GIS Technician - Guildford

GIS Technician

Guildford

The Exciting Opportunity:

If you're an enthusiastic and driven GIS/CAD Technician, ambitious to achieve your career potential, read on. Join our Guildford team as a GIS/CAD Technician and we'll make sure you get the experience and personalised learning support you need to take your career as far as you want it to go.

Arcadis have a long and distinguish reputation for delivering technical solutions for engineering infrastructure schemes and, throughout our 150 year history, we have been involved in some of the world's most iconic and renowned projects. The GIS team works across Arcadis' UK business providing support to the Utilities, Highways, Rail; and Energy and Environment sectors. We are a small team with specialist skills who are developing a reputation for technical excellence and innovation within the business.

Overview of Role:

Reporting to the Senior GIS Consultant, you will be responsible for undertaking GIS and CAD data preparation, data management, analysis, mapping and visualisation on our projects.

You will assist in the delivery of project-related tasks to meet budget, time-frame and quality targets, meeting or exceeding client expectations, promoting and marketing all facets of Arcadis' services during interfaces with clients and other sectors and disciplines, contributing towards the achievement of the divisional business plan and to build networks within the industry.

Your Day-to-Day:

• Undertaking GIS mapping, analysis, data capture, data management and geoprocessing.

• Preparation of AutoCAD and GIS drawings including 2D maps and engineering drawings.

• Using AutoCAD Civil 3D and our specialist geotechnical data management software to produce geological cross section diagrams and 3D outputs where required.

• Calculation of earthworks volumes using Civil 3D.

• Loading and manipulating and analysing AGS data in our geotechnical data management system.

• Extraction and formatting of AutoCAD data into GIS formats.

• Analysing and processing data in Excel.

• Procurement, analysing and processing of remote sensing data (including LiDAR) to produce 2D and 3D models in AutoCAD and GIS.

• Working both with other members of the GIS team and on your own initiative to produce GIS deliverables to tight deadlines.

• Assisting with day to day administrative tasks.

• Contributing to the technical development of the GIS team through sharing ideas and innovations.

• Communicating client requirements to other staff.

• Performing other duties and responsibilities as required from time to time by your manager or Arcadis.

Minimum Academic Qualifications & Certification:

• A* - C in GCSE Maths, English and Science.

Essential Experience:

• Understanding & keen interest in maps, geography, and IT.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to work well within a team environment.

• Good attention to detail.

• Ability to identify innovative solutions to problems.

• Well-motivated and able to work to tight deadlines.

• Desire to learn and build a career within a consultancy environment applying GIS to environment, geoscience, and infrastructure projects.

Desirable Experience:

• A Level in geography or related subject.

• Basic understanding of digital cartography and geomatics.

• Basic understanding of geotechnics, subsurface data, or geology related fields.

• Working knowledge of some of the following packages: AutoCAD Civil 3D, HoleBASE, gINT, Microsoft Excel and Access, ESRI ArcGIS, MapInfo, QGIS

Why ARCADIS:

Arcadis is the leading global Design & Consultancy firm for natural and built assets. Applying our deep market sector insights and collective design, consultancy, engineering, project and management services we work in partnership with our clients to deliver exceptional and sustainable outcomes throughout the lifecycle of their natural and built assets. We are 27,000 people active in over 70 countries that generate ???3.4 billion in revenues. We support UN-Habitat with knowledge and expertise to improve the quality of life in rapidly growing cities around the world. Arcadis. Improving quality of life.

What We Offer:

We offer a dynamic challenging job with international focus in a pleasant working climate, attention to education and a competitive remuneration package reflecting the seniority of the role. You will have a great deal of responsibility with endless opportunity for impact and freedom for initiatives. Given the international spread of the business a certain level of flexibility in working hours is important.

We offer a fantastic working environment where you own your destiny and will be encouraged to forge a successful career.

Opportunities like this are rare. Don't miss out on a chance to put yourself in a place where great things can happen. Get in touch now to let us know that you're interested in making a move.

Salary: . Date posted: 06/03/2017