GIS Consultant

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Digital is changing the way we deliver and over the coming years will help the Water industry achieve AMP8 delivery targets. Emerging technologies such as Generative Design, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Twins and advanced analytics will change at pace and will play a significant role transforming our industry to deliver more sustainable, high quality outcomes.

We are supporting our clients who are pushing the boundaries of technology to increase productivity and deliver real efficiencies throughout the asset lifecycle including operations, strategy, planning, design, procurement and build stages of their programmes.

The GIS Consultant will play a crucial role in driving digital transformation and innovation within our team. This position is essential for identifying opportunities for process improvement and automation, recommending and integrating Geospatial & ETL tools, and ensuring alignment with team and business goals. You will be expected to challenge our teams approach to how they work, and support them to adopt and embed digital tools into their work.

You will help our teams to improve the integration between the software packages they use, improving efficiency in delivery. The GIS Consultant will support increased adoption of GIS across our Water business, and work with multidisciplinary teams to embed GIS into project delivery.

• Advance the adoption of geospatial and ETL technologies across water projects, enabling teams to understand their value and apply GIS to improve the planning, delivery, and efficiency of water, wastewater, and environmental programmes.
• Lead and support multidisciplinary water infrastructure and environmental projects by delivering high ‑ quality GIS outputs, spatial analysis, and robust data management using ArcGIS Pro and ETL tools, and other Geospatial technologies.
• Champion digital delivery within the water sector through innovative web ‑ based GIS platforms and applications, leveraging ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise to support asset management, spatial planning, flood risk, and catchment ‑ scale decision ‑ making.
• Take ownership of data integrity, managing and validating spatial data captured in ‑ house and by third parties, including the design and administration of local and enterprise geodatabases for water assets, networks, and environmental datasets.
• Deliver GIS outputs for water projects that meet defined standards, scope, and budget, while consistently achieving high technical quality and strong outcomes for clients and stakeholders.
• Collaborate closely with internal teams and external partners across the water sector to understand operational, regulatory, and environmental requirements and deliver tailored geospatial solutions.
• Actively share knowledge, ideas, and technical innovation to strengthen GIS capability and digital maturity within water-focused teams.
• Help shape efficient, repeatable working practices that enable industry ‑ leading, best ‑ value digital and geospatial services for water clients.
• Provide specialist GIS and spatial data expertise across the business, supporting water, wastewater, flood risk, drainage, and environmental services wherever required.
• Maintain a commitment to continuous professional development, staying ahead of emerging digital, geospatial, and data technologies relevant to the evolving water sector.
• Innovation:
  Develop new ideas and approaches to improve processes and create value. Generate ideas, involve clients, and collaborate with suppliers and innovators.

• Undergraduate or higher Degree in a relevant discipline, or equivalent professional experience and qualifications
• Experience in the use of Desktop GIS packages such as ArcGIS Pro or QGIS, as well as web-based technologies for creating interactive web maps and…