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Senior GIS Technician

October 4, 2022 | Comments Off on Senior GIS Technician

We're looking for a Senior GIS Technician to join our Highways team based in Birmingham. Within this role, you can enjoy 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 and even more.

Location: Birmingham, where you will be based out of our office with travel to other offices and sites

Contract: Full time, Permanent?

Salary: £25k-£35k FTE + 26 days holiday plus bank holidays + Pension + Benefits

Responsibilities

As a Senior GIS Technician, you'll be working within the Highways team to constantly innovate and structure a forward program for the future, utilising all cutting-edge hardware and software to ensure Kier maintains its place at the forefront of the industry. You will plan and adjust team workload to ensure project timescales and accuracy levels are met.

Your day to day will include:

  • Helping in the GIS and data management and offer back-office support functions as required
    Supporting in the advancement of GIS and supported solutions to the wider kier business
  • Capturing location assets using various technologies and GPS tools and provide a dedicated GIS resource to a nominated area of the business
  • Understanding and providing management of GIS and mobile applications
Who are we looking for?

This role of Senior GIS Technician is great for you if:

  • You understand ESRI GIS products including Desktop, Server and Mobile and hold a high level of IT competency including Microsoft Office packages and script/conduct basic programming
  • Highly numerate and able to analyse data and statistics and be able to programme and manage a project team
  • Can demonstrate the ability to deliver GIS solutions and proactively solve problems
We're all about finding potential here at Kier, and transferable skills are always welcome! So even if you don't tick every box, please apply and we can have a chat. We want to hear from candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we especially encourage those from underrepresented communities to get in touch with us.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during any part of the application process, please get in touch at InclusiveRecruitment@kier.co.uk to discuss and arrange these.?

Benefits 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. Some of our favourites include:

  • New and enhanced family friendly policies, including eight weeks paternity leave, 26 weeks maternity leave, pregnancy loss leave, surrogacy leave, menopause guidance and more
  • A huge range of deals and discounts at many your favourite brands?
  • 24/7 virtual GP service for you and your family
  • Kier's Green Car Scheme
And so much more! You can read the full details of all of our benefits on our website:?kier.co.uk/careers/rewards-benefits

Who is Kier?

We're made up of six business units, Group Functions, Construction, Highways, Infrastructure, Utilities and Property, and as a group, our purpose is to sustainably deliver construction and infrastructure services which are vital to the UK. Take a look at our sustainability objectives: kier.co.uk/sustainability/

At the core of all our projects is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods and innovations to ensure we offer the best value to our clients as sustainably as possible.

Our projects are those that support the local communities we work in, helping them thrive and progress. We are collaborative, trusted and focussed in all that we do, and our people are essential in helping us achieve our goals.

Diversity and inclusion

Making Kier a diverse and inclusive place to work is a huge priority for us. We're?proud of the steps we've taken so far, but we know we must always do more. Our employees are key in shaping Kier's diversity and inclusion (D&I)?initiatives, and our people have made a huge?impact on how we work, by using their experiences to shape our policies and initiatives.

You can see more about our D&I action plan here:?kier.co.uk/media/6668/di-roadmap-2021.pdf

Closing date: 1st November 2022

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

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