Senior Geographical Information System

3 months ago


Hexham, United Kingdom Vattenfall Full time

About the job

Every day presents unique challenges in the process of developing and building windfarms. As a Geographical Information specialist, your expertise in analyzing and preparing the spatial data for our wind farms is essential to our mission of promoting fossil freedom for all.

We are excited to expand our team and seek a Senior Geographical Information System (GIS) Analyst to join our Business Area Wind. This role will support Vattenfall’s Onshore and Offshore Wind portfolio, as well as other non-hydro Renewable activities. Join us in seizing new opportunities for growth and making a positive impact on the world.

About the role as a Senior GIS Analyst:
Vattenfall uses GIS and other specialist software to support the screening, design, development, construction, operation and data management of wind farms. The GIS Analyst will be carrying out this work for primarily onshore German projects. In addition, contributions to other projects within, the UK, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands and Sweden, as well as other renewable projects, can be expected.

Our team has a strong passion for GIS and enjoys working with various geographic datasets including engineering site design data.

What you can expect working in our GIS Team:

- Regular interaction within a dynamic international team
- Following established procedures within a well-structured GIS environment
- A diverse range of tasks offering the chance for creative spatial solutions
- An opportunity to develop and specialise your GIS skills

Your main responsibilities as an GIS Analyst:

- Support the Head of GIS in meeting the project demands of the offshore wind business
- Take the lead on internal GIS improvements and development
- Implement all work strictly according to internal GIS Procedures including metadata
- Your key tasks are to maintain project GIS Databases with new data creation or data import, while also providing mapping support, WebGIS upkeep and GIS analysis for all relevant projects using ESRI ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro
- Data management for incoming/outgoing GIS data. Liaise with others ensuring incoming data is compliant with contract requirements
- Liaise with other Wind departments to support the site hunting, permitting, and design of the wind farm layout (wind turbines and associated infrastructure)
- Contribute to increasing team efficiencies, such as GIS automation or bespoke tools

Location

Vattenfall have a hybrid working culture, with an office and home working combination. The location of the office will be Hexham (UK). Very occasional travel within northern Europe should be expected.

**Profile**:
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You will feel comfortable in the role quickly if you bring the following requirements and competences:

- Graduate qualified in geography, engineering, computing, or Earth science degree
- At least 8 years+ experience using ESRI ArcGIS or ArcGIS Pro is essential
- An interest in renewable energy in general, and wind energy in particular;
- Ability to produce high quality data and geographical outputs (static maps and WebGIS)
- Ability to liaise with technical and environmental specialists
- Good analytical and problem solving skills
- Excellent record keeping with attention to detail and accuracy
- Experience using ArcGIS Online (AGOL) and CAD would be advantageous
- Understanding of geographic coordinate systems, projections and transformations is essential
- Experience using Python programming language or Model Builder would be advantageous
- Experience with offshore surveying data collection and mapping would be advantageous
- Excellent computer and communication (English) skills is a must
- Good teamwork is essential

Additional information

**Offer**:
Good remuneration, a challenging and international work environment, and the possibility to work with some of the best in the field. You will be working in interdisciplinary teams and you can always count on support from committed colleagues. We offer attractive employment conditions and opportunities for personal and professional development.

More Information

At Vattenfall we are convinced that diversity contributes to build a more profitable and attractive company and we strive to be good role model regarding diversity. Vattenfall works actively for all employees to have the same opportunities and rights regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, transgender identity or expression, religion or other belief, disability or sexual orientation.

The security of Vattenfall and its employees is essential. For that reason, a pre-employment screening will be part of your recruitment process. The screening is based on the role you will fulfill within Vattenfall. The screening will be performed by a third party, Validata.

About the company

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 20 000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernized our way of living through innovation and cooperatio



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