Geospatial Archaeology Officer

Cotswold Archaeology; Wolverton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Cotswold Archaeology is seeking a Geomatics Officer to join the Geomatics department on a full-time, permanent basis. The role focuses on quality assurance of digital field survey data and providing survey support across departments.

You will work independently in the office with fieldwork involvement, configuring and maintaining survey equipment, and supporting instrument allocation to staff and projects.

Qualifications

• Degree or post-graduate qualification in Archaeology (or relevant subject).
• Extensive experience as a field archaeologist on evaluations, watching briefs and excavations.
• Considerable understanding of archaeological survey principles.
• Extensive knowledge of ESRI software, especially ArcGIS Pro.
• Experience with GNSS and Total Stations instruments (Leica preferred).
• Strong IT and MS Office skills, including Word, Excel, Access.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the successful and safe conduct of digital field survey and data capture with QA.
• Maintain configuration, maintenance and security of field survey equipment.
• Ensure quality of field survey data from digitising to completion using CAD/GIS tools.
• Carry out field survey and on-site data collection tasks as needed.
• Digitise site records and present archaeological data using GIS/ CAD tools.
• Use ESRI ArcGIS Pro for geoprocessing, querying and publishing GIS services.
• Contribute to staff training in survey, GIS and CAD skills.

Skills

ArcGIS Pro

GNSS

Total Station

CAD/GIS data quality

Microsoft Office

Education

Archaeology degree

Tools

Leica GNSS

Leica Total Station

CAD software

Job description

Cotswold Archaeology is seeking a Geomatics Officer to join the Geomatics department on a full-time, permanent basis. The role focuses on quality assurance of digital field survey data and providing survey support across departments.

You will work independently in the office with fieldwork involvement, configuring and maintaining survey equipment, and supporting instrument allocation to staff and projects.