GIS Technician Full Time Permanent

• Position:  GIS Technician
• Salary:  Up to £26,000 based on experience
• Location:  Brighton, hybrid working available
• Hours:  9am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday (37.5 hours a week)

• A great range of benefits as listed below and an excellent office location & environment

We are recruiting for a GIS Technician to join the Geographic Information Systems team of a great company in Brighton that has B Corp status. You will be working with spacial data and associated systems and the position is suitable for a Graduate or equivalent with a Degree in a related Earth or Environmental Sciences subject such as Geography, Environmental Science, Geology, Planning or similar as well as candidates with strong experience working as a GIS Technician. The Brighton office is modern and vibrant, a great place to work.

The GIS Technician role will include:

• The collection and management of spatial data
• Supporting the ongoing maintenance, updating and creation of vast amounts of data, GIS and data management applications
• The management and delivery of data and historical mapping export products to clients
• Quality assurance and delivery of historical map and data products
• Supporting the GIS / Operations team with larger projects where required
• Maintaining up to date knowledge of the GIS sector including software developments

Skills & experience required:

• Educated to Degree level or equivalent in a related Earth or Environmental Sciences subject
• A good understanding of GIS and its practical application.
• Experience using GIS; QGIS ideally but ArcGIS, MapInfo or ESRI are also useful
• Any experience with FME, AWS, Apache Airflow, PGSQL or GeoServer is a distinct advantage
• This role is not eligible for sponsorship and so you must have the right to work in the UK

Salary, hours & company benefits:

• Up to £26,000 based on experience
• Monday to Friday 9am to 5.30pm
• Flexible working – hybrid (minimum 3 days per week in the office)
• 25 days holiday plus public holiday plus Birthday day off and option to buy or sell holiday
• Share incentive plan
• Pension scheme
• Life assurance scheme
• Income protection plan
• Comprehensive discounts at major retailers
• Wellbeing centre
• Access to free health and fitness classes and other perks
• Volunteer days

Wild Recruitment Ltd T/A First Recruitment Services are acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.