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Wood is seeking a GIS Specialist to join our Oil, Gas & New Energies business focusing on delivering large and complex projects for national and international energy companies. This opportunity is Hybrid.

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The Role 

Wood is currently seeking a GIS Specialist to join its Wood Specialist Engineering & Consulting Group with a strong background in GIS to join our Survey, GIS and Data Management Team in our Houston office.  This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing team that supports a variety of clients, projects, and internal business partners across both the traditional offshore oil and gas sector, and the growing US onshore and offshore clean energy market. This is a varied and exciting role where the successful candidate will play a key role in advancing the use of GIS and other digital technologies.  

Our Clients and Projects  

Designing the future. Transforming the world. 

Wood's Oil, Gas & New Energies business is built on a strong legacy of delivering large and complex projects for national and international energy companies across the globe. We are the market-leading provider of integrated and innovative solutions that challenge the status-quo in the oil and gas upstream and midstream, onshore and offshore, gas to liquids and decarbonisation and electrification markets. Our team brings low-carbon concepts to reality and are on the forefront of transformative projects that are providing sustainable power to generations to come. 

What we can offer 

• Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across our Oil, Gas & New Energies sector. 
• Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs. 
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organization actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice. 
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market. 
• Flexible benefits package that can be adapted to suit your lifestyle. 
• Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests. 
• Global connections: join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession. 

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree (preferable) in Geographic Information Systems or a related Geomatics field. 

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in an engineering support role; experience in oil/gas subsea fields and offshore wind developments is highly desirable. Relevant onshore experience will also be considered. 

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in ESRI ArcGIS products including ArcGIS Server and 3D Analyst. 

• A good working knowledge of AutoCAD, Global Mapper and data exchange with ESRI products. 

• Strong SQL Server or related RDBMS skills. 

• Experience working with digital elevation models and performing terrain analysis. 

• A good understanding of coordinate systems and transformations. 

• Strong written and verbal communication skills. 

• Willingness to work extended hours as required to deliver projects. 

• Ability to work well in a team environment to deliver on team goals. 

• Self-motivated and requiring minimal supervision. 

• Good analytical and problem solving skills. 

• Experience working in Microsoft Teams. 

Desirable: 

• Experience on Renewables Energy (Offshore Wind) projects. 

• Experience in offshore survey data (eg. ROV, AUV) acquisition, processing and geo-interpretation. 

• Knowledge of survey data models e.g. SSDM. 

• Knowledge of linear referencing and pipeline data models e.g. PODS, APDM. 

• Knowledge of E&P company engineering data models. 

• Previous participation in industry-wide advisory boards or task forces. 

• Experience in conference presentation or technical paper submissions. 

• Experience of automating tasks using Python, ArcGIS Model Builder or FME. 

• Experience using Geocortex Essentials and/or ArcGIS Enterprise.