Chef(fe) d’équipe SIG Canada – Pratique digitale - GIS Practice Lead

SNC-Lavalin; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering consultancy is seeking a GIS Practice Lead in Toronto to define and execute the GIS strategy across Canada. You will manage a team of ~20 professionals, oversee data governance, and ensure compliance with data residency requirements. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in GIS and team leadership, along with bilingual proficiency in French and English. This role emphasizes delivering integrated solutions using GIS technologies.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in applied GIS delivering enterprise solutions in engineering or environmental domains.
• 5+ years leading teams or practices.
• Deep expertise with ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Online.
• Strong knowledge of FME and/or Python/ArcGIS API.
• Proven experience building governance and standards in multi-project environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the Canada GIS strategy within the Digital Practice.
• Manage ~20 GIS professionals, fostering an inclusive culture.
• Oversee ArcGIS Enterprise on Azure and AGOL.
• Deliver scalable web mapping apps and enterprise data pipelines.
• Ensure compliance with data residency/privacy requirements.

Skills

GIS expertise

Leadership

Data governance

Bilingual (French & English)

Business acumen

Education

Degree in Geomatics, GIS, Geography, Engineering, or related

Graduate degree or P.Eng./ing./GISP/OIQ

Tools

ArcGIS Enterprise

FME

Python

Azure

Job description

Job Description

AtkinsRéalis, a global engineering consultancy, is unifying our geospatial capability under a new Digital Practice to elevate visibility, integrate solutions (GIS + AI/BIM/LiDAR), and deliver holistic outcomes for clients. We’re hiring a GIS Practice Lead to steward strategy, people, platforms, and delivery across Canada—partnering closely with Environment, Mining, Energy, and Nuclear business lines.

Your role within the team

As a member of the Digital team, you will report to the Senior Vice-President, Capital and be responsible for:

• Set the vision: Define and execute the Canada GIS strategy within the Digital Practice—roadmaps, capabilities, staffing, and investment.
• Lead the team: Manage ~20 GIS professionals (mentoring, hiring, performance, career paths), fostering an inclusive, bilingual culture of excellence and safety.
• Own platforms: Oversee ArcGIS Enterprise on Azure and AGOL—reliability, security, licensing, data governance, and standards (naming, metadata, symbology, QA/QC).
• Deliver solutions: Stand up scalable web mapping apps, mobile data collection, automations (FME/Python), and enterprise data pipelines that serve multi‑disciplinary projects.
• Integrate “Digital by default”: Build packaged offerings that combine GIS with AI, BIM, LiDAR, hydrographic & surveying, accelerating proposal win‑rates and margin.
• Enable workshare: Operationalize Canada-India collaboration (scope split, SLAs, QA gates, training, playbooks) to sharpen bid pricing and throughput.
• Partner across regions: Coordinate with UK IT for cloud ops and cybersecurity; collaborate with US and Middle East peer teams on methods, tooling, and reuse.
• Drive business outcomes: Support capture and proposals, estimate LOE, create rate cards, and track KPIs (chargeability, on-time delivery, quality, client satisfaction).
• Champion data governance: Ensure compliance with client and Canadian data residency/privacy requirements; implement retention and access policies.
• Improve continuously: Introduce delivery playbooks, reusable templates, CI/CD for geospatial services, and post‑project learnings.
• Represent the practice: Act as the senior GIS voice with clients and internal stakeholders; coach PMs on where geospatial adds value.

Qualifications for the position

• 10+ years in applied GIS delivering enterprise solutions in engineering, infrastructure, or environmental domains; 5+ years leading teams or practices.
• Deep expertise with ArcGIS Enterprise (preferably on Azure) and ArcGIS Online: administration, security, integrations, and performance.
• Strong knowledge of FME and/or Python/ArcGIS API/REST, mobile data collection (e.g., Field Maps/Survey123), and web mapping frameworks.
• Proven experience building governance and standards (data models, symbology, metadata, QA/QC) in multi‑project environments.
• Track record working in matrixed, multinational organizations and managing workshare/offshore delivery models with SLAs and quality gates.
• Business acumen: proposal support, estimating, resourcing, KPI management (chargeability, utilization, backlog).
• Bilingual (French & English) strongly preferred; ability to lead a majority‑francophone team and serve anglophone stakeholders.
• Degree in Geomatics, GIS, Geography, Engineering, or related; graduate degree and/or P.Eng./ing./GISP/OIQ an asset.
• Knowledge of Energy/Nuclear, Mining, Environment project lifecycles and associated data sensitivity/compliance is an advantage.

Nice to have

• Azure fundamentals (AAD, VNets, security groups), DevOps concepts (CI/CD, IaC), and M365/SharePoint integration.
• Experience integrating GIS with BIM (IFC), point clouds/LiDAR, AI/ML, and survey/hydrographic data.
• Familiarity with Canadian and client data residency/PII requirements; export controls and background checks for sensitive sites.

AtkinsRéalis is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates.