GIS Consultant

Location(s)

London or Reading, UK

Alice Roostan

Environmental and social considerations are central to Mott Mac Donald's Purpose and its offerings across all sectors and territories. Our environment and social business provides essential services and innovative solutions which anticipate our clients' needs across all sectors.

Due to strong growth, Mott Mac Donald's ENC Digital Delivery team has an opportunity for an enthusiastic, resourceful, collaborative and innovative GIS Consultant. You will be joining a diverse team of GIS and digital consultants who are passionate about guiding our clients in the delivery of major infrastructure projects in the UK.

This role will suit a dynamic, proactive individual who wants to work in a growth area of our business in close collaboration with our Land Advisory team and help support the delivery of GIS tools and services in a fast moving, client-focused commercial environment.

• Support the wider GIS team in completing activities to deadlines across several projects.
• Assist colleagues with geospatial data digitising, data management, analysis and mapping for report final figure production.
• Evaluate user needs and provide recommendations for the most appropriate tool or suite of tools. This may include GIS specific tools, databases, or data management and handling tools including python scripting, FME workbenches or MS Power Automate flows to support project needs.
• Manage, query, and analyse spatial and non-spatial data using SQL Server.
• Identify and support opportunities for improving workflows for achieving efficiencies and innovative solutions.
• Implement solutions for project data management and mapping.
• Check and process incoming data and provide high-quality deliverables for colleagues and clients to use.
• Work closely with GIS team members in ongoing development and implementation of standards and tools for day-to-day GIS processes and data management.
• Participate in knowledge sharing and professional excellence activities in our Global GIS community of over 700 GIS specialists and users.

• Undergraduate or postgraduate qualification in GIS, computer science, environmental management, geography or a related discipline.
• Relevant experience in the geospatial, environmental or engineering industry.
• Strong interest in emerging technologies and their practical application to deliver innovative, real‑world solutions.
• Experience using ESRI’s ArcGIS Suite (including ArcGIS Online/Portal) and familiarity with spatial analysis workflows and spatial data.
• Setting up mobile data collection devices for surveys using ESRI’s ArcGIS apps for iOS/Android, including ArcGIS Field Maps, Collector or Survey
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• Ability to work accurately with strong attention to detail, including data capture, data management and identifying data patterns and trends.
• Highly motivated, conscientious, able to follow guidelines, and committed to ongoing professional development (e.g., working towards a professional body qualification).
• An aptitude for problem solving using scripting (e.g. Python, ESRI Arcade or R) and/or FME.
• Some ability with programming (Python, HTML or JavaScript & CSS, in conjunction with ArcGIS API).

• Experience of database administration (MS SQL Server, or PostgreSQL).
• Have a familiarity with Land Registry data products and some understanding of land referencing.
• Some exposure to use of scripting and automation the Office 365 suite (MS Power Automate, Excel VBA, Power Query, Access VBA; Power BI and SharePoint).
• Some exposure to use of scripting and automation across the Office 365 suite (MS Power Automate, Excel VBA, Power Query, Access VBA; Power BI and SharePoint).
• Confident in working with design and engineering data such as IFC, DWG, Revit, Infraworks.
• Some experience in 3D GIS, Augmented/Virtual Reality and GIS.
• Some experience of open-source GIS solutions.

If you meet 80% or more of what we’re looking for, please still apply. We understand not everyone will meet all the requirements, but you might have skills we didn’t know we need.

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