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Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Overview
AtkinsRéalis is looking for Senior GIS Specialist (6 months Contract) to support the Master Plan governance and operations—maintaining authoritative trackers and controlled documentation, producing decision-ready mapping, supporting compliance/deviation reviews through spatial analysis, and coordinating updates to the MP GIS Portal to ensure a single trusted source of truth.
Your role
- Maintain Master Plan (MP) governance trackers and controlled document registers (PCPs, Scope Sheets), including version control, audit trails, and structured filing.
- Manage Temporary Plot Plan tracker, GIS layers, and outputs; issue updated trackers/maps to agreed reporting cycles.
- Prepare and maintain subdivision maps/trackers and charter map packs (e.g., DG1/DG2) aligned to latest approved MP materials and templates.
- Provide spatial analysis for deviation, compliance, and NOC reviews (overlays, constraints/clash checks) with clear written and graphic findings.
- Review, QA/QC, and improve KROKI templates and issued KROKIs (layout, attribution, symbology, referencing).
- Coordinate survey data tracking (coverage/status/gaps) and review incoming MP GIS packages against DC standards/schemas; document compliance and corrective actions.
- Produce publication-quality mapping for governance communications (presentations/BOD packs) and coordinate validated updates for publication to the MP GIS Portal.
Deliverables (expected outputs)
- Current MP Official Documents Tracker and controlled folders (PCPs, Scope Sheets, maps).
- Updated PCPs/Scope Sheets with traceable links to GIS layers and registers.
- Temporary Plot Plans and up-to-date tracker/layers.
- Subdivision and charter map packs (incl. DG1/DG2) suitable for governance review.
- Spatial review outputs (written + graphic) supporting deviation/compliance/NOC decisions.
- Final KROKI templates/KROKIs; survey activity matrix and survey status maps.
- MP GIS package compliance assessments; presentation/BOD map packs.
- Validated datasets/inputs coordinated for publication to the MP GIS Portal.
Location
Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Job Type
Full time
Ref
R-152999
Salary range
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About you
Essential
- 15+ years' professional GIS experience in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
- Experience supporting urban planning/urban design outcomes, including master planning governance or development-control workflows.
- Strong capability maintaining authoritative spatial datasets, registers, and document control processes.
- Advanced spatial analysis (overlays, constraints mapping, clash/conflict identification) and decision-ready outputs.
- Experience working within multidisciplinary teams.
- Demonstrated experience supporting urban planning or urban design outcomes, including master planning governance or development control style workflows.
- Strong capability in maintaining authoritative spatial datasets, registers, and document control processes.
- Advanced GIS mapping and spatial analysis skills, including overlays, constraints mapping, and clash or conflict identification.
- Experience working within multidisciplinary teams and providing clear, decision ready outputs.
Technical
- Strong hands-on experience with Esri platforms (ArcGIS Pro) and enterprise/portal publishing environments.
- Confident CAD-to-GIS workflows, layer management, attribution, and spatial referencing.
- Experience in Plot Record Sheets (PRS) or Development Control Regulation Sheets (DCRS).
- Excellent cartographic production (templates, print layouts, consistent map series outputs).
- High competence with tracker-based working (e.g., Excel registers) and structured reporting.
- Strong QA/QC discipline (validation, version control, auditability).
- Experience on major master planning programmes in Saudi Arabia or the GCC.
Desirable
- Familiarity with deviation/compliance/NOC-style governance workflows.
- Experience coordinating survey deliverables and integrating survey outputs into GIS.
- Working knowledge of BIM-to-GIS alignment for coordination checks.
- Arabic language capability.
- Immediate joiner preferably.
Behavioral competencies
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail and rigorous quality standards.
- Calm and responsive under time pressure; able to manage competing priorities.
- Clear communicator who can translate GIS outputs into planning-relevant insights.
- Collaborative and proactive across governance, planning, design, and GIS teams.
- Discrete and professional when handling controlled project information.
Working arrangement
- Full-time, on-site at client Site Offices in Riyadh for the initial 12 weeks.
- Standard working week aligned to project office expectations, with flexibility to meet governance deadlines and board cycles as required.
Why choose AtkinsRéalis?
Wherever you are in your career – and whoever you are – AtkinsRéalis is for you. Here, support and collaboration are a vibrant part of a culture that lets you choose where – and how far – your career can go. Take on projects that push boundaries and drive sustainable impact, surrounded by colleagues who believe there's no limit to how brilliant you can be. It's time to join a like-minded team where you'll be rewarded, supported, and free to be your kind of brilliant.
Rewards & benefits
Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career.
This includes:
- Tax-free salary.
- Life insurance coverage.
- Medical insurance.
- Annual leave balance.
- Company gratuity scheme.
- Discretionary bonus program.
- Annual flight contribution.
- Transportation & housing allowances.
- Employee Wellbeing Program: 24/7 access to specialists in finance, legal matters, family care, personal health, fitness, and nutrition.
Seize every opportunity to sharpen your skills, expand your expertise, and be recognized for the impact you make.
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About AtkinsRéalis
We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's'infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.
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