GIS Analyst - Supporting Remote Sensing Operations - Nowra
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 creative 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.
Headquartered in Nowra, New South Wales, QinetiQ 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.
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
Options to work remotely / from home
To be considered for this role you will need;
To be located within the Shoalhaven region with the ability to attend the base at Nowra for training then semi regularly afterwards
Intermediate IT skills and ideally experience with GIS software such as QGIS, ENVI, or similar
A willingness to work shifts in an on call environment, which may be at short notice
High levels of awareness and a safety first attitude
Willingness to gain a defence security clearance (Australian Citizenship required)
If you are a recent STEM graduate or have had exposure to remote sensing, or remote sensing concepts we want to hear from you. Not sure you meet the critieria above but are interested please contact us for more information.
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📌 Gis Analyst - Remote Sensing
🏢 Qinetiq
📍 Nowra