GIS Analyst / FME Specialist – Environmental Data

Pertemps South Wales; Cardiff; Remote; GBP 24,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Pertemps South Wales is recruiting a GIS Analyst / FME Specialist to support an environmental woodland programme. This fully remote role (mainland UK) offers a temporary contract until 31 March 2027 and pays £21.53 per hour.

You will build FME workflows to integrate, validate and transform complex ecological data, informing land management and conservation decisions. You will focus on geospatial data workflows, automation and quality assurance, developing repeatable processes and ensuring

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience designing, building and maintaining workflows in FME (Feature Manipulation Engine).
• Practical experience working with environmental and ecological datasets.
• Strong GIS skills, particularly spatial data processing, management and analysis.
• An understanding of GDPR and handling personal or confidential data.
• The ability to explain technical processes to colleagues without a GIS background.

Responsibilities

• Building, maintaining and improving automated FME workflows.
• Integrating and transforming data from multiple sources.
• Identifying data quality issues and developing validation processes.
• Preparing spatial outputs for mapping products and decision-support tools.
• Documenting workflows so colleagues can understand and use them.
• Managing personal and confidential landowner and farmer information in line with GDPR.

Skills

FME workflows

GIS data processing

Data quality assurance

Communication to non-GIS colleagues

GDPR awareness

Tools

FME

Job description

This full-time GIS Analyst / FME Specialist – Environmental Data role in Cardiff supports a woodland programme within a major environmental organisation, working fully remotely across mainland UK on a temporary contract until 31 March 2027 at £21.53 per hour. The postholder will build FME workflows to integrate, validate and transform complex ecological survey information, including protected species records, producing reliable spatial datasets and outputs that inform land management and conservation decisions. Strong FME and geospatial skills are essential, alongside experience handling environmental or survey information and a methodical approach to quality assurance. Duties centre on automation, repeatable processes and maintaining accuracy across spatial outputs, with close attention to detail required throughout.

GIS Analyst / FME Specialist – Environmental Data £21.53 per hour Fully remote – mainland UK only Temporary contract until 31 March 2027 Put your FME expertise to work on an environmental programmeAre you experienced in building FME workflows and working with ecological data?

Pertemps are recruiting a GIS Analyst to support a woodland programme within a major environmental organisation.

You’ll turn complex environmental survey data into reliable spatial datasets and outputs that help inform land management and conservation decisions.

What you’ll be working on Your focus will be geospatial data workflows, automation and quality assurance. Using FME, you’ll develop repeatable processes to integrate, validate and transform environmental information, including protected species survey data. You’ll work alongside ornithologists, ecological specialists and technical colleagues to ensure the resulting datasets and spatial products accurately reflect the evidence.

Your work will include:

• Building, maintaining and improving automated FME workflows.
• Integrating and transforming data from multiple sources.
• Identifying data quality issues and developing validation processes.
• Preparing spatial outputs for mapping products and decision-support tools.
• Documenting workflows so colleagues can understand and use them.
• Managing personal and confidential landowner and farmer information in line with GDPR.

The experience you’ll need Essential:

• Hands‑on experience designing, building and maintaining workflows in FME (Feature Manipulation Engine).
• Practical experience working with environmental and ecological datasets.
• Strong GIS skills, particularly spatial data processing, management and analysis.
• An understanding of GDPR and handling personal or confidential data.
• The ability to explain technical processes to colleagues without a GIS background.

This is a data and workflow-focused position, rather than a software development or manual ArcGIS Pro map-production role.

Why consider this opportunity?

Environmental impact: Support evidence-based woodland and land management decisions. Technical focus: Apply your FME expertise to complex ecological data challenges. Specialist collaboration: Work directly with ecological and geospatial experts. Remote working: Work from mainland UK for the duration of the assignment.