Senior GIS Specialist - 100% Remote

EnviroCareers

3d•Remote

About The Position

My client is a growing Canadian environmental consulting firm who is seeking a GIS Specialist who can deliver high-quality technical work today and help shape a broader GIS practice over time. The immediate mandate is to strengthen senior-level capability, provide depth and continuity within a small GIS team, and support environmental, regulatory, reclamation and closure, and water-related projects. The longer-term opportunity is to identify new GIS services, build client relationships, win work, and develop GIS into a more independent and commercially successful practice area. This role will suit a practical, entrepreneurial GIS professional who enjoys doing the work, guiding others, speaking directly with clients, and translating technical capability into services that solve real project needs. The scope can grow with the person. A strong performer may progress from senior technical contributor to GIS practice leader, with increasing responsibility for strategy, people, clients, and business performance.

Requirements

A degree or diploma in geomatics, geography, earth sciences, computer science, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
10+ years progressive GIS experience in environmental consulting, mining, engineering, transportation, construction, natural resources, or a related project-based setting.
Advanced hands-on experience with Esri technology, including ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online, plus strong capability in spatial data gathering, processing, management, analysis, and cartography.
Experience coordinating projects, workloads, or teams and providing technical review, direction, or mentorship.
Demonstrated ability to work within scope, schedule, and budget while maintaining strong technical and visual quality.
Client-facing experience and the confidence to uncover needs, shape solutions, contribute to proposals, and build lasting professional relationships.
Commercial curiosity and the initiative to identify and develop new services or revenue opportunities.
Clear written and verbal communication, sound judgment, strong organization, and consistent attention to detail.

Nice To Haves

Experience with geospatial modelling, scripting, automation, field-data workflows, LiDAR, drone-derived data, or related technologies is valuable.
Existing industry relationships are an asset.

Responsibilities

Deliver and oversee map production, cartography, spatial analysis, geospatial modelling, and data visualization for complex environmental and land-use projects.
Create, edit, integrate, and maintain shapefiles, file geodatabases, raster surfaces, composite datasets, and related spatial and non-spatial information.
Plan and execute advanced spatial analyses supporting reclamation and closure, cumulative-effects assessment, regulatory and permitting work, water stewardship, and Indigenous community end-land-use planning.
Lead or support visual quality assessments and other technically specialized GIS assignments.
Manage GIS delivery across multiple projects, including scope, priorities, team resourcing, schedules, budgets, and quality.
Develop and maintain appropriate standards for data governance, security, QA/QC, templates, mapping consistency, and file management.
Use ArcGIS Online and related tools to support mobile data collection, field teams, project collaboration, and client-facing information products.
Perform spatial data processing and analysis using scripts and geoprocessing tools where appropriate.
Work directly with clients and internal project leaders to clarify needs, recommend solutions, prepare proposals, develop fees, and deliver fit-for-purpose results.
Identify, pursue, and help secure new GIS and mapping work, including stand-alone assignments and integrated opportunities with other technical practices.
Mentor GIS staff and contribute to a collaborative, accountable, and continuously improving team culture.