Trainee Geospatial Editor

We seek to move the world forward through innovative thinking.

Woolpert is an award-winning, global leader in architecture, engineering, and geospatial services. We blend design excellence with cutting-edge technology to deliver exceptional client value. Our team is passionate about their work and committed to building the next generation of industry leaders, and as a certified Great Place to Work®, Woolpert embraces progress and innovation to create limitless opportunities for career growth.

Woolpert is seeking motivated individuals to join our team as full-time Trainee Geospatial Editors based in our Johannesburg and Cape Town office on a 6-month contract, with the possibility of an extension based on performance and project needs.

We are committed to developing young talent by providing hands-on experience with cutting-edge geospatial technologies in a supportive and growth-oriented environment.

Essential Functions:

• Editing Ortho Photos in Photoshop.
• Basic geospatial digital map interpretation and editing, including daily processing/editing of geospatial data.
• Evaluate accuracy and efficiency, and ensuring compliance to applicable project and industry aerial mapping products standards.
• Assists more experienced technicians with various duties, maintenance, and other tasks.
• Responsible for following Quality Management Procedures as designed.
• Management of individual deadlines based on work tasks.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications 

• Matric with Geography is required.
• Esri qualification will be added advantage
• A National Diploma (completed or partially completed/dropped out) in GIS, Geomatics, Surveying, Geography, Environmental Science, or a related technical field is required. (Added advantage)
• First preference will be given to candidates with a completed or partially completed diploma and relevant coursework.

About Woolpert 

Woolpert is committed to a vision to become the premier architecture, engineering and geospatial (AEG) firm, and one of the best companies in the world. It’s a vision we’ve been fine-tuning for decades. It guides our decisions and investments, provides our clients with optimal solutions, and offers our employees unrivalled opportunities. Woolpert is recognized as a Great Place to Work by its employees with more than a century of experience, with over 2,000 employees and 30 offices worldwide.

For more information, visit woolpert.com and connect with us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.   

Our vision: http://woolpert.com/about-us/  

Find out more about what Woolpert has to offer here:  http://woolpert.com/about-us/

Woolpert is an equal-opportunity employer. Woolpert is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.  You may view more about EEO on our website: Equal-Employment-Opportunity-The-Law.pdf and EEO is the Law Poster Supplement.

Applicants who require an accommodation throughout the application and interview process should request this in advance by contacting askhr@woolpert.com 

To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of Woolpert or any of our subsidiaries about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at Woolpert via email, the internet, or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of Woolpert, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by Woolpert's Talent Acquisition Team for this requisition and a valid agreement is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of Woolpert's applicant process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.