ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) is an independent consultancy that specialises in providing advice and undertaking applied studies in marine and estuarine environments. The company undertakes a wide range of studies for the ports and coastal sector, and has a particularly strong commitment to marine research work and the dissemination of project findings to interested parties.
The areas of work that we are currently involved in include advising on marine renewable energy projects; designing and monitoring coastal habitat creation schemes; assessing the impacts of major port developments; providing guidance on new marine legislation and participating in strategic EU initiatives.
ABPmer’s Data Team deals with a variety of work in the fields of GIS, data management, remote sensing and other IT related topics, combined with a range of subjects such as environment, coastal protection, renewable energy locations, flood risk, etc.
To maintain our range of existing services, we currently have vacancies for the following positions:
GIS Analyst - Maternity Cover
This post will primarily be responsible for assisting with the production of report figures, volumetric analysis and data preparation working closely with colleagues within the Data Team, and internal and external project managers.
Applicants should preferably have a degree in GIS or a closely related subject with 1 - 2 years commercial experience of ArcGIS (v10 preferable) and/or MapInfo focusing on the marine environment. However, consideration will be given to applicants who have relevant GIS experience from a terrestrial background. A working understanding of ArcGIS extensions (3D Analyst, Spatial Analyst) and Python would be desirable as well as good experience of Microsoft Office products, including Access and VB/VB.NET programming skills. It will be advantageous for the successful applicant to have project management experience, the ability to write concise project reports, prioritise workloads and be able to work under pressure.
GIS Consultant - Permanent
The Data Team also has a requirement to fill a senior role. It is anticipated that the applicant will provide a mentoring role to more junior members of the team and to the company wide GIS user group. The successful applicant will have programming skills and the ability to lead the development, maintenance and dissemination of the company’s spatial database system (based on ArcGIS Server 10).
Applicants should preferably have a degree in GIS or a closely related subject and 5 years commercial experience of ArcGIS and/or MapInfo focusing on the marine environment and consider themselves to be a problem solver. The key skill sets required include a working understanding of relational databases (MS Access and MS SQL Server); development and maintenance of ESRI server products (ArcGIS Server 10, ArcSDE, ArcGIS Web Mapping APIs); remote sensing (ERDAS Imagine) experience; and extensive ArcGIS 10 Desktop skills including use of extensions (3D Analyst, Spatial Analyst) combined with strong programming knowledge in Python and VB/VB.NET. Project management experience and the ability to write concise project reports is a necessity and the aptitude to write proposals and market the company’s expertise in this field would be advantageous.
In addition to being part of a company with an outstanding reputation, working for ABPmer brings with it numerous benefits including an excellent salary package, which is paid according to qualifications and experience, a contributory pension scheme, private medical insurance and flexitime working hours. The company also has a strong emphasis on professional development and training.
Applications should be made by email to lboxall@abpmer.co.uk to include a CV together with a covering letter.
Closing date for applications - 20 January 2012
# Please note that we are only able to consider applications from candidates who already hold the requisite right to work in the UK and we are unable to assist potential candidates to aquire the right to work if required.
