Assistant Consultant - GIS

WSP in India; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP India is seeking an Assistant GIS Consultant to support project delivery across geospatial tasks. You will assist with data preparation, analysis, and presentation, ensuring outputs meet timelines and client expectations.

You will work within a team, following defined processes while contributing ideas to improve efficiency and quality. 3+ years of GIS experience and strong ArcGIS Pro skills are desirable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in GIS, Geography, or related geospatial field.
• 3+ years of demonstrable experience in GIS or related technical field.
• Interest in emerging geospatial technologies and continuous learning.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day GIS support across project teams and business functions.
• Perform GIS mapping, data capture, editing, conversion (vector/raster), georeferencing, and geoprocessing in ArcGIS Pro.
• Build and maintain project geodatabases per project standards with proper metadata.
• Produce high-quality maps, figures, drawings, and charts for proposals and reports per QA standards.
• Assist with web GIS (ArcGIS Online/ArcGIS Enterprise): data publishing and field solutions (Field Maps, Survey123).
• Carry out quality checks to ensure geospatial and content accuracy of deliverables.
• Participate in professional development to maintain and improve skills.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and support overseas/remote GIS staff coordination.

Skills

ArcGIS Pro

GIS fundamentals

Data capture/editing

QA checks

Microsoft 365

Teamwork/communication

English communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in GIS

3+ years GIS experience

Tools

AGOL/ArcGIS Enterprise

QGIS

ArcPy / Python (intro)

Field Maps / Survey123

Excel / Office 365

Job description

Job Description

As an Assistant GIS Consultant in WSP’s Transformation & Digital Insights team, you will support project delivery across a range of geospatial tasks. You’ll assist with data preparation, management, analysis, and presentation— producing accurate, high‑quality outputs that meet timelines, budgets, and client expectations. Working within an established team, you’ll follow defined processes while contributing your own initiative and ideas to improve efficiency and quality.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day GIS support across project teams and business functions.
• Perform GIS mapping, data capture, editing, conversion (vector/raster), georeferencing, and geoprocessing in ArcGIS Pro.
• Build and maintain project geodatabases per project standards; ensure directory structures and metadata are maintained.
• Produce high-quality maps, figures, drawings, and charts for proposals and reports following QA standards.
• Assist with web GIS (ArcGIS Online/ArcGIS Enterprise): data publishing, item management, and field solutions (Field Maps, Survey123).
• Carry out quality checks to ensure geospatial and content accuracy of own deliverables.
• Participate in professional development activities to maintain and improve skills.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and support overseas/remote GIS staff coordination.

Essential Skills

• Strong grasp of GIS fundamentals: projections/coordinate systems, datums, vector vs raster, topology.
• Hands‑on with ArcGIS Pro and core ArcGIS tools; familiarity with AGOL/ArcGIS Enterprise concepts.
• Competent in data capture, digitising, attribution, editing, symbology, and layout design.
• Basic data management discipline: folder structures, metadata, versioning, naming conventions, QA checks.
• Experience with common UK datasets (or regional equivalents) and authoritative data sourcing.
• Proficient with Microsoft 365 (Excel, PowerPoint, Word); clear written and verbal communication.
• Customer‑focused, self‑motivated, able to work independently with minimal oversight, and a strong team player.

Desirable Skills

• Exposure to QGIS, CAD, and other open‑source tools
• Introductory Python (ArcPy), ModelBuilder or FME for repeatable workflows
• Basic SQL and spatial queries; understanding of relational database concepts
• International project exposure; experience with UK datasets and authoritative data sourcing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in GIS, Geography, or a related geospatial discipline.
• 3+ years of demonstrable experience working in GIS or a closely related technical field.
• Demonstrated interest in emerging geospatial technologies and continuous learning.

BGV:
Employment with WSP India is subject to the successful completion of a background verification ("BGV") check conducted by a third‑party agency appointed by WSP India.
Candidates are advised to ensure that all information provided during the recruitment process — including documents uploaded — is accurate and complete, both to WSP India and its BGV partner.

About Us

WSP is one of the world’s leading professional services consulting firms. We are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower. We are technical experts and strategic advisors including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors and environmental specialists, as well as other design, program and construction management professionals. We design lasting solutions in the Transportation & Infrastructure, Property & Buildings, Earth & Environment, Power & Energy, Resources and Industry sectors, as well as offering strategic advisory services. Our talented people around the globe engineer projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.

With approximately 4,000 talented people across 3 locations (Noida, Bengaluru & Mumbai offices) in India and more than 73,000 globally, in 550 offices across 40 countries, we engineer projects that will help societies grow for lifetimes to come.

At “WSP” we draw on the diverse skills and capabilities of our employees globally to compete for the most exciting and complex projects across the world and bring the same level of expertise to our local communities. We are proud to be an international collective of innovative thinkers who work on the most complex problems. Unified under one strong brand, we use our local expertise, international reach and global scale to prepare our cities and environments for the future, connect communities and help societies thrive in built and natural ecosystems. True to our guiding principles, our business is built on four cornerstones: Our People, Our Clients, Our Operational Excellence and Our Expertise.

• Passionate people doing purposeful and sustainable work that helps shape our communities and the future.
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With us, you can operate in a flexible, agile, yet structured work environment and follow a Hybrid Work Model.

• Maximize collaboration.
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• Balance community, collaboration, opportunity, productivity, and efficiency.

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WSP India is dedicated to fostering a sustainable and inclusive work environment where our greatest strength - Our People -feel valued, respected, and supported. We ensure an unbiased approach in hiring, promotion, and performance evaluation, regardless of age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, physical ability, education, social status, or cultural background.

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