CH2M HILL: Senior GIS Analyst – Swindon UK

Why CH2M HILL
For decades, CH2M HILL has been a global leader in engineering, consulting, design, program management, construction and operations, working on the most challenging and impactful projects around the world. Through these challenging projects, we develop our people — who transform complex and creative ideas into reality, every day. Join us and together we can work to build a sustainable world. We support you to reach your greatest career goals through continued professional development, a positive work life balance and undeniably cool engineering projects. Join employee-owned CH2M HILL and discover why our diverse team has been consistently ranked as one of the leading employers and repeatedly recognized by FORTUNE magazine as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For”.

Description and Desired Qualifications
Halcrow seeks an enthusiastic geospatial professional to join the UK team to help with the delivery of a number of key geospatial projects, the Senior GIS Analyst will partner closely with the Geospatial Practice Manager to help win work and provide technical expertise on both internal and external projects. A wide skill set is required and you will work closely with other Geospatial team members including specialists in remote sensing, data acquisition and processing, web development and 3D visualisation.

The principal function of the role is to help lead the GIS team through project delivery, business development and provision of technical co-ordination and implementation of all technical aspects of GIS work. You will be the key point of contact for internal and external clients and Senior member of the team developing solutions for business requirements and contributing to bid / proposal writing with the Team Leader and Practice Manager.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide technical expertise and input to GIS related business development
• Assemble project teams, assigning individual responsibilities, identifying appropriate resource needs, and developing a schedule to ensure timely completion of GIS related tasks and projects
• Provide guidance, training and mentoring to other colleagues and act as a key technical GIS contact
• Train other colleagues and clients in the use of GIS and spatial analysis
• Development and maintenance of GIS quality assurance (data translation, data standards and data transfer protocols)
• Data management including data capture and documentation, spatial data translation, data analysis and maintenance of spatial datasets
• Preparation of cartographic outputs for reports, workshops, and marketing purposes

Basic Qualifications
The right candidate should have significant cross sector GIS experience with an emphasis on providing solutions from concept through to delivery with a major client of ours, the successful candidate must have:

• Strong business development track record, client management skills – bid writing and presentation
• In depth knowledge and experience of a range of GIS products and solutions (Desktop, Server, Database and Web)
• In depth knowledge of Data and Metadata Standards; datasources; INSPIRE
• An innovative approach to the application of current GI technologies
• Advanced working knowledge of at least one mainstream GIS product suite
• Good working knowledge of Opensource GIS products and application

An ability to convey technical details to a non-technical audience will be looked upon highly and will be useful for business development activities.

Technical competence in the below is required:

• Usage of a variety of spatial data including Ordnance Survey mapping, remotely sensed imagery, and field collected data
• Programming languages (ArcObjects VBA / .NET)
• Web programming languages JavaScript, HTML
• BSc Geography or related subject
• Masters in GIS
• Professional qualification preferred

What you will find
At CH2M HILL, the greatest challenges provide the biggest rewards. Each day, your drive and creative ideas will be providing solutions that help build a better tomorrow. Whether it is the pride that comes with accomplishment, personal growth or making a difference in the world, you will discover true success in a career that brings out the best in you at CH2M HILL. Ready? Let’s get to work. Developing People through Challenging Projects CH2M HILL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

To apply
If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your CV to boyd.woodruff@ch2m.com