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What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

Your role as GIS Consultant is a pivotal part of our UK digital strategy, which is driving location intelligence across diverse projects. This expansion of our Geospatial team within the Transformation & Digital Insights service line reflects WSP’s commitment to leveraging cutting‑edge technology to deliver exceptional results. You'll be joining a growing team dedicated to integrating digital solutions and advancing our capabilities in geospatial analytics.

As a GIS Consultant with WSP, you’ll provide digital support to multi‑disciplinary projects, integrating cutting‑edge technology to deliver exceptional results. Working under the guidance of an Associate / Associate Director, you’ll manage and analyse digital data from a variety of sources, preparing GIS data, managing data efficiently, conducting analysis, and producing both web applications and hardcopy maps.

You will be pivotal in delivering project‑related tasks, ensuring they meet deadlines, and quality targets, consistently exceeding client expectations while promoting and marketing our services internally and externally.

Collaboration is at the heart of our Geospatial team within the Digital Advisory service line. Your strong team working and communication skills will be essential as you explain intricate GIS processes to colleagues and clients with varying levels of digital knowledge. We seek innovators who stay ahead of technological trends and procedures, proposing the best solutions for each unique case.

Attention to detail and a commitment to quality are imperative, whether producing a hardcopy map or a sophisticated web application through ArcGIS Enterprise or Online or a complex FME Workbench.

• Undertake GIS mapping, analysis, data capture, data management and geoprocessing
• Assist in developing efficient working practices to provide industry leading, best value services to our clients
• Develop and maintain high quality procedures on datasets, procedures and figures
• Liaise with internal and external clients
• Provide GIS support to all areas of the business as required
• Provide GIS technical mentoring to junior GIS staff
• Contribute to the technical development of the GIS team through sharing ideas and innovations
• Undertake own continuous professional development.
• Occasional travel to other offices for business development and project meetings

• Core principles of GIS and GI data management and an ability to apply them especially with regards to Enterprise Geodatabases
• ESRI ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online and ESRI Field Apps, including:
• Knowledge of the integration of the platforms
• Configuration of existing web applications such as Dashboards, Web Applications or Survey
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• Understanding of relational databases and geodatabase design and the ability to deploy them
• Knowledge of UK GIS datasets both proprietary and open source
• Some previous experience of GIS project management
• Customer focussed approach to quality and service
• Self‑motivated and to show initiative
• Proactive approach to developing new skills and keeping up to date with technology
• Able to identify potential to add value by integrating GIS processes and procedures with those of other teams within the Digital Advisory service line such as Data Analysts, Data Scientists, AI Engineers and Change Managers.

Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team.