Principal Geospatial Engineer — Lead, Mentor & Innovate

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi; Wellington; On-site; NZD 148,000 - 176,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 weeks annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

Insurance: Life, Income Protection and

Critical Illness insurance

Job summary

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) invites applications for a Principal Geospatial Engineer. You will serve as a trusted technical authority, partnering with senior leaders and delivery teams to ensure geospatial solutions are scalable, secure and fit for the future.

You will mentor the geospatial team, grow capability, lead the Geospatial Community of Practice, and influence architecture across squads and partners.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering enterprise geospatial solutions and web mapping applications using ESRI technologies.
• Proven experience mentoring and developing technical specialists to build organisation capability.
• The ability to influence senior leaders and provide trusted technical advice on complex decisions.
• Strong experience managing and supporting enterprise geospatial platforms and services.
• Expertise across ArcGIS Enterprise and modern geospatial technologies.
• Experience with spatial databases and enterprise data platforms.
• Experience building and supporting ETL processes, ideally using FME.
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to translate technical concepts into clear business outcomes and exceptional stakeholder engagement.

Skills

ESRI technologies

Mentoring

Stakeholder influence

Geospatial platforms

ArcGIS Enterprise

Spatial databases

ETL with FME

Communication

Tools

ArcGIS Enterprise

FME

Job description

NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) invites applications for a Principal Geospatial Engineer. You will serve as a trusted technical authority, partnering with senior leaders and delivery teams to ensure geospatial solutions are scalable, secure and fit for the future.

You will mentor the geospatial team, grow capability, lead the Geospatial Community of Practice, and influence architecture across squads and partners.