Senior Geospatial Leader

We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled geospatial professional to lead our team in delivering high-profile geospatial projects.

The ideal candidate should have advanced technical geospatial skills, strong leadership and project management experience, and the ability to manage and motivate a team of geospatial professionals.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership to the geospatial services team, including training GIS staff
• Acts as an advisor to the team regarding projects, tasks, and operations
• Assists with expanding the geospatial service line technical team
• Plans and manages project staffing requirements, reports project performance, and identifies and addresses scope creep, schedule, or quality issues to ensure a successful delivery of assigned geospatial projects
• Peer reviews and quality assures project deliverables to ensure AEI's high-quality requirements are consistently met
• Provides recommendations for project personnel, hardware, software, data, budget, and scheduling; reviews and assesses technical work of junior staff involved in GIS-related projects or programs
• Continues to expand on AEI's current business relationships with government clients and teaming partners
• Leads the development of technical submittals, which include monthly and quarterly reports, geodatabases, web applications, user guides, and other technical submittals
• Communicates with municipality, utility, government clients, and subcontractors
• Writes scope documents in response to specific client task requests
• Works directly with and manages marketing and proposal teams in creating clear, concise proposals
• Occasionally travels to client sites for project investigations, definition workshops, and project meetings
• Advocates for excellence and quality in overall geospatial services program and all project deliverables; works proactively with federal clients to identify expectations and achieve Very Good to Exceptional CPARS ratings
• Applies a practical knowledge of scientific principles and/or engineering methods, remote sensing, and geospatial techniques, and historical project data to ensure project requirements are complete
• Performs other duties as may be required or assigned

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from a regionally or nationally accredited institution in Geography, GIS, Urban Planning, Environmental Science, Computer Science, or a closely related field
• Minimum of 12 years of experience using ESRI suite of GIS software, including ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Pro, and related extensions and relational databases
• Excellent project management skills (≥5 years of project management)
• Experience in developing scopes of work and proposal responses
• Experience as a supervisor of technical staff
• Candidate must be able lead GIS projects by developing workflows and assigning tasks to junior to mid-level staff
• Experience with spatial data management, spatial analysis technologies, process design, and modeling, server, and web GIS technologies
• Candidate must have solid technical writing skills
• Candidate must have effective communication skills
• Candidate must be accountable for their productivity and actions
• Candidate must be a critical thinker and problem solver
• U.S. citizenship (due to federal contract requirements)

Desired Qualifications:

• GIS Professional Certificate (GISP) or ASPRS certification
• Graduate degree in related fields
• GIS experience in water resource management, ecological applications, and resilience/vulnerability assessments
• Remote Pilot Certificate and UAV experience preferred
• Experience in python scripting in the GIS framework
• Experience with Enterprise Solutions
• AUTO CAD Knowledge is a plus

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs):

• Organized with the ability to prioritize and execute multiple projects
• Possess effective analytical and problem-solving skills
• Motivated and eager to grow the Geospatial Service Line
• Expert level knowledge of the ESRI suite of GIS products, including ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Server, and ArcGIS Online, Python, Model Builder, and ArcGIS Enterprise. Familiarity with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, procedures, and other mapping solutions or current equivalent
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to analyze processes and develop/implement programs and applications
• Ability to peer review and quality assure final data products created by the geospatial team
• Must be detail-oriented and take pride in delivering high-quality work
• Ability to exhibit a professional, courteous demeanor
• Ability to work in a diverse environment and as a team player
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with those encountered in the course of work using principles of excellent customer service

This is an exciting opportunity for a geospatial professional to join our team and contribute to the success of our organization. If you are a motivated and skilled leader who can inspire and motivate a team, we encourage you to apply for this position.