Graduate GIS Technician

The Job

Are you a recent graduate ready to join an innovative company that puts their people first? Join our Graduate Programme to kickstart your career in the Telecoms industry. You would be joining a team of dedicated and passionate people who work hard every day to improve the lives of those in our own communities by transforming the digital infrastructure of Cumbria.

Why Choose Us?

• Enhanced Training: We want to make sure you’re given every opportunity to succeed in your new role. Alongside job-specific training, you will be supported through a 3-month, Fibrus own, “Business Essentials” course.
• Mentorship: Every Graduate that joins Fibrus will have the support of their new manager, and you will also have a mentor to guide you through your year with us. Both your manager and your mentor will be committed to guiding you towards success.
• Hands-on Experience: You will gain invaluable experience through owning your own projects and pieces of work with the support of experts in your chosen field.
• A Positive, Inclusive Culture: We like to do things “the Fibrus way”. As award winners in Advancing Diversity in the Workplace at the 2023 Women in Business awards and having recently been awarded the Investors in People ‘We invest in People’ standard accreditation, we are proud to be a company that encourages colleagues to do and be their very best. Our culture is focused on trust, collaboration, growth, and flexibility.

What Will You Be Doing?

• Updating and maintaining the information held on our GIS business systems.
• Resolving issues that arise between different data layers and opposing coordinate systems across the applications utilized in the business.
• Publishing online maps and data which can be viewed and shared within the organization or with the public.
• Surveying areas that have incomplete or missing GIS or Telecoms Physical Infrastructure data.
• Identifying asset types and dimensions and recording them accurately.
• Assisting in the maintenance of up-to-date and accurate records of all network inventory from the Fibrus build programme.
• Supporting with the upkeep and management of data used in Fibrus GIS products.
• Producing ModelBuilder's or automation workflows utilizing ArcPy.

What Will You Bring?

• The ideal candidate will be a passionate recent Graduate eager to pursue a career in GIS and may come from a GIS/CAD/BIM background.
• Experience in the use of ESRI ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Pro, web GIS in ArcGIS Online/Portal for ArcGIS.
• Other open-source GIS/CAD/BIM skills are also desirable.
• Experience in a variety of data sources and data formats, and using Arcade, Python, ModelBuilder & Dynamo.
• Understanding of Feature Manipulation Engines (FME) and other automated processes.
• Knowledge of Ordnance Survey suite of mapping products is beneficial.
• Practical knowledge of interactive web-based GIS and/or enterprise GIS technologies.

Desirable:

• An understanding of Fibre Optics in a Telecoms environment.
• BIM and/or 3D GIS knowledge.
• Basic understanding of surveying or field-based data capture experience.

About Us

Viberoptix, part of the Fibrus Group of companies, deliver specialized fibre network build solutions from design, civils activities, cabling and splicing. Our team of experienced and certified engineers are leaders in their field providing excellence in every aspect of the fibre network construction.

At Viberoptix, we recognize the positive value of diversity, promote equality and challenge unfair discrimination. We are an equal opportunities employer and always aim to recruit the person who is most suited to the job, welcoming people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from women, underrepresented genders, individuals with disabilities, and underrepresented ethnicities. We’re happy to discuss flexible working - there is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to.

All offers of employment with Fibrus will be subject to the satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which may include all or some of the following: references, right to work, criminal record history, professional qualifications.

Fibrus Limited, Fibrus ISP, Hyperfast and Viberoptix, belong to the Infracapital group of companies.