Thomson environmental consultants: The independent, employee-owned consultancy, chosen by successful clients, admired by competitors, and the place to work preferred by top specialists.

With offices across the UK, our experts are committed to delivering our clients exceptional outcomes across a range of environmental services and ecological contracting.

Our services include but are not limited to: terrestrial ecology, freshwater ecology, marine ecology, habitat management, arboricultural services, geospatial and data management, environmental impact assessments.

Our people make us who we are; we are commercial but not corporate, guided by our values of Respect, Integrity, Support and Excellence. Career growth and development is highly valued at Thomson, and we nurture talent, leading to rapid career-progression opportunities. Our people benefit from access to a diverse range of industry-accredited external trainings, as well as in-house training opportunities led by our specialists. The variety of projects we deliver across the breadth of environmental services encourages cross-team working and collaboration.

Are you a skilled GIS technical specialist? Do you have experience of, or the desire to work within the environment consultancy sector? Are you used to meeting client expectations and delivering high quality maps and data, on time and to budget? Are you commercially aware, self-motivated, organised, with excellent communication and project management skills? If so, then we would be delighted to hear from you!

We are looking for a GIS Specialist to join our dynamic GIS team based in Guildford. Your main responsibility will be to provide all aspects of mapping, data management and spatial analysis to terrestrial, marine, freshwater, and geospatial projects, working proactively at all times to achieve the company’s vision and values.

This is a permanent role, with an office/home-working split based on team and business needs. Ideally you’ll be a commutable distance from our Guildford Head Office but other locations may be considered.

Successful candidates must

• have a degree or postgraduate degree (or equivalent) in GIS or a related subject
• have relevant and proven experience in a similar role, ideally within the commercial environmental sector
• have the ability to produce consistently high quality, error free maps and data for clients on time and within budget
• hold strong planning and organisation skills with proven ability to multi-task and handle several projects simultaneously
• have proven experience of working with ESRI ArcGIS as well as desktop, web-mapping, server, mobile and web applications
• have an understanding and application of GIS data standards
• have the ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• and most importantly an enthusiastic, flexible, can-do attitude.

As an Employee-Owned Trust, all Thomson employees have a stake in the business. An EOT model is a way to transfer future ownership of a company to its people – minimizing the chance of cultural or commercial disruptions. As a rapidly growing company, Thomson employees will reap the rewards, including performance-related bonuses. We’re proud of this unique opportunity to our people which makes us stand out in the environmental consultancy world.

You’ll enjoy all the benefits we have to offer, including EOT approved bonuses (after a qualifying period), 25 days annual leave, paid professional memberships, pension, flexible working, regular social events and career progression.