Production Team Lead

NV5•Lexington, KY

8h•Onsite

About The Position

The Geospatial Production Team Lead will support the day-to-day execution of mobile LiDAR and imagery-based asset inventory production workflows. This role will lead a team of production operators responsible for reviewing imagery, interacting with geospatial tools, supporting asset extraction workflows, validating outputs, and ensuring work is completed accurately and consistently. This position is intended to be a hands-on leadership role focused on team coordination, quality oversight, tool execution, workflow adherence, and performance management. The Team Lead may be responsible for running production tools, reviewing outputs, supporting operators, troubleshooting workflow issues, and helping ensure that production targets are met. The ideal candidate has experience in GIS, transportation asset inventory, geospatial production workflows, and team leadership. Experience with prompt engineering, AI-assisted workflows, or automation-supported production processes is strongly preferred.

Requirements

4–7 years of experience in geospatial production, GIS operations, transportation asset inventory, data annotation, mapping, or a related technical production environment
2+ years of experience leading, mentoring, training, or directly managing production team members
Experience conducting performance feedback, coaching conversations, and formal performance reviews
Strong working knowledge of GIS concepts, spatial data, mapping workflows, and geospatial quality control
Experience operating technical tools, production applications, GIS software, or AI-assisted workflows
Familiarity with prompt engineering, AI tools, or structured prompting to support data review, automation, documentation, or production workflows
Experience reviewing production outputs for accuracy, completeness, consistency, and adherence to project standards
Ability to monitor throughput, quality, productivity, backlog status, and production progress
Strong attention to detail and ability to enforce documented standards, specifications, and procedures
Ability to identify production issues, document findings, recommend improvements, and escalate risks appropriately
Strong communication skills, including the ability to provide clear direction and actionable feedback to operators
Experience creating or maintaining standard operating procedures, checklists, training materials, or workflow documentation

Nice To Haves

Experience with transportation-related data, roadway assets, mobile mapping, LiDAR, imagery, or infrastructure inventory preferred
Familiarity with prompt engineering, AI tools, or structured prompting to support data review, automation, documentation, or production workflows
Familiarity with Esri products such as ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, and/or ArcGIS Enterprise Portal preferred
Experience with operational dashboards, spreadsheets, SQL, Power BI, or other production tracking tools preferred
Experience working with distributed, remote, offshore, or vendor-supported production teams preferred

Responsibilities

Lead the day-to-day activities of a geospatial production team supporting mobile LiDAR, imagery, and transportation asset inventory workflows
Coordinate daily production assignments, priorities, operator questions, and workflow execution
Support operators in understanding asset definitions, attribution rules, GIS requirements, project specifications, and quality expectations
Run production tools, validation tools, GIS applications, AI-assisted workflows, or other technical systems needed to support production delivery
Review production outputs for accuracy, completeness, consistency, and adherence to documented standards
Monitor production performance, including throughput, productivity, quality, rework, backlog, and schedule progress
Conduct regular coaching, feedback, and performance review discussions with assigned team members
Identify operator training needs and support onboarding, retraining, and ongoing skill development
Serve as the first point of contact for operator questions, production blockers, workflow clarification, and quality issues
Escalate complex technical, quality, schedule, staffing, or client requirement issues to Elizabeth Dreimiller or the appropriate project stakeholder
Reinforce standard operating procedures and ensure team members consistently follow approved workflows
Support the development and maintenance of production documentation, training guides, checklists, workflow notes, and quality standards
Use production metrics and dashboard information to identify risks, bottlenecks, performance regressions, and improvement opportunities
Help identify recurring quality issues and recommend practical improvements to reduce rework and improve consistency
Support the use of prompt engineering, AI-assisted tools, automation, or structured review methods to improve production efficiency and quality
Coordinate with project managers, subject matter experts, QA/QC staff, GIS specialists, and technical leads to resolve production issues
Foster a team culture focused on accountability, quality, consistency, continuous improvement, and clear communication