Trainee GIS Technician

Job description

The Team & Focus of the Role

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Trainee GIS Technician to join our growing Geospatial team within the Infrastructure Services Division (ISD).

This is an exciting opportunity for someone at graduate level to develop their career within a leading national consultancy, supporting the delivery of major infrastructure projects across the UK.

You will work within a highly collaborative team, delivering geospatial support across a wide range of projects—from small, detailed plans to large-scale national infrastructure schemes. The role offers excellent exposure to multidisciplinary work and the opportunity to build technical expertise within a supportive and forward-thinking environment.

Fisher German is recognised for delivering practical, commercially focused solutions across infrastructure, property, and rural sectors, with geospatial data playing a critical role in our service offering.

This is a full-time role (37.5 hours) based from our office in Ashby de la Zouch. We also operate a hybrid working policy.

In return, beyond your base salary you will be included in:

• A discretionary bonus scheme

• A generous holiday scheme which commences at 25 days with a sliding scale up to 30 days plus an additional day for your birthday, and additional days to cover the festive period!

• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave

• An online money saving portal

• Death In Service cover, alongside access to an Employee Assistance Programme which includes health appoints for you and your family

• Volunteering Leave equating to 2 days per year (pro rata if you’re part-time)

Duties will include:

• Assisting in producing high-quality maps, plans, and figures for a variety of project deliverables

• Managing, analysing, and maintaining spatial datasets

• Supporting infrastructure and land-related projects with GIS analysis and mapping

• Assisting with data validation, quality control, and database management

• Preparing constraint mapping and spatial analysis to inform project planning

• Supporting field data collection through mobile GIS tools and survey integration

• Contributing to the development and improvement of GIS systems, processes, and workflows

• Collaborating with internal teams to meet project deadlines and deliverables

The successful candidate will have...​

• Proactive attitude and willing to learn
• Good organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks

• Strong attention to detail and data accuracy

• Effective communication skills and ability to work as part of a team

• Experience working within a GIS consultancy or similar commercial environment (desirable)

• Exposure to infrastructure, utilities, or land-based projects (desirable)

• Experience with: FME (Feature Manipulation Engine), ArcGIS Online, ESRI Field Maps, Survey123 (desirable)

• Familiarity with spatial data formats (geodatabases, shapefiles, CAD, survey data)

• Full UK driving licence (beneficial)

Why Fisher German?

We’ve been around for a while, but it doesn’t mean we are behind the times! Across our office network we offer a hybrid working approach to help our colleagues design their working day to suit their diaries. Some days you might be in the office enjoying a collaborative team day, and other days might see you focussing on project work at home. Wherever you choose to work, you’ll be part of a social and digitally connected workforce with the chance to get involved in a variety of activities, like sports events, pop-up bars, BBQs, CPD days, live leadership updates on Zoom, picnics in the park and lots more.

What’s not to love? We work hard but we also have lots of fun! If that sounds like something you would enjoy, then please get in touch.

We have a history going back as far as 1830 but have been Fisher German since 2000. We operate UK wide advising and managing a range of client portfolios with national visibility across all the 12-property market sectors; agriculture, commercial, education, green energy & sustainability, healthcare, minerals & waste, public sector, residential, rural, telecoms, third sector and utilities and infrastructure.

Bring Yourself to Work

It’s simple really, we are passionate about what we do, and we want you to be driven to succeed with us. For this to happen, you need to feel supported and included which is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. 

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