Senior Geomatics Officer Job Needham Market England UK,Engineering

Location: Needham Market

Cotswold Archaeology is a leading provider of professional archaeology and heritage services in the UK. Employing over 300 professional staff, we provide expert solutions for public and private sector clients nationwide. The Geomatics Team delivers specialist services in archaeological survey, GIS, spatial analysis, digital recording, reality capture, geospatial data management and visualisation.

The team supports fieldwork, consultancy, post-excavation and research projects throughout the organisation and is committed to technical excellence, innovation and the adoption of modern digital methodologies that improve the recording, interpretation and presentation of the historic environment.

We are pleased to announce an exciting opportunity to join our Geomatics Department as a Senior Geomatics Officer.

There are two posts available which can be based at any of our four offices Andover, Cirencester, Milton Keynes or Suffolk.

The Senior Geomatics Officer is a senior technical specialist responsible for leading large, complex, and strategically significant geomatics projects across the organisation. The role provides technical leadership in archaeological survey, GIS, spatial data management, reality capture, and digital workflows, while supporting the continued development of geomatics services and standards.

The successful candidates will provide technical advice across the organisation, lead quality assurance of geomatics outputs, support innovation and best practice, and mentor Geomatics Officers and Assistant Geomatics Officers. They will work closely with project managers, fieldwork teams, and support staff to ensure the successful delivery of geomatics projects and services.

Main purpose of role:

The Senior Geomatics Officer is a senior technical specialist responsible for supporting the Principal Geomatics Manager in the strategic development of geomatics services across Cotswold Archaeology. The post holder will take responsibility for large, complex and strategically significant geomatics projects and provide technical leadership in archaeological survey, GIS, reality capture, spatial data management and digital workflows.

The role will contribute to research and development initiatives, support innovation and continuous improvement, advise on geomatics equipment and software requirements, and help ensure the quality and consistency of geomatics outputs across all offices. The Senior Geomatics Officer will provide mentoring and technical guidance to colleagues and contribute to the continued development of standards, systems and working practices across the Geomatics Team

Main duties and responsibilities:

To contribute towards the corporate geomatics strategy and support the development of departmental objectives, standards and working practices.
To participate in and advise on geomatics training programmes, mentoring initiatives and professional development activities.
To provide technical advice regarding equipment, software and technology requirements and contribute information to annual equipment and software planning.
To offer technical advice on geospatial requirements across the organisation, including survey methodologies, data standards, project designs, tenders and geomatics deliverables.
To act as technical lead on large, complex or strategically significant geomatics projects.
To ensure the successful and safe conduct of archaeological survey, digital field recording and site-based data capture activities.
To ensure the successful collection, processing, management, quality assurance and archiving of geomatics data and associated metadata.
To ensure appropriate preparation, maintenance, security and configuration of geomatics hardware and software.
To lead quality assurance procedures relating to survey data, GIS datasets, CAD outputs and digital deliverables.
To undertake archaeological survey using GNSS, Total Stations and other appropriate technologies where required.
To process and manage photogrammetric, LiDAR and other reality capture datasets.
To support the development and use of ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online and associated geospatial applications.
To ensure the successful digitisation, manipulation and presentation of archaeological and spatial data, including datasets supplied by external organisations.
To contribute to the development of Cotswold Archaeology's GIS, CAD, spatial analysis, mobile GIS, reality capture and building survey capabilities.
To maintain, review and improve geomatics workflows, procedures,…