Gis Analyst - Nowra, Australia - QinetiQ

QinetiQ

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Nowra, Australia

1 week ago

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Olivia Brown

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Expressions of Interest in future opportunities with QinetiQ Air Affairs - GIS Analysts

QinetiQ employs more than 8000 people in more than 50 locations around the world, offering our customers premier expertise in advice, services and creative technology-based products.

QinetiQ Australia, part of the global QinetiQ group, provides technological and scientific expertise to help customers protect and advance their vital interests.

As an innovative science and technology company, we help solve some of our customers' most challenging problems.

Our determination to deliver and improve today and anticipate and shape tomorrow, makes QinetiQ a very exciting, rewarding and respected place to work and learn.

The recent acquisition of Air Affairs further establishes QinetiQ as a long-term, strategic partner to the Australian Defence Force and underpins QinetiQ's strategic position as market leader in threat representation, training, test and evaluation.

Headquartered in Nowra, New South Wales, Air Affairs provides targets and training services, and electronic warfare capabilities to the Australian Defence Force, in addition to aerial surveillance and reconnaissance in support of government firefighting efforts.

Air Affairs owns and operates a fleet of special mission aircraft and maintains an advanced manufacturing and engineering facility providing design, manufacture and certification operations.

We are currently taking expressions of interest for future roles from suitably qualified GIS Analysts to join our Bushfire and flood-mapping reconnaissance teams based in Nowra.

As a GIS Analyst you will be supporting our aircraft and scanner operators/aircrew to deliver information crucial to the effective searching for and mapping fire and flood areas.

We currently operates a fleet of specially modified Learjet and King Air aircraft to conduct wide area bushfire surveillance, multispectral imaging and aeromedical operations throughout Australia.

Liaising with government agencies, emergency services, our aircrew and pilots your day to day role as a GIS Analyst will include;
Collating and curating a variety of multispectral images received from our aircraft

Ensuring our clients receive the information required as part of our contract

Developing operational improvements to help enhance and streamline mission planning, processing and delivery of imagery data

Liaising with our aircraft teams to select and develop the best outcomes for our clients

What you will receive;
A career opportunity within a global defence company

A role that will see you take part in unique aviation experiences

To be considered for this role you will need;

To be willing to be within 1 hr of Nowra for at least the first 8 weeks for training, after that the role can be remotely located.

IT skills and experience with GIS software such as QGIS, ENVI, Global Mapper or similar

A willingness to work on call at short notice

High levels of awareness and a safety first attitude

Willingness to gain a defence security clearance (Australian Citizenship required)

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