Senior GIS Specialist

**Overview** ------------ AtkinsRéalis is looking for Senior GIS Specialist **(6 months Contract)** to support the Master Plan governance and operations—maintaining authoritative trackers and controlled documentation, producing decision-ready mapping, supporting compliance/deviation reviews through spatial analysis, and coordinating updates to the MP GIS Portal to ensure a single trusted source of truth. **Your role** ------------- * Maintain Master Plan (MP) governance trackers and controlled document registers (PCPs, Scope Sheets), including version control, audit trails, and structured filing. * Manage Temporary Plot Plan tracker, GIS layers, and outputs; issue updated trackers/maps to agreed reporting cycles. * Prepare and maintain subdivision maps/trackers and charter map packs (e.g., DG1/DG2) aligned to latest approved MP materials and templates. * Provide spatial analysis for deviation, compliance, and NOC reviews (overlays, constraints/clash checks) with clear written and graphic findings. * Review, QA/QC, and improve KROKI templates and issued KROKIs (layout, attribution, symbology, referencing). * Coordinate survey data tracking (coverage/status/gaps) and review incoming MP GIS packages against DC standards/schemas; document compliance and corrective actions. * Produce publication-quality mapping for governance communications (presentations/BOD packs) and coordinate validated updates for publication to the MP GIS Portal. **Deliverables (expected outputs)** * Current MP Official Documents Tracker and controlled folders (PCPs, Scope Sheets, maps). * Updated PCPs/Scope Sheets with traceable links to GIS layers and registers. * Temporary Plot Plans and up-to-date tracker/layers. * Subdivision and charter map packs (incl. DG1/DG2) suitable for governance review. * Spatial review outputs (written + graphic) supporting deviation/compliance/NOC decisions. * Final KROKI templates/KROKIs; survey activity matrix and survey status maps. * MP GIS package compliance assessments; presentation/BOD map packs. * Validated datasets/inputs coordinated for publication to the MP GIS Portal. **About you** ------------- **Essential** * 15+ years' professional GIS experience in complex, multi-stakeholder environments. * Experience supporting urban planning/urban design outcomes, including master planning governance or development-control workflows. * Strong capability maintaining authoritative spatial datasets, registers, and document control processes. * Advanced spatial analysis (overlays, constraints mapping, clash/conflict identification) and decision-ready outputs. * Experience working within multidisciplinary teams. * Demonstrated experience supporting urban planning or urban design outcomes, including master planning governance or development control style workflows. * Strong capability in maintaining authoritative spatial datasets, registers, and document control processes. * Advanced GIS mapping and spatial analysis skills, including overlays, constraints mapping, and clash or conflict identification. * Experience working within multidisciplinary teams and providing clear, decision ready outputs. **Technical** * Strong hands-on experience with Esri platforms (ArcGIS Pro) and enterprise/portal publishing environments. * Confident CAD-to-GIS workflows, layer management, attribution, and spatial referencing. * Experience in Plot Record Sheets (PRS) or Development Control Regulation Sheets (DCRS). * Excellent cartographic production (templates, print layouts, consistent map series outputs). * High competence with tracker-based working (e.g., Excel registers) and structured reporting. * Strong QA/QC discipline (validation, version control, auditability). * Experience on major master planning programmes in Saudi Arabia or the GCC. **Desirable** * Familiarity with deviation/compliance/NOC-style governance workflows. * Experience coordinating survey deliverables and integrating survey outputs into GIS. * Working knowledge of BIM-to-GIS alignment for coordination checks. * Arabic language capability. * Immediate joiner preferably. **Behavioral competencies** * Highly organized with strong attention to detail and rigorous quality standards. * Calm and responsive under time pressure; able to manage competing priorities. * Clear communicator who can translate GIS outputs into planning-relevant insights. * Collaborative and proactive across governance, planning, design, and GIS teams. * Discrete and professional when handling controlled project information. **Working arrangement** * Full-time, on-site at client Site Offices in Riyadh for the initial 12 weeks. * Standard working week aligned to project office expectations, with flexibility to meet governance deadlines and board cycles as required. **Rewards & benefits** ---------------------- Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. This includes: * Tax-free salary. * Life insurance coverage. * Me