GIS Specialist

Job Description

As a GIS Specialist at BESIX, you will play a crucial role in managing, analyzing, and visualizing spatial data to support construction projects in Belgium and France (remote). You will work closely with various teams, including engineers, planners, project managers, and designers, to efficiently leverage geographic information in operational and decision-making processes.

You will join the Information Management team, reporting to the BIM/GIS Manager. In addition, you will collaborate closely with GIS and BIM colleagues across BESIX Belgium and Nederland.

Responsibilities and Tasks:

• Develop and manage GIS maps, datasets, and applications for ongoing and future projects in Belgium and internationally.
• Analyze and visualize geographic information to provide insights into project areas.
• Integrate GIS data with BIM models and other technical systems.
• Automate spatial analyses and data processing using Python, FME, or other GIS tools.
• Collaborate with teams in the Netherlands and Belgium to optimize best practices and data exchange.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Geoinformatics or another relevant field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a similar role.
• Experience within the construction industry on large-scale (over €25 million) or complex infrastructure projects is an asset.
• Proven hands-on experience with ArcGIS Pro.
• Proven experience with Python and FME.
• Experience with ArcGIS Online and/or ArcGIS Enterprise.
• Experience working with (Enterprise) Geodatabases.
• Experience with BIM-related data is considered a plus.
• Experience with drone data is considered a plus.
• Experience using GIS in relation to other information systems, such as Relatics, is considered a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Dutch and French; English is a strong asset.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with diverse international teams and stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to solve complex problems.
• Ability to maintain processes under pressure, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and meet deadlines.
• A proactive mindset to further promote and expand the use of GIS within BESIX and its projects.
• Ability to motivate, train, and guide others.
• Ability to identify opportunities where innovation can improve efficiency and enhance the work of others.

Additional Information

A career at BESIX is a lot more than just a job, it's about being part of our changing and innovative world. Your skills, ambition and passion will contribute to the development of our different businesses and allow us to succeed in the challenges of the coming years.  

Working for the BESIX group allows you to be a part of a dynamic, creative and entrepreneurial company. It gives you a safe and collaborative working environment with ambitious and innovative goals for the world of tomorrow, but also for your career and personal development.  

We are looking for different kinds of personalities, mindsets, backgrounds and genders to build the iconic and sustainable projects of tomorrow.  

In line with its behavior of “Be Inclusive”, BESIX intends to accommodate for any reasonable accommodation (non-disproportionate burden), tangible or intangible, that would neutralize the limiting influence of an inappropriate environment on the participation of a person with a disability. Talk to your recruiter when applying.  

Are you ready to make an impact and leave a positive legacy for years to come? If you are passionate about our purpose: “We take on today’s boldest challenges to build a lasting legacy”, come and join our caring BESIX family. Together we will co-create our future. 

Working at BESIX brings a lot of great benefits including:   

• An attractive remuneration package including a salary in line with the market and a range of employee benefits such as flexible mobility advantages, extra-legal pension, medical care insurance, work-life balance program (such as teleworking, flexible work schedule, mobile working), Health Management (sport, health check-up program, …); 

• Career development programs that serve not only to ensure that you are constantly learning and improving but also that give you the possibility to expand your career horizon; 

• A dynamic, creative and safe working environment with innovative colleagues supporting your endeavors (ideas, projects, goals, ambitions); 

• Possibility to work on complex projects within both a local and international environment; 

• The choice to remain locally anchored for the coming years or to seek an exciting international career opportunity within the group.