Laser Survey

About the role

Are you passionate about caring for the environment? We have an exciting opportunity to join our Asset Intelligence team as a Laser Survey/ Point Cloud Technician, providing the business with accurate information about our Assets. You will work with your colleagues to make a real difference to Northumbrian Water Group’s digital landscape for our customers, communities and the environment.

You will facilitate the collection, storage, and retrieval of digital information for NWG assets. Our asset portfolio is varied and so is our data. Our digital asset information includes geometrical lidar scan data & imagery, CAD models, drawings, and other graphical representations.

You will build a comprehensive model library of NWG’s assets, including the operational capture of above ground assets utilising lidar scanning technology and associated software platforms, liaising with site operations teams and a drone capture resource to plan the capture and federation of scanning data.

You will procure, deploy, and maintain NWG ‘Asset Streetview’ panoramic survey imagery platform to provide various business stakeholders with asset information, integrating existing unstructured data sources within content management, in the form of digitised documentation, drawings, and structured data sources in the form of the Enterprise Asset Management System, Maximo.

You will manage and maintain the areas within NWG corporate systems ensuring access to create, modify or append digital asset information, ensuring it is undertaken in a controlled environment, with an emphasis to pro-actively remediate legacy asset information, working closely with operational teams to validate legacy content for use in capital projects.

About you

If you are passionate about handling and federating scan and model data sets, we want to hear from you.

You will have experience of terrestrial laser scanning and lidar point cloud processing, registration, and federation. You’ll have a strong CAD Skills utilising 3D design software (ideally Revit) and mesh/surface modelling techniques.

We are looking for candidates who understand the creation and maintenance of unstructured asset information systems.

You will be self-motivated, able to work unsupervised, possessing sound communication skills and the ability to manage stakeholders, build effective relationships and collaborate with and influence multi-disciplinary teams.

You might hold qualifications in the form of HNC/HND or BTEC Level 3 in an engineering discipline, or have equivalent relevant experience.

Here at Northumbrian Water/Essex & Suffolk Water, we embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity which means bringing your full self to work. We encourage and welcome all applications, as we believe and strive to be an equal opportunity employer committed in having a diverse community represented within all our teams, structures, and organisation. We have our colleague network groups, including Rainbow Support Network (LGBT+), REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), WiSTEM (Women in STEM) and Thisability (disability and neurodiversity) networks too.

About us

Here are NWG we strive to make Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) a Great Place to Work, for all. We embrace and value Diversity, Inclusion and Equity and encourage you to bring your full self to work. As an equal opportunity employer we’re committed to having a diverse community represented across our business.

We’re aware that not everyone will have every skill listed in the job description, and that female candidates are less likely to apply if they don’t have the full range of skills, however if you have some of the skills listed, we 'd encourage you to apply.

NWG at a glance:

Our purpose at NWG is caring for the essential needs of our communities and environment, now and for generations to come.

We do this by providing reliable and affordable water and wastewater services for our customers.

We make a positive difference by operating efficiently and investing prudently, to maintain a sustainable and resilient business.

Our vision is to be the national leader in the provision of sustainable water and wastewater services. To support us in achieving our vision, we have five core values which are the guiding principles, defining who we are, what we do and how we do it.

Our benefits

We’re a Great Place to Work because of the amazing people who work for us, and to say thank you we offer a range of benefits to colleagues.

Benefits to include, here’s just a few of them:

Enhanced maternity pay Enhanced annual leave with additional special leave for Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve Company pension scheme Digital GP Award winning wellbeing website Employee Assistance Programme Life assurance Qualification loans Professional subscription Buy and sell annual leave Discounts and cashback offers

Please note this role may require a DBS to be completed prior to employment

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