Principal Geospatial Consultant

Stantec; Galway; Hybrid; EUR 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Professional subscriptions

Chartered progression

Job summary

Stantec Ireland is seeking a Principal Geospatial Consultant to provide technical leadership within our growing Geospatial team, delivering innovative digital solutions for clients.

You will mentor early-career colleagues, lead a local team, and apply capabilities such as data visualization, multi-criteria analysis, automation, and data management across projects. This role offers hybrid working across Ireland offices.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering technical projects with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong information and data management, QA principles.
• Excellent communication with internal teams and clients.
• Advanced Esri product expertise and awareness of wider software trends.
• A curious mindset, driving new ideas for project delivery.
• Desire to develop new technical capabilities and service offerings.
• Experience mentoring early-career professionals.
• Collaborative approach contributing to local team culture.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership within the Geospatial team.
• Lead and support a local team of geospatial professionals.
• Develop and apply data viz, multi-criteria analysis, automation and data management.
• Engage with internal teams and clients to identify innovative approaches.
• Mentor and develop early-career colleagues and grow capability.

Skills

Proven experience in technical project

Data management expertise

Excellent communication skills

Esri products expertise

Curious/innovative mindset

Developing new capabilities

Mentoring early-career professionals

Collaborative approach

Tools

Esri ArcGIS

FME

Power BI

Job description

The Opportunity

Are you looking for an opportunity where you can explore new ways of working with geospatial and digital technologies? Would you like to work alongside an award-winning team of experts, helping to drive innovation across Stantec and our clients?

If so, our Principal Geospatial Consultant opportunity could be the role for you.

This role can be based in any of our Stantec offices across Ireland, with hybrid working arrangements providing flexibility between office and home working.

About The Role

As a Principal Geospatial Consultant, you will play a key role within our growing Geospatial team, providing technical leadership and helping to develop and deliver innovative digital solutions for our clients.

You will lead and support a local team of geospatial professionals, developing and applying a range of digital capabilities across our projects. This could include data visualisation, multi-criteria analysis, automation and efficiency improvements, and best-practice data management.

Working within a consultancy environment, you will engage with both internal teams and external clients to understand their challenges and identify innovative, data-driven approaches to project delivery. You will be encouraged to challenge conventional ways of working, develop new service offerings and identify opportunities to use technology to improve the way we deliver for our clients.

As a Principal Geospatial Consultant, you will also play an important role in mentoring and developing early-career colleagues, helping to build technical capability and a strong team culture across the Geospatial discipline.

About You

We are looking for an experienced GIS/Data Analyst, Geospatial Data Engineer/Analyst or similar professional who has a strong understanding of geospatial concepts, data processing and digital technologies.

You will have experience working with a range of geospatial software and tools, ideally including Esri ArcGIS, FME and Power BI, alongside an interest in developing new digital and technical solutions.

You will also have demonstrated experience in technical and team leadership, with a passion for developing people, improving project delivery and expanding technical capabilities.

Experience within the utilities sector, particularly the water sector, would be advantageous.

What You’ll Need

• Proven experience in technical project delivery, with experience of resourcing, coordinating and leading teams.
• Strong understanding of information and data management, data quality and quality assurance principles.
• Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to engage effectively with internal teams, clients and other stakeholders.
• Advanced technical expertise in Esri products, together with a good awareness of wider software, data and programming approaches.
• A curious and innovative mindset, with a willingness to challenge conventional approaches and identify new ways of delivering projects.
• A passion for developing new technical capabilities and service offerings.
• Experience mentoring and supporting early-career professionals and helping to develop high-performing teams.
• A collaborative approach and a commitment to contributing positively to the culture and identity of your local team.

WHY JOIN US

• We put people first: We're proud of our friendly, inclusive and collaborative environment where everyone feels valued and driven to succeed.
• We are driven to achieve: Named in the top 50 companies to work by Glassdoor 2025. Recognised by Corporate Knights as one of the world's top 10 most sustainable companies 2025.
• We do what is right: Industry leading training and development as well as paid for professional subscriptions. A professional progression plan, supporting you to become chartered.
• We are better together: A supportive and collaborative team environment to assist with the growth of your career.
• Growth: We're on an exciting growth journey across the Ireland - we want you to be part of it!
• Great Benefits: Competitive salary, enhanced pension plan, annual leave with the option to buy/sell additional days, private medical insurance, group income protection & life assurance included as standard!

About Stantec

Whether you’re starting out on your engineering career or are looking for a fresh challenge, Ryan Hanley, now part of Stantec, is a great career move.

Based in Dublin, Galway, Castlebar and Cork, we are actively recruiting for team players with experience in any of the following areas – water and wastewater treatment process and network design, integrated network management, structural design, site development, road and bridge engineering, project management and administration.

You’ll be working for a dynamic company with an excellent reputation in the industry.

Stantec, offers a great working environment amongst friendly professionals with an emphasis on teamwork. It's a company where your ideas and opinions will be valued and your efforts recognised and rewarded.

We have been awarded the silver Investors in Diversity accreditation by the Irish Centre for Diversity for our commitment to quality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the workplace.