GIS Technician - Remote / Hybrid

Birmingham
1 year ago
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Job Title: GIS Technician

Location: Hybrid/Remote Working 

Salary: Competitive depending on experience 

Job Type: Full Time, 40 hours.

Bruton Knowles is an independently owned Chartered Surveying practice who provide a comprehensive range of surveying and property services. Our geographic reach covers the whole of England and Wales with clients in utilities and infrastructure, valuation, commercial, planning and development, and rural.

We've taken on new, innovative ways of working to deliver our services and we've created a new strategy to target key areas of growth for the business, resulting in the launch our new Utilities and Infrastructure team, our new National Valuation Team and further development for our Rural team whilst bolstering our activity in commercial, planning and development.

About the role:

We are looking to appoint a GIS Technician to assist in the delivery of GIS services to our Utilities and Infrastructure Team. This is a hybrid / remote working position and available throughout the UK.

Main Responsibilities, Tasks and Key Duties:

Data capture, management, analysis and validation
Data conversion and integration
Map production for Land Referencing products
Development and implementation of methodologies for creation and use of spatial data
Digitising, editing, coding, and annotating line, point and polygon data
Creation of Land Registry compliant Easement, Consent and Wayleave drawings
Creation of landowner plans for attachment to referencing forms
Meeting with internal clients to determine GIS requirements
About you:

A degree qualification in GIS or a related field. MSc would be desirable but not essential.

The ideal candidate will have two or more years commercial experience in a similar role and be able to provide demonstratable experience of GIS, technical consultancy and the delivery of tasks to time, accuracy, quality whilst meeting cost objectives.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

A high level of competence using ESRI, ArcGIS product suit, including its extensions
A sound understanding of spatial data structures and fundamental concepts of GIS
Spatial database design and management, preferably with ESRI geodatabases
Ability to liaise with internal and external clients to deliver high quality GIS output for projects
Able to work on their own and with a wider project team based in multiple locations
Experience of using Ordnance Survey, Land Registry and other data products
Proficient in the delivery of allocated project tasks, to quality, time and budget requirements;
Have good problem-solving skills
Excellent communication skills in written and spoken English
Attention to detail
Be adaptable and flexible
A desire to innovate, looking for new ways of doing things effectively
Excellent time management
Ability to deal with pressure
Ability to work independently as well as in an interdisciplinary team;
Clean and full driving licence
Desirable criteria

Experience of working with environment, planning and engineering related datasets
Experience with working and controlling a large number of evolving datasets
Experience in SQL server
Experience of Web GIS applications using ArcGIS for Server, ArcGIS online
Experience of ESRI Model Builder, Python and FME
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.

Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Data Analyst, GIS Technician, Geocortex, FME, ESRI, ArcGIS, GIS Consultant, Geospatial, GIS, Database Technician, GIS Analyst, GIS Technician, Geographic Information Systems Database Technician, Geographic Information Systems Database Analyst, Data Technician, Solutions Analyst, Solutions Technician, Solutions Analyst will also be considered for this role

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