Digital Surveyor

GHD Advisory Data & Insights Team – Digital Surveyor Join a global profession services leader, committed to solving the world’s biggest challenges across energy, transport, utilities and urbanisation.

We are seeking curious minds with a passion for data-driven problem solving to join and shape our growing Data & Insights team. You will support the delivery of innovative solutions across sectors such as rail, highways, telecoms, water, and future energy, delivering tangible impacts for generations to come. You’ll have the freedom to explore your interests across diverse projects and sectors, with support and encouragement to develop your skills and experience.

We embrace a start-up mentality within a global corporate framework, encouraging autonomous decision making, fresh ideas and agile thinking. Our team structure fosters collaboration and ensures every member feels supported, empowering you to meaningfully contribute to our continuously growing and improving team.

What we doWe help our clients unlock the full potential of their data and assets by combining cutting-edge technology solutions with our data and analytical expertise. A core part of our offering focuses on creating intelligent digital environments through virtual site modelling, technical engineering automation, and location intelligence.

Virtual Site Modelling:
We deliver immersive digital representations of physical environments through virtual inspections, advanced surveying techniques, and high-definition 3D visualisation. These models enable clients to explore, assess, and plan with precision, reducing the need for physical site visits and accelerating decision-making.

Technical Engineering Automation:
Our fully automated suite of engineering design tools transforms traditional workflows. By embedding automation into technical processes, we help clients streamline design, reduce errors, and improve consistency across engineering disciplines.

Location Intelligence:
We develop world-class solutions in mobility, logistics and GIS using high-volume data sources such as mobile network data. For example, analysing visitor behaviour at major venues and identifying changes in national travel patterns.

Digital Asset Management:
We combine our knowledge of the infrastructure lifecycle across industries like water, power, rail, and highways, and our expertise in data-driven insights to help our clients make decisions about the stewardship of their assets.

Your responsibilities

In this dynamic role, you will contribute to the planning and execution of drone-based site surveys, capturing high-resolution spatial and laser scan data to support innovative digital solutions. You’ll transform and integrate raw data into our propriety digital twin platform, implementing cutting-edge technologies such as augmented and virtual reality. Collaborating closely with clients and multidisciplinary teams, you’ll tailor survey methods to unique challenges, communicate findings effectively, and contribute to business growth through technical excellence and strategic insight.

Drone Surveys & Data Capture Planning and conducting drone-based site surveys across diverse industries and environments.

Capturing high-resolution spatial data using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), and GNSS-enabled equipment.

Capturing terrestrial laser scan data.

Developing innovative survey methods to meet unique client challenges and improve data quality.

Digital Twin Development & Technology Integration Post-processing survey data to generate photogrammetry models, point clouds, and spatial reference systems.

Integrating processed data into our proprietary digital twin platform to create accurate, interactive representations of real-world sites.

Exploring and implementing virtual and augmented reality solutions to enrich client engagement and design workflows.

Client Collaboration & Communication Working closely with clients to understand site-specific requirements and deliver tailored digital solutions.

Communicating survey findings and digital twin outputs clearly, using visual and technical formats suited to varied audiences.

Building trust through collaborative site work and transparent…