Senior Consultant -GIS

This role within the Water & Waste Water group within WSP in India will be responsible for leading geospatial technical and consultancy services delivery. You will provide geospatial technical expertise to assist market sectors and support the continued development of GIS across the water sector by providing spatial solutions and services.

You will work under the guidance and leadership of the Locational Intelligence Team Lead and work as part of a group of Water Engineers and Hydraulic Modellers on multiple significant projects to deliver quality and maintain high technical standards.

GIS Architecture

• To provide market-leading geospatial technical expertise to internal and external clients.
• To pro-actively solve technical issues in a timely fashion through finding solutions, and alerting management.
• Ensure that all work undertaken is in accordance with appropriate professional and technical standards and practices together with effective quality assurance.
• Supply of definitive subject matter expertise in GIS providing advice to various audiences from user level, to management and executive level, competently portraying how to extract the most from GIS technology for use within the water sector.

Software Development

• Creation and maintenance of add-ons, web tools and mobile apps that leverage our GIS platforms for automation and extension of spatial capabilities which benefit the water sector projects and clients

Client Management

• Have a wide knowledge of the services and expertise offered by the Location Intelligence team, that transfer into the needs of the water team and communicates these effectively to clients.
• Capture and record work scope effectively with clients / team to ensure expectations are met.
• Communicate team capability effectively with clients / business to ensure understanding of the WSP Locational Intelligence offering.
• Provide expertise, content and working in relation to GIS for bids and offer of services

Financial Management

• Play an active role in achieving client satisfaction in terms of scope, budget and programme.
• Meet, and / or exceed utilisation target.
• Support the setup management and delivery of projects the WSP s project management tools.

People Management and Leadership

• Actively promote, develop, drive, and embed a culture of collaboration and knowledge sharing across the business.
• Mentoring of junior staff and assisting them in the development of their skills.

Self Development

• Take the lead to establish personal career experiences, development and performance goals through regular and relevant Thrive conversations.
• Keep up-to-date with developments in your professional area.
• Make use of expert collaboration opportunities such as PANS to develop and maintain a network of technical/professional support and excellence.
• Achieve and/or maintain professional registrations/licenses relevant to your role.
• Update the Capabilities Database for sharing capabilities and qualifications within the business.
• Regularly reflect on the contribution you make to your team culture to embrace diversity, strive for excellence and demonstrate our Guiding Principles.

• Demonstrable expertise in GIS concepts and methods
• Demonstrable expertise with the Esri product stack, including detailed technical knowledge of the geodatabase structure and processes, detailed technical knowledge of ArcGIS Server and web delivery / Service Orientated Architecture concepts, detailed knowledge of ArcGIS for Desktop and extensions relevant to WSP
• Experience with relational databases and distributed databases within a MS SQL environment
• Knowledge of the ArcGIS Server architecture and deployment scale, capacity planning etc.
• Knowledge of systems integration, and integration methods relating to ArcGIS and procedures of data flows between ArcGIS and 3rd party systems
• Experience turning business requirements into cost effective GIS solutions
• Good analytical skills and attention to detail
• Excellent people and self-management skills, including working effectively without direct supervision, managing and organising fluctuating workloads in sometimes stressful situations.
• Experience with managing GIS software applications and familiarity with database software
• Demonstrable expertise with web-based delivery of spatial services and supporting web-based technologies
• Passion, drive and enthusiasm and highly self-motivated to drive business results
• Relevant tertiary (or similar) qualifications
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, including oral and written communication and particularly the ability to present ideas, information and advice in a way that is understandable by a range of audiences.
• Detail orientated with strong problem-solving skills and demonstrated organization management abilities
• Results orientated, with a reputation for, and demonstrated achievement of, key strategic priorities.
• Able to work to deadlines and see tasks through to completion.

BGV:

• Employment with WSP India is subject to the successful completion of a background verification (“BGV”) check conducted by a third-party agency appointed by WSP India.
• Candidates are advised to ensure that all information provided during the recruitment process — including documents uploaded — is accurate and complete, both to WSP India and its BGV partner”.