Joining nxzen’s rapidly growing geospatial capability means becoming part of a team delivering high-quality, insight-driven GIS solutions across critical infrastructure sectors. As a Senior Geospatial Consultant, you will lead medium-sized GIS engagements end-to-end, ensuring strong analytical rigour, data quality, and well-designed geospatial solutions that meet business and user needs.
Reporting to the UK GIS Lead, you will take ownership of defined projects, shaping delivery approaches, managing stakeholders and risks, and ensuring outputs meet agreed standards. This role combines advanced hands-on GIS delivery with mentoring responsibility, helping uplift junior consultants and improve team effectiveness.
You will design analytical workflows, deliver complex analysis, improve data quality practices, configure secure GIS services, and contribute to governance and standards across engagements.
The role reports to the UK GIS Lead and will be responsible for:
· Designing and delivering end‑to‑end geospatial workflows that improve repeatability, efficiency, and delivery quality.
· Owning data‑quality strategies including validation rules, controls, and continuous‑improvement actions.
· Delivering advanced spatial and statistical analysis to support complex business decisions.
· Configuring secure GIS services with appropriate authentication, performance tuning, and data‑access controls.
· Mentoring consultants through best‑practice guidance, knowledge‑sharing, and professional development.
This role is ideal for an experienced GIS professional who enjoys leading project delivery, solving complex analytical problems, and mentoring others. As a Senior Geospatial Consultant at nxzen, you will deliver high-impact geospatial solutions while strengthening data quality, analytical rigour, and team capability across engagements.
Key Responsibilities
Project Delivery & Ownership
· Lead delivery of medium-sized GIS projects from initiation through completion.
· Define scope, approach, risks, and delivery plans for assigned engagements.
· Manage delivery risks proactively and resolve issues to maintain momentum.
· Ensure outputs meet acceptance criteria, standards, and stakeholder expectations.
Spatial Analysis & Solution Design
· Design fit-for-purpose geospatial solutions aligned to business objectives.
· Deliver advanced spatial and statistical analysis using appropriate methods and tools.
· Produce clear analytical outputs with transparent methodology and assumptions.
· Translate complex analysis into actionable insights for decision-makers.
Data Quality & Governance
· Define and implement data-quality controls, validation checks, and QA processes.
· Review datasets prior to integration, analysis, or service publication.
· Promote improved data quality, consistency, and governance across engagements.
· Contribute updates to standards and governance practices where gaps are identified.
GIS Services & Platforms
· Configure and publish GIS services aligned with performance, security, and access requirements.
· Apply authentication, authorisation, and data-access controls appropriately.
· Support performance tuning and optimisation of published services.
· Ensure services are documented, traceable, and support controlled updates.
Client & Stakeholder Engagement
· Work directly with client stakeholders to gather requirements and refine expectations.
· Explain analytical approaches, results, and limitations clearly and confidently.
· Demonstrate leadership and credibility in client-facing discussions and reviews.
Mentoring & Capability Development
· Mentor junior consultants through day-to-day guidance and structured support.
· Review outputs and provide constructive feedback to improve quality and confidence.
· Create reusable analytical assets, templates, and approaches to reduce duplication.
· Contribute to improving team standards and delivery maturity.
Essential Skills & Experience:
· Strong experience delivering GIS projects and analytical work independently.
· Advanced capability in spatial analysis, data interpretation, and cartographic output.
· Proven experience designing analytical workflows and repeatable GIS processes.
· Strong understanding of data‑quality practices, validation, and QA methodologies.
· Experience publishing and managing GIS services with appropriate governance.
· Ability to manage stakeholders, delivery risks, and competing priorities.
· Experience mentoring junior team members and raising delivery standards.
· Clear communication skills and confidence in client‑facing settings.
Desirable (but not essential) Skills & Experience:
· Experience delivering GIS work within utilities, infrastructure, or other asset‑intensive sectors.
· Familiarity with ArcGIS Enterprise administration, configuration or installation is highly desirable.
· Exposure to Python, ModelBuilder, or FME for automation and repeatable workflows.
· Working knowledge of versioned data, lifecycle management, or controlled update processes.
· Familiarity with non‑Esri or open‑source GIS tools.