Job Description
Job Title: Geospatial Specialist / Developer
Location: Salisbury / Hybrid
Reports to: Geospatial Services Manager
Role Purpose
The Geospatial Specialist / Developer will support project delivery and tendering operations by providing reliable, efficient, and insightful geospatial services. This role involves developing tools, automating processes, and creating data-driven applications to enhance geospatial workflows across the business. The successful candidate will play a key role in promoting geospatial thinking across disciplines, with a focus on data integration, visualisation, and interpretation in offshore environments.
Key Responsibilities
Geospatial Services
Prepare and manage project mapping deliverables, datasets, and spatial databases.
Provide geospatial input for tendering activities, including baseline mapping, statistics, and spatial analysis.
Maintain the company's geospatial data infrastructure to ensure consistency across projects.
Contribute geospatial insights to reports, charts, and presentations.
Integrate and manage spatial data from multiple sources.
Support spatial QA/QC and the standardisation of geospatial outputs.
Geospatial Development
Design, develop, and maintain geospatial tools to automate workflows supporting offshore surveys, 3D modelling, and spatial data analysis.
Build and maintain reusable scripts and ETL pipelines (e.g., QGIS, Python, JavaScript).
Develop and support web-based and/or script-driven geospatial applications.
Explore advanced methods for spatial data handling (imagery analysis, machine learning, database optimisation).
Contribute to a spatial data platform strategy to ensure scalable and robust data infrastructure.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to embed spatial capabilities into broader business services.
QHSE (Quality, Health, Safety & Environment)
Comply with QHSE Management Systems, policies, and objectives.
Promote a proactive health and safety culture, focused on prevention and continuous improvement.
Support environmental sustainability and energy efficiency, minimising environmental impacts.
Encourage a culture of quality and continuous improvement.
Skills & Experience
Core Skills
Strong understanding of geospatial principles.
Proven experience in geospatial data analysis and processing, ideally in offshore or marine survey projects.
Ability to manage and interpret large geospatial datasets.
Experience with interactive dashboards and web mapping tools.
Development & Automation
Proficiency in Python, QGIS, JavaScript, and ETL processes.
Experience with spatial databases (e.g., PostGIS).
Knowledge of APIs, data pipelines, or dashboarding tools.
Demonstrated ability to develop tools, plugins, and scripts for geospatial workflows.
Skilled in streamlining geospatial processes through automation.
Communication & Collaboration
Strong collaboration skills, with experience delivering custom maps, interactive visualisations, and spatial analysis products.
Ability to produce clear, well-documented, and reusable outputs.
Desirable
Experience with Azure, Git, or other cloud/DevOps platforms.
Familiarity with marine data standards and formats.
Additional Information
This role description is not exhaustive. The post-holder may be required to undertake additional duties as necessary to meet business needs