Geo-spatial Analyst

**Job No**

508305

**Work Type**

Full Time

**Location**

South Africa: Pretoria

**Categories**

Corporate and Administration: IT

Environment and Sustainability: GIS
- **Global engineering consultancy with great career opportunities**:

- **Opportunity to work on a variety of interesting projects both locally and internationally**:

- **Friendly working environment across the business**

**About SMEC**

SMEC South Africa is part of the SMEC Group and joined forces with Surbana Jurong to provide global engineering and consultancy expertise in urban, infrastructure, and management advisory services. Our new partnership has created a talent pool of 16,500 dedicated people working across a network of 120 offices in 40 countries.

SMEC employs passionate and innovative people who are driven to deliver exceptional outcomes and who want to feel valued in a diverse and inclusive workplace.

We are committed to developing our people. We encourage them to see things differently, to be creative, to push boundaries, and to work on a broad range of projects that help build a better future.

Consistently recognized for technical excellence and design innovation, SMEC continues to receive industry awards and accolades from around the world. Engineering News-Record (ENR) currently ranks SMEC in the top 24 of the ‘2021 Top 225 International Design Firms’.

**REPORTS TO**

**Suitable applicants will be able to**:

- Build SMEC's brand regionally & Nationally as a leading consultant with a strong reputation for innovation, technical excellence, quality, and project delivery
- Assist the Regions to achieve sustainable growth of the group through targeted client relationship management and business development activity
- When required, provide project governance, at project manager level, of project management in the group to achieve reliable project performance in terms of sophistication, timeliness, and quality
- Support functional management to provide leadership to the employees in the group to ensure cohesion, optimal performance, resourcing, retention, and professional development

**REPORTS TO**

Section Manager or any other person appointed to supervise him/her from time to time.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Write reports summarizing geospatial analysis findings and engage with clients to address their needs;
- Maintain and design databases, exploring and understanding spatial data and algorithms;
- Capture, manipulate, and validate geospatial data using GIS software and various information sources; perform data transformation, processing, cleaning, editing, and classification;
- Convert, maintain, and project geographic data, including vector and raster datasets, using cartographic principles;
- Create and edit metadata for geospatial datasets;
- Perform GIS analysis, workflows, and modeling; analyze geographic relationships among different types of data;
- Conduct remote sensing and photogrammetry tasks, including data and aerial photograph analysis, ortho-rectification, and image correction;
- Utilize programming languages, such as.NET and Python, for testing, debugging, and quality assessment of completed projects;
- Manage projects by meeting with users to define data needs, plan and resolve work processes, and monitor project requirements and progress;
- Conduct research to locate, obtain, analyze, verify, and integrate spatial or relevant data, including cleaning, modeling, distance analysis, network, and terrain analysis;
- Maintain GIS systems for pavement, bridge, and road management, as well as asset registers.

**KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS**
- Work independently as well as part of a team;
- Alignment with company vision, goals, and values;
- Map and Visualization Quality: Produce high-quality maps, cartography, and graphic designs that effectively communicate geospatial information and meet client requirements;
- Project Timeliness: Complete projects within established deadlines, ensuring timely delivery of reports, maps, and other geospatial products to clients.
- Data Accuracy: Maintain a high level of data accuracy and integrity by rigorously validating, updating, and cleaning geospatial data.
- Client Satisfaction: Achieve and maintain a high level of client satisfaction through clear communication, timely delivery of reports, and addressing client needs effectively.
- Innovation and Efficiency: Continuously improve geospatial analysis processes by adopting new techniques, tools, and methodologies, resulting in increased efficiency and innovation within the team.
- Spatial AI Integration: Successfully integrate Spatial AI techniques and tools into geospatial analysis workflows, resulting in improved accuracy, efficiency, and innovation within the team.
- Familiarity and proficiency in database knowledge and understanding, including MSSQL and PostGIS

**RECOMMENDED QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE**
- Bachelor's degree in Geography, GIS, Cartography, or a related field.
- Masters in GIS is an