The company is seeking a skilled GIS Specialist to support our GIS Team across infrastructure, utilities, and urban development projects in Abu Dhabi. The position involves applying advanced GIS principles, spatial data management, and BIM/GIS integration techniques to deliver high-quality geospatial deliverables supporting multidisciplinary design teams. This role combines technical execution, data governance, and collaboration across digital platforms to ensure accuracy, consistency, and innovation in GIS workflows.
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What You’ll Be Doing
- Work on geospatial analysis and data management tasks that directly support engineering and planning teams.
- Maintain and enhance geodatabases and data models using ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Enterprise.
- Support BIM–GIS integration using Civil 3D, InfraWorks, and Revit to ensure spatial alignment with design models.
- Use FME and Python (ArcPy) to automate data workflows, improve efficiency, and ensure data accuracy.
- Develop interactive dashboards and web applications using ArcGIS Dashboards and Experience Builder.
- Conduct QA/QC checks, topology validation, and metadata preparation to keep our datasets clean and authoritative.
- Collaborate daily with engineers, planners, and other GIS professionals to ensure all spatial data meets project and client standards.
- Support field data collection and validation using Survey123, Field Maps, and related mobile applications.
- Help improve internal GIS workflows and documentation, and occasionally guide junior team members.
Requirements
- A Bachelor’s Degree in GIS, Geography, Geomatics, Engineering, or Computer Science.
(Master’s preferred)
- 6+ years of hands-on GIS experience, ideally in infrastructure, utilities, or master planning projects.
- Working knowledge of ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise/Online, FME, and data collection tools.
- Familiarity with BIM–GIS integration workflows and common formats (DWG, IFC, GDB).
- Strong understanding of spatial analysis, coordinate systems, and projection management.
- Comfortable working with SQL Server or PostGIS, and skilled in automating processes through Python or FME.
- Solid communication and coordination skills — you’ll be working closely with engineers, planners, and survey teams.
- Awareness of Abu Dhabi authority standards, including AD-SDI, USDM, and ADQCC specifications.
