Graduate GIS Analyst - Register your interest - 2025 - Various Locations
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Job field: Construction
Type of contract: Permanent
ID: 4479
Description and requirements
Graduate GIS Analyst - Register your interest - 2025 - Various Locations
We are excited to launch our Graduate roles, starting in September 2025!
Are you ready to kickstart your career in a team where you can make a difference?
Skanska, one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups, is an inclusive and responsible business that is helping to build a better society.
Our graduate programme will help you build on your degree and establish a career where you will have the freedom to learn, achieve your ambitions and leave your mark on the communities in which we work.
We are looking for Graduate GIS Analysts to join our Infrastructure team on the following projects:
1. Penrith in Cumbria - Network Rail’s North West & Central framework for Large Portfolio projects, starting with Clifton Bridge in Penrith Cumbria. Work will then develop into the Liverpool/ Manchester region.
2. A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet – St Neots, Cambridgeshire: a new 10 mile dual carriageway will connect the Black Cat roundabout and Caxton Gibbet roundabout. The scheme will provide quicker, safer and more reliable journeys.
3. A47 Thickthorn Junction – Norwich, Norfolk: improving the junction between the A47 and the A11 near Norwich by adding two new connections to ease congestion in the area.
What you'll do:
* Assist with the development, deployment and maintenance of the Web-GIS platforms and Field GIS Apps to fulfil the needs of your immediate team and the wider project
* Develop bespoke Web and Field GIS Solutions
* Identify and implement the most appropriate and efficient geospatial workflows and processes.
* Manage data, perform updates and assist integration efforts with BIM
* Leverage IoT and systems integration to contribute towards the project’s Digital Twin
* Work closely with the different GIS end users, engineers, and project teams to identify problems and provide input, advice and implementation as appropriate of GIS-based solutions
* Produce maps and manage data for the A428 project in the RDP Scheme
* Continuously improve data – you will be motivated to investigate when errors/problems are identified within existing data
* Metadata Creation and Management
* Data Digitisation when necessary
* Document workflows, creating standardised process documentation and writing guidance documents
What you'll bring to the role:
* Studying towards or having completed bachelor’s or master’s degree in Geomatics, Engineering, Computer Science, Geography, Environmental Sciences, Data Science or Software Development
* Proactive - the ideal candidate would continuously strive to improve available GIS data; proactively searching for new information that can be integrated into the existing data
* Experience gained during university in the ESRI ArcGIS Suite and Geographic Data Processing and Management
* Effective communicator and collaborative in approach – the role will involve working with numerous people from different disciplines
* Problem solver with facilitation and negotiation skills
* Comfortable with standard Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.), email/internet, other IT applications.
* Values driven and passionate about sustainability
What we offer:
* You will be a part of a community of 100+ graduates and apprentices
* Starting salary: From £30,000
* We want you to do well and will support you to have a meaningful career beyond the apprenticeship
* Support and guidance from experienced leaders and teams
* Professional and social events
* Opportunities to volunteer in the local community at least one day per year
* Support to achieve your professional accreditation and expenses covered for the professional membership of your choice
* Access to our employee networks - these include: Womxn’s, Ability, Pride, O.N.E (Origins, Nationalities & Ethnicities), Military, and Mental Health & Wellbeing
* My Rewards – an array of retail, dining, well-being and travel discounts
* Cycle to work scheme
* Flex-It programme to achieve a work life balance where possible
* You would be joining a mental health aware organisation where we offer wellbeing support through our employee assistance programme; mental health ambassador network and awareness discussions
The two-year graduate programme provides a pathway to develop a complete skill set, developing both technical and interpersonal skills. The programme includes interesting courses and on-the-job learning.
Location: There are GIS roles across each of our sites in Northwest England, Cambridgeshire or Norwich – please let us know your preference.
At Skanska, we believe in our Purpose, we build for a better society. Through our Values of care for life, commit to customers, be better - together and act ethically and transparently you will enable us to deliver our purpose.
Equal opportunities
We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.
We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.
Reasonable adjustments
We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using emerging.talent@skanska.co.uk if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.
More information about the role
Please note this is an advert for our job vacancy, and therefore may not be inclusive of all assigned duties, responsibilities, or aspects of the role described, and may be amended at any time at the sole discretion of Skanska. If you have any questions, please contact us: emerging.talent@skanska.co.uk.
The closing date for this vacancy may be subject to change any time at the sole discretion of the business.
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