GIS Developer

Are you looking to progress your career by working on Britain’s biggest construction project? Balfour Beatty VINCI is working with a range of organisations to design and build a 90km West Midlands stretch of HS2 - Britain’s new high-speed railway. Our work is essential to enable HS2 trains to travel between London and Birmingham as well as continue their journey up to Manchester. It’s an incredibly exciting time to join us - we’re at peak construction with work really ramping up on a broad range of assets including bridges, tunnels, and viaducts. Plus, you’d join 9,000 people across 72 nationalities working on this exciting section of HS2 across the region.

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a GIS Developer within the Sustainability Function. This role will be based on site in Birmingham.

• Supporting the Ecology Data Lead in the collection, management, and delivery of ecological data in line with HS2 Technical Standards and Data Specifications.
• Assist the Ecology Data Lead to develop, troubleshoot, and maintain BBV’s bespoke ecology data collection and manipulation tools.
• Collaborate with Information Management Team’s developers to manage and implement system change on the Ecology Enterprise Geodatabase.
• Support Subject Matter Experts by producing detailed maps and figures for inclusion in Protected Species License applications and amendments, ecological management plans, and client handover evidence documents.
• Develop training materials and deliver training to the ecology team and wider user base of ecology and environmental applications.

• Educated to degree or Master’s level in an Environmental or Data Engineering related subject.
• Experience in developing geospatial data collection and processing tools using PostGreSQL, Python, Arcade script, ARCGIS Online Web Application Builder, and ESRI Fieldmaps.
• Excellent MS Office experience – Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Skills in working collaboratively to obtain the best outcome for the project.
• Determination to see tasks through to completion, with excellent planning and organisation skills.
• Basic knowledge and understanding of ecological survey techniques.
• Full valid driver’s licence and flexibility to travel.

Please note candidates will need to have a current valid right to work in the UK to be considered for this role.

• Flexible working available for some roles.
• Travel allowance for eligible candidates.
• Family-friendly leave policies.
• Health risk assessments.
• Access to employee assistance programmes.
• Access to annual flu vaccinations.

About Balfour Beatty VINCI: Balfour Beatty VINCI is a long-established joint venture between two powerhouses for the delivery of critical infrastructure across rail, transport, and other iconic projects in the UK and beyond. We started working together over 30 years ago to deliver the Channel Tunnel, as members of the TransManche Link consortium. In the Midlands, it is Balfour Beatty VINCI’s role to design and build the route, ready for tracks and signalling to be installed. Our work with HS2 Balfour Beatty VINCI has been awarded a 90km section of the HS2 project from Long Itchington in Warwickshire to the centre of Birmingham and then on to Handsacre in Staffordshire.

Overall, we will be building the following across all our sites:

• 9.3km of viaducts.
• 2 twin bore tunnels and 2 cut and cover tunnels.
• 28 underbridges and 11 underpasses.

Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) is delivering equal opportunities for everyone that is part of the team and for people that are yet to join us. We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all backgrounds to come and join our team, including people with different physical abilities and neurodiversities. We are working to represent the communities Balfour Beatty VINCI works in through our workforce. We have embedded Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity (ED&I) Champions across our sites and are guided by strong accreditations that ensure we demonstrate our ability to support our people effectively. We care about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with a diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. BBV is a Disability Confident Leader, and we welcome applications from candidates with a disability.

We recognise and respect that people work in different ways and we are open to discussing what flexibility you may need during the recruitment process, balanced against our project requirements.