GIS Specialist

Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.

Wood is seeking a GIS Specialist to join our Oil, Gas & New Energies business focusing on delivering large and complex projects for national and international energy companies. This opportunity is Hybrid.

#LI-Hybrid

The Role

Wood is currently seeking a GIS Specialist to join its Wood Specialist Engineering & Consulting Group with a strong background in GIS to join our Survey, GIS and Data Management Team in our Houston office. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing team that supports a variety of clients, projects, and internal business partners across both the traditional offshore oil and gas sector, and the growing US onshore and offshore clean energy market. This is a varied and exciting role where the successful candidate will play a key role in advancing the use of GIS and other digital technologies.

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Wood's Oil, Gas & New Energies business is built on a strong legacy of delivering large and complex projects for national and international energy companies across the globe. We are the market-leading provider of integrated and innovative solutions that challenge the status-quo in the oil and gas upstream and midstream, onshore and offshore, gas to liquids and decarbonisation and electrification markets. Our team brings low-carbon concepts to reality and are on the forefront of transformative projects that are providing sustainable power to generations to come.

What we can offer

- Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across our Oil, Gas & New Energies sector.

- Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs.

- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organization actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice.

- Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market.

- Flexible benefits package that can be adapted to suit your lifestyle.

- Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests.

- Global connections: join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession.

Key Responsibilities:

- Manage project GIS databases including data loading, quality assurance and metadata.

- Produce maps, charts, reports and other data deliverables for internal and external issue.

- Develop and maintain map services and other content for web-based GIS portals.

- Respond to project queries on a daily basis.

- Collaborate with engineers and designers on pipeline routing and other GIS analysis tasks.

- Participate in project meetings and workshops.

- Contribute to GIS data specifications and other technical material.

- Support internal and external training programs on GIS applications.

- Raise awareness and support the wider adoption of GIS technology through workshops, presentations and marketing materials.

What makes you remarkable?

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.

Expected:

- A Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree (preferable) in Geographic Information Systems or a related Geomatics field.

- A minimum of 5 years of experience in an engineering support role; experience in oil/gas subsea fields and offshore wind developments is highly desirable. Relevant onshore experience will also be considered.

- A minimum of 5 years of experience in ESRI ArcGIS products including ArcGIS Server and 3D Analyst.

- A good working knowledge of AutoCAD, Global Mapper and data exchange with ESRI products.

- Strong SQL Server or related RDBMS skills.

- Experience working with digital elevation models and performing terrain analysis.

- A good understanding of coordinate systems and transformations.

- Strong written and verbal communication skills.

- Willingness to work extended hours as required to deliver projects.

- Ability to work well in a team environment to deliver on team goals.

- Self-motivated and requiring minimal supervision.

- Good analytical and problem solving skills.

- Experience working in Microsoft Teams.

Desirable:

- Experience on Renewables Energy (Offshore Wind) projects.

- Experience in offshore survey data (eg. ROV, AUV) acquisition, processing and geo-interpretation.

- Knowledge of survey data models e.g. SSDM.

- Knowledge of linear referencing and pipeline data models e.g. PODS, APDM.

- Knowledge of E&P company engineering data models.

- Previous participation in industry-wide advisory boards or task forces.

- Experience in conference presentation or technical paper submissions.

- Experience of automating tasks using Python, ArcGIS Model Builder or FME.

- Experience using Geocortex Essentials and/or ArcGIS Enterprise.

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.