Senior Geospatial Consultant (FME)

Senior Geospatial Consultant (FME)

Location: UK (VertiGIS HQ is in Cambridge, UK - Hybrid Working Available) or Ireland (Remote Working)
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

About VertiGIS

At VertiGIS, we help organisations unlock the full value of their geospatial data. Our solutions enable customers across utilities, telecommunications, government, infrastructure and commercial sectors to manage assets, optimise workflows and make smarter, data-driven decisions. We combine industry expertise with powerful geospatial technologies to deliver real-world outcomes for our customers.

As we continue to grow, we are looking for a Senior Geospatial Consultant to join our Professional Services team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced consultant who enjoys solving complex data challenges, working closely with customers, and delivering high-quality geospatial solutions.

We welcome applications from candidates based in both the United Kingdom and Ireland with the opportunity to be based remotely or hybrid working from our Cambridge head office.

The Role

As a Senior Geospatial Consultant, you will work with customers to deliver data transformation, migration, integration, and quality improvement projects across a range of geospatial environments.  You will play a key role in project delivery, leading technical workstreams, engaging directly with customers, and supporting the development of less experienced team members. You will help organisations improve the quality, accessibility and value of their spatial data while contributing to the successful delivery of strategic programmes.

We use the SFIA framework to assess competencies and expect to appoint this role at Level 3-4, depending on experience, with opportunities for progression as your responsibilities and expertise grow.  The successful candidate will work across a range of technologies, with a particular focus on FME as a core platform for data integration, transformation and automation. Experience with enterprise GIS platforms and spatial databases will also be valuable.  Further training in our own complementary data and application products will be provided. 

Travel to customer locations may occasionally be required.  Due to the nature of our work it is essential that candidates are able and willing to obtain and maintain UK Security Check (SC) Clearance.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of geospatial consultancy projects from discovery through to implementation.

• Design and implement data transformation, migration and integration workflows.

• Build, maintain and optimise FME workspaces and automation processes.

• Deliver geospatial data quality, validation and improvement initiatives.

• Support the implementation and adoption of VertiGIS and third-party geospatial technologies.

• Develop technical documentation, specifications and delivery artefacts.

• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to colleagues.

• Contribute to solution design, best practices and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Support pre-sales activities, workshops and customer demonstrations where required.

Essential Skills & Experience: 

• Degree or equivalent experience in GIS, Geography, Geospatial Science, Computer Science, Data Management, Engineering or a related discipline.

• Experience with spatial databases and data management principles.

• Strong experience working with geospatial and spatially enabled datasets.

• Experience delivering customer-facing consultancy or technical project work.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.

• Ability to work independently while contributing effectively within multidisciplinary teams.

• Attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes.

Desirable Skills:

We are particularly interested in candidates with strong experience of Safe Software FME Form and FME Flow (certifications are highly desirable) including:

• Support pre-sales activities, workshops and customer demonstrations where required.

• Data migration and ETL workflows

• Data validation, cleansing and transformation

• Workflow automation and integration design

• Performance optimisation and troubleshooting

  Additional desirable skills and experience includes:

• 1Spatial 1Integrate / 1DataGateway

• 1Spatial 1Integrate / 1DataGateway

• ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Pro or ArcGIS Online

• QGIS and open-source geospatial technologies

• PostGIS and PostgreSQL

• SQL and database design

• Python scripting and automation

• Utility, telecommunications, infrastructure or government datasets

What We Offer:

• Hybrid and flexible working arrangements

• Professional certification support

• Access to mentoring and career development pathways

• Opportunity to work with industry-leading geospatial technologies

• Collaborative and supportive international team environment

  In addition to... 

• Generous annual leave allowance plus your birthday as a Gifted Day

• Free gym access at our Cambridge office 

• Option to buy or sell annual leave 

• Company Pension scheme

• Group Income Protection scheme and Life Assurance 

• Private Health Insurance and Health Cash Plan 

• Inclusive Fertility and Pregnancy Loss Leave (also accessible to partners)

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave 

• Annual Personal Development Allowance

Interested?

Please submit your CV and a brief covering letter outlining your relevant experience and confirming your eligibility for security clearance

Our HR team will be reviewing applications initially, and if your experience and skills seem like a great fit, we'll be sure to connect! 

You can expect a call from the hiring manager to chat about the role, your background, and how you could contribute to our team. Then there will be an interview where you'll also have the chance to:

• Meet some future colleagues

• Ask any questions you have

• If we're not quite the right match, we'll let you know why, so you can continue your job search with valuable feedback. 

Please note that we require that all candidates are able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK or Ireland