Senior GIS Technical Administrator

July 27, 2022 | Comments Off on Senior GIS Technical Administrator

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Job title - Senior GIS Technical Administrator

Location: Exeter

Business Area: Highways

Contract & hours: Permanent, Fulltime

Salary: £25,000 - 30,000 + package

You can be who you want to be and achieve what you want to achieve with Kier. Group. We're a team of teams, built on people from all backgrounds and experiences: giving you all you need to succeed and every chance to develop your potential to the full. That approach has seen us become one of the UK's leading names in Regional Build, Highways, Utilities and Infrastructure - and offers you a rewarding role in a company where 'you can'.

We are now recruiting for a Senior GIS Technical Administrator to join our Highways team in Exeter to undertake all GIS projects and workflows as directed by the GIS Development Team Leader and to provide leadership and supervision to the STATS team.

Key Responsibilities

As Senior GIS Technical Administrator you will provide analysis and processing of data from all areas of the business and display outcomes in meaningful and understandable ways, such as on maps, graphs, charts and spreadsheets. You will work with the GIS department to deliver cutting-edge data solutions to the business and use scripts to facilitate automations

What do we need from you?

  • High level of IT competency, experience with Microsoft Office packages
  • Ability to manage the performance of staff
  • Results driven
  • The ability to understand and interpret utility drawings
  • Experience using ESRI ArcGIS and AGOL and other GIS systems
  • Ability to build Geodatabases, associated domains, correctly formatted attribute sets, build online web applications through AGOL and to import and export various data formats Knowledge of highway networks and associated assets
At Kier, we're proud to be able to offer our fantastic employees a wide variety of benefits that you can tailor to your needs.

  • New and enhanced family friendly policies with 8 weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave and important guidance on the menopause and the support we can offer
  • A competitive annual holiday entitlement with opportunities to buy/sell leave.
  • A fantastic, matched pension scheme
  • Share in the success you help to create by investing in Kier through our Sharesave and Share Incentive Plans.
  • 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
  • Kier's Green Car Scheme
  • A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands
  • And many many more!
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Kier is committed to creating supportive and inclusive opportunities for all our applicants and employees. We appreciate applicants from all backgrounds, and we specifically encourage those from underrepresented communities to apply. Take a to learn more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion. If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please let us know so we can discuss and arrange these by emailing .

Closing Date: 24/08/2022

Please note, interviews may take place before the closing date, and we reserve the right to close applications early.

Recruitment agencies - we are unable to accept unsolicited CVs and communications from external recruiters. The recruitment team will engage with agencies who have signed up to our PSL should we require assistance. For further information, visit our careers .

Key Skills and Qualifications:
  • Strong administrative experience
  • Must be IT literate with understanding of Microsoft Word and Excel
  • Numerate & Literate
  • Efficient and professional approach with the ability to multi-task
  • Possess strong communication, organisational and time management skills
  • General willingness to be helpful, enthusiastic and flexible
  • Able to work as an individual and as part of a team