurate level sheets, profiles, and cross-sections.
• Ability to calculate road excavation, filling, pavement, and structure quantities.
• Ability to operate GNSS/DGPS, total stations, and automatic or digital levels.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD Civil 3D and relevant survey-processing software.
• Ability to interpret road drawings, profiles, cross-sections, technical specifications, and Bills of Quantities.
• Strong numerical, analytical, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication skills in Dari and/or Pashto.
• Working knowledge of English.
• Willingness to work full-time at the project site in Sar-e-Pol Province.

Required Core Competencies

• Road surveying and setting-out
• Survey-team leadership
• Ellipsoidal and orthometric height management
• Survey-control establishment and verification
• GCP, pillar, and Benchmark management
• GNSS/DGPS, total-station, and levelling skills
• Level-sheet preparation
• Cross-section and quantity calculations
• AutoCAD Civil 3D proficiency
• As-built surveying and documentation
• Accuracy, integrity, and attention to detail

Interested applicants must submit:

1. An updated CV.
2. A cover letter.
3. Copies of academic degrees and relevant certificates.
4. Contact details of at least three professional references.
5. A list of major road or highway projects completed by the applicant.

Applications must be emailed to zaid.ahmadi.cc@gmail.com no later than August 18, 2026.

The email subject must state:

Application for Chief Surveyor - Vacancy No. BiN-AR JV ZA-T-23

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for a technical assessment and/or interview. The company reserves the right to verify applicants’ qualifications, experience, and references.