Assistant Manager/Manager (Geospatial Unit) - 2-Year Contract

JTC Corporation; Singapore; On-site; SGD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in Singapore is seeking a candidate with strong GIS knowledge and experience in data management. The role involves ensuring compliance with geospatial data standards, liaising with IT and planning teams, and monitoring data quality. Ideal candidates should possess good interpersonal skills, the ability to apply GIS techniques, and relevant qualifications or work experience in geospatial analyses and land planning.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge in GIS and experience in IT system operation.
• Experience with CAD/GIS drafting.
• Ability to apply GIS techniques to land planning issues.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with geospatial data standards.
• Liaise between IT teams and planning users.
• Monitor geospatial data quality and maintain data lineage.

Skills

GIS knowledge

Interpersonal skills

Basic scripting languages (e.g. Python, R)

Education

Qualification(s) of tertiary institution in Info Comm & Engineering, Urban Planning or Built Environment

Tools

CAD

GIS software

Job description

What the role is:

• Responsible for ensuring compliance with government geospatial data acquisition and management requirements or standards, (e.g. SLA Utility Survey Standards), and working with stakeholders (e.g. other agency SSOTs) for review and feedback on relevant geospatial data standards.
• Act as the key liaison between IT teams and planning users to facilitate effective communication, support, and alignment in the development, implementation, and maintenance of planning-related systems and platforms, including the coordination and management of all change requests.
• Able to be the JTC lead geospatial planning and planning-related research and analyses work to support JTC’s land resource planning, urban planning and land redevelopment functions; this will be a value add.
• The JTC advocate for greater GIS awareness and usage in land planning and redevelopment work.

What you will be working on:

• Collaborate with Geospatial Trusted Centre (TC), Data Custodians (DCs) and Government Data Office (GDO) to realize the SSOT commitments for geospatial underground data collection, collation, verifications and sharing.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for planning users regarding inquiries and issues related to planning systems. Provide assistance in resolving user concerns and escalating complex technical issues to the appropriate support teams. Manage and coordinate change requests to ensure system enhancements are aligned with user requirements and technical feasibility.
• Implement processes for monitoring geospatial data quality, ensuring that geospatial production data is always accurate and available for stakeholders and business processes that depend on it.
• Perform completeness and quality checks on received geospatial data, and maintain the geospatial data lineage, with periodic data reviews and reporting.

What we are looking for:

• Preferably with strong GIS knowledge, with some experience in IT system operation and maintenance and data management.
• Some experience in CAD/GIS drafting, and basic understanding of remote sensing and various collection techniques.
• Good interpersonal skills to work in a team but also can work on your own.
• Ability to apply GIS techniques to address land planning and urban planning issues and able to work with basic scripting languages (e.g. python, R).
• Strong written and oral communication skills to communicate results of geospatial analyses and research findings such that land planning and redevelopment work outcomes are improved; will be added value.
• Willingness to be exposed to operational work in order to conduct good geospatial analyses.
• Qualification(s) of tertiary institution of disciplines such as Info Comm & Engineering, Urban Planning and Built Environment; or relevant 2-3 years working experience in geospatial data management, geospatial analyses and land planning-related research work to improve land planning outcomes.

About JTC Corporation

Master planner. Developer. Since its inception in 1968, JTC has played a strategic role in ensuring Singapore stays innovative, dynamic, and sensitive to global manufacturing trends. A government agency under Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry, JTC is paving the way forward for Singapore’s industrial landscape by championing clean, green and smart estates such as one-north, Seletar Aerospace Park, Jurong Innovation District, and Punggol Digital District. It is developing infrastructure, systems and initiatives that bridge cutting-edge technology and human skill to fuel growth. JTC is also bringing businesses and communities together through green spaces, cultivating an environment that is not only sustainable but nurtures ideas shaping the future.