Senior GIS Consultant

Arcadis; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis UK Environmental Sector is seeking a Senior GIS Consultant to join the Geospatial, Data and Visualisation team. You will deliver geospatial intelligence, data analysis, and map production for diverse projects, with emphasis on environmental aspects and large infrastructure studies.

You will lead GIS tasks, develop web GIS apps and dashboards, support business development, and mentor junior team members while promoting best-practice in data management and cartography.

Qualifications

• Advanced use of ArcGIS Pro for data management, analysis and map production.
• Experience delivering GIS consultancy within multidisciplinary project teams.
• Experience developing web mapping apps, dashboards and data collection solutions.
• Experience with environmental or planning datasets and data standards.
• Knowledge of ArcGIS Enterprise / ArcGIS Online.
• Experience with mobile apps like ESRI Field Maps, Survey123 or QField.
• Desirable: Biodiversity Net Gain metrics.
• Desirable: ESRI Model Builder or FME.
• Desirable: Automation workflows using Python and ArcPy.
• Desirable: Remote Sensing/Earth Observation techniques.

Responsibilities

• Acting as a trusted advisor on geospatial technologies and techniques.
• Managing the delivery of GIS tasks including map production and spatial analysis.
• Data management including digital capture, analysis and validation.
• Designing and building web GIS applications, dashboards, and other digital products.
• Supporting business development, bid preparation and client relations.
• Applying GIS best practice and professional standards.
• Identifying innovative GIS/data science applications to improve outputs.
• Providing leadership and technical advice to junior team members.
• Maintaining high-quality cartographic and visualization standards.

Skills

Geospatial analysis

Client engagement

Project leadership

Digital visualization

Tools

ArcGIS Pro

ArcGIS Enterprise

ArcGIS Online

ESRI Field Maps

Survey123

QField

Python / ArcPy

FME

Model Builder

Job description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis are currently looking to recruit a Senior GIS Consultant to join the Geospatial, Data and Visualisation team in our UK Environmental Sector. You will take on a key role within the team, providing mapping support, geospatial intelligence, and data analysis.

You will provide geospatial expertise to a range of projects for both internal and external clients. Working on a variety of projects with a focus on environmental aspects, including large infrastructure studies, you will develop processes and tools which support data driven decision making. You will need to establish strong relationships with internal project managers and technical leads in the wider Business Sectors. Identification and development of internal & external geospatial business opportunities will also be expected.

Role accountabilities:

• Acting as a trusted advisor to colleagues and clients on the application of geospatial technologies and techniques
• Managing the delivery of GIS tasks, including map production and spatial analysis, ensuring quality and compliance with project requirements
• Data management, including digital data capture, analysis, and validation
• Designing and building web GIS applications, dashboards, and other digital products
• Supporting business development, bid preparation, and client relationship management
• Applying and promoting GIS and data management best practice, quality assurance, and professional standards
• Identifying innovative applications of GIS, data science, AI, and automation to improve processes and outputs
• Providing leadership and technical advice to junior project team members
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and attention to detail, with a particular focus on professional cartographic and visualisation standards

Qualifications & Experience:

• Advanced use of ArcGIS Pro for data management, analysis and map production
• Demonstrable experience delivering GIS consultancy services within multidisciplinary project teams, including ecologists, environmental planners and designers
• Experience developing and configuring web mapping applications, dashboards and data collection solutions
• Experience working with environmental, ecological or planning datasets and associated data standards
• Working knowledge of ArcGIS Enterprise (Server, ArcSDE, Portal for ArcGIS, Datastore) and/or ArcGIS Online
• Experience in mobile applications such as ESRI Field Maps, Survey 123 or QField
• Desirable: Experience of creating processes for calculation of environmental metrics (e.g. Biodiversity Net Gain)
• Desirable: Experience with ESRI Model Builder or FME
• Desirable: Experience developing automation workflows using Python and ArcPy
• Desirable: Experience of Remote Sensing/Earth Observation techniques

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.