Associate Licensed Cadastral Surveyor

Associate Licensed Cadastral Surveyor | Christchurch
Be the licensed surveyor in the room, not the one waiting on one.
If you're a Licensed Cadastral Surveyor tired of being one name on a long list of surveyors, this is a different proposition.

You'd be the Associate Licensed Cadastral Surveyor for a growing Christchurch office, carrying the office's cadastral certification, owning projects from first conversation through to title issue, and providing licensed sign-off capacity to established teams across the wider business.

Our client is a well-established New Zealand land development consultancy bringing surveying, town planning, civil and structural engineering, landscape architecture, project management and stormwater expertise together under one roof.

Christchurch is their growth story, and this role is central to it.

Why this role is worth a look
Small team, serious backing

You'll be part of a close Christchurch team alongside a Professional Team member who handles business development and office management, while also providing high-level technical support and peer review.

Behind you is a wider team of directors, a Principal Surveyor and multidisciplinary specialists across two other offices.

Autonomy without being on your own

You're trusted to run your workload, make decisions and own your projects. Complex or higher-risk cadastral matters are peer reviewed by design, giving you genuine independence without leaving you carrying the risk alone.

A genuinely varied workload

Expect greenfield and infill subdivision, staged unit titles, marginal strips, rural boundary definition, engineering and topographical survey, construction set-out, as-builts, high-precision settlement monitoring and UAV work.

Not the same three-lot subdivision on repeat.

Build the Christchurch office your way

You'll have a genuine opportunity to shape local procedures, templates, QA standards and technology choices while working within firm-wide standards.

And the plan is to bring a survey technician into the team within 12–18 months, giving you the opportunity to build and mentor your own team.

What you'll actually be doing

• Managing cadastral definition, calculations, documentation, certification and Landonline lodgement
• Taking subdivision and land development projects from scoping and pricing through to completion
• Preparing scheme plans, supporting resource consent, LT surveys, 223/224 certification and works clearance
• Reviewing engineering design plans and preparing set-out data
• Working with contractors and consultants on site
• Providing cadastral review, certification and Landonline sign-off support to survey teams across the business
• Working directly with clients, Christchurch City, Selwyn and Waimakariri councils, LINZ, consultants and contractors
• Mentoring surveyors and technicians and contributing to fee proposals and repeat business across Canterbury

There's a commercial side too
This isn't purely a technical certification role.

You'll have client conversations around scope, fees and programmes, contribute to proposals and help grow the Canterbury client base alongside the senior surveyor.

If that sounds like an opportunity rather than an obligation, you'll probably enjoy this role.

The culture
The philosophy is simple: unlock the potential in a piece of land rather than force every project through the same template.

That means genuine cross-discipline collaboration, accessible directors and a practical approach to solving problems.

You'll find a professional, growth-focused environment with Friday get-togethers, regular team activities and a mentoring culture that works both ways.

The package

• Competitive senior remuneration reviewed annually, reflecting your license and experience
• Company vehicle and fuel card
• Employer-funded health care cover
• Professional memberships and subscriptions paid, including CSLB registration and CPD
• Company mobile phone plan
• Structured induction and ongoing in-house and online training
• Formal mentoring programme
• Financial support for further qualifications
• EAP and wellness support
• Regular team building and social activities

What you'll bring
Essential

• Licensed Cadastral Surveyor registered with the Cadastral Surveyors Licensing Board of New Zealand
• Bachelor of Surveying or equivalent recognised tertiary qualification
• Certificate of Competency, Survey and Spatial New Zealand
• Around eight years' surveying experience across cadastral, land development and general surveying, including licensed-level experience
• Proven start-to-finish subdivision project management experience, including scoping, pricing and 223/224 certification
• Strong knowledge of the Cadastral Survey Rules, RMA framework and local-authority subdivision and certification processes
• Full New Zealand driver's license

Nice to have

• Complex cadastral experience including staged unit titles, marginal strips and rural boundary definition
• Landonline, 12d, TBC, AutoCAD and Pix4D experience
• Trimble and Leica instrumentation and GNSS experience
• DJI UAV experience
• Schedules of quantities and tender assessment experience
• High-precision settlement monitoring, UAV survey and photogrammetry
• Membership of Survey and Spatial New Zealand
• Experience leading and mentoring surveyors and technicians

Close to licensed?
If you're a senior surveyor working towards your cadastral license and can demonstrate a clear, dated pathway to registration, we'd still like to talk.

The office needs licensed certification capacity, so timing matters. But the right person on the right trajectory is worth a conversation.

If you're ready to be the licensed surveyor who helps build the Christchurch office, let's talk.

Next Steps
At 84 Recruitment, we're proud to be the only preferred recruitment partner of Survey & Spatial New Zealand.

If this opportunity sounds like it could be the right move, or you'd simply like to explore it further, we'd welcome a confidential conversation.
Reach out directly to Andres Bedoya | Email: [email protected] | Contact: 0275875726