GIS Technician

 This role is flexible in location, offering remote working. Initially you will be required to attend an office for training purposes and once a month following onboarding for team meetings.

As the UK’s largest fibre-only network, and its only proven wholesale challenger, we’re busy setting new standards for what digital infrastructure can and should be.

Designed from scratch for the internet, our network is greener, more reliable and ready for the future. The products we provide over it not only lead the market on speed, value and service, they help businesses to innovate, provide entire communities with a better foundation for their digital lives and support economic growth, locally and nationally.

What does that mean for you? The opportunity to make internet connections (and daily life) a whole lot better, for a lot of people!

Joining us as a GIS Technician 

Joining our busy GIS Team, you’ll be given responsibility from day one to start working on your own City projects. Taking responsibility for translating our fibre network infrastructure designs into a GIS environment, allowing us to build a network which is fit for purpose and future proof.

You’ll receive a salary of up to £35,000, a performance related bonus, and a range of benefits to support you across your financial, physical and mental wellbeing.

This is some of what you can expect to be doing:

• Using GIS technology, you will be producing data from a variety of sources, analysing and studying your findings
• You'll prepare the design packs for use in the construction phase of the project, ensuring consistent standards are met across the business for all design and as-build documentation
• General administration of the GIS system data and maintaining the asset data in a centralised system
• Effectively applying our design methodology ensuring we are enforcing department and company standards
• Designing of various networks in a GIS environment

What you’ll bring to the role

As a GIS technician you will have experience and knowledge of using GIS systems, seeking an opportunity to utilise and develop your career in a fast paced business. 

You’ll also have:

• Some working knowledge of one (or more) in GE Smallworld, PNI, ArcGIS Desktop, QGIS or FME.
• Excellent communicator with strong interpersonal skills
• Able to collaborate and work with a variety of different teams across the business
• A degree in GIS, Geography, or a related field with an environmental focus

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We’re a Times Top 50 Employer for Gender Equality. We’re endorsed by WORK180 and we’re a partner of Diversifying. We have pledged our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant and we’re a Disability Confident Employer. Working together with our Employee Networks, we’re wholly committed to ensuring that our people’s voices are heard, and that everyone feels a sense of belonging and pride to be a part of CityFibre. If you’d like to explore our culture and values, check out The CityFibre Way.

What you can expect from us

We want to offer you all the support you need to thrive inside and outside of work. This means giving you the tools to grow your career with us, as well as a comprehensive benefits package that you can adapt to your lifestyle. This includes 25 days annual leave, a day off on your birthday, a day off to support a charity or organisation of choice, a range of wellbeing and savings initiatives including private medical insurance, and supportive family friendly and menopause policies.

We want to create a sense of belonging for everyone. We celebrate our differences and work to ensure everyone has the best chance to succeed, starting with our recruitment process. No matter your background, family or carer status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, gender, or gender identity, we welcome your application. If you need any support or reasonable adjustments throughout the application process, please email us at [email protected]. We want to help!