GIS Specialist

KEO is a creative enterprise, where innovation is a way of life. We are uniquely resourced with end-to-end services to take clients from inspiration through conceptualization to realization of planning, design or project delivery in the built and natural environments. For over 60 years we've led with vision, contributing to many of the world's most ambitious projects, iconic places, remarkable experiences and prosperous communities.

As a highly integrated and agile AEP/PMCM firm, KEO is recognized by ENR as one of the Top 225 International Design Firms and one of the Top 20 International PM/CM Firms. We are also ranked by World Architecture as the 51st largest global architecture firm and the #1 Firm in the Middle East Region in their 2024 WA100 Survey.

We invite you to join us. Why

When you join KEO, you'll discover more than just a job you'll find a supportive environment that fosters your professional development through internal global mobility and career development and does so within a culture that supports company-wide health and well-being through on-demand counselling services and regular workplace clinics. You will be invited to celebrate community events such as sports days, fun-runs, in-house sports teams and beach clean ups. In addition to your competitive package and benefits you will have access to a suite of policies that include hybrid working arrangements, individual athletic sponsorship, study assistance sponsorship, employee referral rewards.

Responsibilities

Our newest opportunity is for a talented GIS Specialist to join our award-winning team based in Abu Dhabi. UAE. This position is responsible for accomplishing complex analytic, data development, data manipulation, and data validation work related to geo-spatial platforms and the manipulation of and interpretation.

We envisage success in this role to include:

• Creating and/or preparing, and maintaining critical geo-spatial databases for client projects, including the development of complex geo-fencing boundaries with direct implications to reliability and accuracy of client deliverables, geocode validation, spatial data placement, and dependent model variable data validation with client.
• Developing advanced specialized maps utilizing geographic and demographic information using programming, database, and graphic skills.
• Extracting demographic information from various databases for use in maps or reports.
• Providing support to the project as required.
• Performing quality assurance on all products or services being developed for projects and clients to ensure product is meeting specified requirements.
• Interfacing with studio colleagues and clients as the primary database support resource and provides support as needed to support the project.
• Supporting clients and internal resources in the roles of map development, geocoding, database development, database manipulation, and database design.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To be successful in this dynamic opportunity, we envision that your career journey to date will include 8 years work experience with public realm and master planning developments, partnered with a Bachelor degree and relevant GIS trainings.

Advanced proficiency in ESRI ArcMap, MapInfo, or other GIS-related technologies required for this role.

Please submit your CV and a design portfolio which demonstrates your experience and explains your suitability for the role. Please provide an embedded PDF link on your CV covering a maximum of 10 projects.

KEO's performance is founded upon integrity, results, innovation, safety and our people. We embrace diversity and recognise its contribution to client success wherever we work.

We are excited to hear how you can partner with our award-winning team and treat all expressions of interest confidentially.