GIS Technician

Location: Snow Hill, Birmingham

Salary Base salary: £30,150 pa to c.£37,700 pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 15% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on our website.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives, and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish, and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

As a GIS Technician at HS2 you will be required to undertake land assembly activities as directed to secure entry to land for each work package within the allocated contract area in accordance with the construction programme through the implementation of compulsory purchase powers

About the role:

• Manage capture and processing of L&P acquisition records including registered titles, possessed land, land acquired under discretionary schemes, compulsory acquisition including material detriment, blight notices and payments made under discretionary property schemes (homeowner payments, cash offer payments).
• Lead preparation of maps and plans for land hand-back, land transfers and disposals.
• Derive additional datasets through advanced GIS analysis and processing.
• Lead interface between Land & Property and the corporate HS2 BIM/GIS team to ensure standards are maintained.
• Adhere to HS2 GIS standards and specifications, through implementation and management of effective quality assurance processes.
• Assist with design, development, and implementation of new or enhanced data specifications, standards, and processes.
• Assure spatial data delivered by the Land Referencing Consultants (PSC) to defined HS2 standards.
• Provide point of technical expertise within the Land Assembly team and provide support to other areas of Land & Property as required.
• Lead collaborative working with PSC to improve efficiency and accuracy of spatial data delivery.

Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies, and procedures on EDI.

About You:

Skills

• GIS data management skills, including digitising and data capture, analysis and assurance, and preparation of data schemas.
• Ability to coordinate groups of stakeholders and agree requirements.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of ESRI ArcGIS 10.3.1 desktop applications
• Knowledge of GIS task automation.

Experience

• Experience of capturing, analysing, and assuring spatial data using Excel (or equivalent), GIS and database reporting tools.
• Experience of writing macros to assist with GIS operations e.g., plan production.

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity, and Respect

It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies, and procedures on EDI.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. Please attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application and include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert. Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.