GIS/FME Technician

 

The GIS team work on projects across the country and across all divisions on the business. The team’s work is the key stone to a lot of projects. 

 

The team utilise a lot of technology, including FME, to be able to deliver the GIS and data solutions to their clients and colleagues. Their work covers many areas of this specialism from creating maps and geographic datasets to field-based data capture, using FME to streamline and automate processes wherever possible.

 

We are looking for a new member of the team with experience in FME to support the data solutions services growth to clients and internally within the business. The successful candidate will have knowledge of FME Form and be able to build their own workspaces. They will have experience of working with ESRI Arc Pro and they may have experience of working with FME Flow or use of Python. They will have a passion to automate processes and find better ways of working.

 

This a full-time (37.5 hours) permanent role, based at our Estates office in Ashby. We also operate a hybrid working policy.

 

• A discretionary bonus scheme

• A generous holiday scheme which commences at 25 days with a sliding scale up to 30 days plus your birthday off and two extra half days allocated for Christmas Eve & New Years Eve

• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave

• An online money saving portal and access to a 24/7 mental health & wellbeing service.

• Volunteering Leave equating to 2 days per year (pro rata if you’re part-time)

 

• Working with ArcGIS Pro on GIS projects for a wide range of clients from small one-off plans to major national projects.

• Preparing data for projects from initial stages of collating OS data, Land Registry data and client data 

• Preparing plans and mail merge data to support large project deliveries for land referencing

• Managing individual requests via our ticketing system

• Liaison direct with both internal and external clients for both existing ongoing work and new work streams.

• Be able to build simple FME Form Workspaces and may have experience of FME Flow.

• May have experience of using and writing scripts in Python or other relevant languages. 

 

• 2 years’ experience in GIS role

• Fully proficient on ArcGIS Pro

• Experience using FME Form 

• Able to manage workloads on multiple projects at once. 

• Able to communicate with both internal clients and external clients.

• Keen problem solver, able to think of innovative solutions to geospatial data challenges

 

• Experience using FME Flow

• Knowledge of Geoserver

• Experience in programming language (Python, R or Similar)

• GNSS/Land Survey Experience

 

We’ve been around for a while, but it doesn’t mean we are behind the times! Across our office network we offer a hybrid working approach to help our colleagues design their working day to suit their diaries. Some days you might be in the office enjoying a collaborative team day, and other days might see you focussing on project work at home. Wherever you choose to work, you’ll be part of a social and digitally connected workforce with the chance to get involved in a variety of activities, like sports events, pop-up bars, BBQs, CPD days, live leadership updates on Zoom, picnics in the park and lots more. 

 

What’s not to love? We work hard but we also have lots of fun! If that sounds like something you would enjoy, then please get in touch. 

 

We have a history going back as far as 1830 but have been Fisher German since 2000. We operate UK wide advising and managing a range of client portfolios with national visibility across all the 6-property market sectors; rural, commercial, development, residential, infrastructure services and sustainable energy.

 

It’s simple really, we are passionate about what we do, and we want you to be driven to succeed with us. For this to happen, you need to feel supported and included which is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer.