Principal GIS Consultant — GeoAI & Spatial Intelligence

Principal Geospatial Consultant – Overview

As a Principal Geospatial Consultant with WSP, you will support multi‑disciplinary projects within the Geospatial team as part of the Transformation & Digital Insights service line, focusing on complex infrastructure and land projects. You will design, build, and deploy advanced GeoAI solutions across infrastructure, utilities, land and property, water, and environmental sectors, develop production‑grade Python workflows, design and optimise spatial data pipelines, and integrate AI and machine learning frameworks into GIS environments to deliver scalable, data‑driven insights.

You will act as a subject‑matter expert, translate emerging GeoAI capabilities into practical applications, shape our GeoAI approach, mentor junior colleagues, and help grow our geospatial capability.

• Design and develop GeoAI solutions—including object detection, feature extraction, change detection, and predictive spatial modelling—using Esri tools and open‑source AI frameworks.
• Write production‑grade Python toolboxes, automation scripts, and spatial data pipelines for ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, and SDE environments.
• Integrate deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch or Tensor Flow) and ML libraries (such as scikit‑learn or Hugging Face) into geospatial workflows to solve client‑specific problems at scale.
• Lead technical delivery on GeoAI project work streams across utilities network analysis, land ownership and registry data, and water/environmental constraint modelling.
• Collaborate with project managers and sector leads to scope, estimate, and quality‑assure GIS and GeoAI deliverables.
• Provide technical assurance and peer review of GeoAI and GIS outputs to ensure quality, robustness, and compliance with agreed standards.
• Produce clear technical documentation and methodology reports, and present findings to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Mentor and support junior GIS analysts and developers, reviewing code and promoting best practices in spatial data science.
• Stay current with Esri platform releases, emerging GeoAI tools, and relevant academic or industry research, contributing to internal capability development.

• Strong professional experience in GIS, with a clear focus on Python development and automation.
• Expertise in Arc Py, ArcGIS API for Python, geopandas, shapely, rasterio, GDAL.
• Practical experience applying AI/ML to geospatial problems (object detection, image classification, feature extraction, or spatial prediction).
• Working knowledge of at least one deep learning framework (PyTorch or Tensor Flow).
• Experience with ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, and File or SDE geodatabases.
• Ability to communicate technical outputs clearly to non‑GIS audiences.
• Degree (BSc or MSc) in GIS, Geography, Computer Science, or a closely related discipline.

Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.