Draft - Licensed Land Surveyor — Zürich, Switzerland
AeroFrohne is preparing its licensed land surveyor partner network in Zürich and Canton Zürich for cadastral, boundary, topographic, geomatics, GIS, site verification, and AEC documentation projects.
Role Description
This is a draft independent contractor based surveyor role for Zürich, Switzerland. The role may include boundary and cadastral coordination, topographic survey documentation, control support, site verification, GIS/CAD deliverables, and coordination with architects, engineers, BIM teams, and field capture teams.
Swiss compliance note: Work in Switzerland involving independent official cadastral surveying, certified extracts, mutation deeds, and other regulated cadastral deliverables must be performed by a person legally authorized under Swiss law. AeroFrohne will not ask a contractor to sign, certify, or submit official cadastral surveying documents unless the contractor has the required Swiss authority.
Responsibilities
- Support surveying documentation and client deliverables aligned with Swiss project requirements.
- Coordinate with AEC, BIM, GIS, drone, and 3D capture teams to validate site conditions and resolve constraints.
- Support cadastral, boundary, topographic, control, site verification, and documentation workflows where legally permitted.
- Maintain professional communication, schedule discipline, QA/QC, and secure document handling.
- Do not sign, certify, or submit official cadastral surveying documents unless legally authorized in Switzerland.
Minimum Requirements for Zürich / Switzerland
- For independent official cadastral surveying: Swiss federal patent as Ingenieur-Geometer/in and active listing in the federal Register of Licensed Land Surveyors.
- For candidates pursuing the Swiss patent: recognized master degree from ETH, an accredited Swiss university, or an equivalent foreign university degree; adequate theoretical preparation; at least two years of full-time level-appropriate professional practice; successful federal state examination.
- Bachelor degree clarification: a bachelor degree alone is not sufficient for the Swiss federal engineer-geometer patent route.
- German language capability appropriate for Zürich client communication and Swiss official surveying documentation; additional Swiss national language capability is a plus.
- Located in, or able to support projects in, Zürich and Canton Zürich.
- Criminal background investigation required.
- Provide resume URL, Swiss patent/register status or recognition status, and sample work/portfolio URL.