Gavin McKellar

Field Operations Manager at GIS Surveyors

Gavin McKellar is Field Operations Manager for GIS Surveyors Inc. He has almost 30 years of land survey experience for the private, public, utility, and government industries both in the UK, Europe & USA.

Gavin is responsible for ensuring all company crews have the latest training in field safety, procedures, and processes. He is also responsible for the scheduling and resourcing of field crews. Along with Gavin’s land survey experience, he is proficient in land survey hardware and software, GPS, and terrestrial measurement methods. Together this allows Gavin to produce high-quality GIS and CAD deliverables.

Prior to joining GIS Surveyors Inc. Gavin graduated from the University of Glasgow, in his home county of Scotland, with a degree in Topographic Science. He went on to complete 12 years of experience with a couple of survey companies as party chief & survey manager positions.

After moving to the US, Gavin worked on a wide range of survey projects including regular projects involving control, boundary & topo but also some more diverse projects such as real-time 4D structural monitoring, tunneling & large scale GIS data collection.

Timeline

  • Field Operations Manager

    Current role