About Harrison Grierson

Harrison Grierson is one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading urban development engineering and design consultancies. HG’s Digital team leads our clients into the future. With clients spanning government ministries, local councils, property developers, transportation, insurers and tech companies, the projects we deliver are diverse. Leveraging our expertise in location intelligence and HG's rich history, we're reimagining how digital can play a role in creating communities and driving business performance. For HG, a digital future means understanding the value of data and helping our clients to make the most of it to enable smarter decision making.

About the role

HG's digital team are looking for a GIS Developer to join our Client and Projects Squad who develop, implement, integrate, and support innovative spatial software & data solutions. This role could be based in Auckland or Wellington.

Your experience delivering geospatial software development and data solutions in complex technical backgrounds will help HG Digital bring our clients’ visions to life. You’ll be working collaboratively with your Squad and our clients, creating digital/spatial solutions that help them gain insights and transform their business.

Our clients, their industries, and the solutions we create are diverse, so our collective toolbox includes a variety of geospatial software packages and technologies.

This role best suits someone with a strong personal focus on quality and best practice; someone who likes to stay on top of geospatial industry trends and technologies and is always looking for ways to continuously improve what and how we deliver.

Your skills and experience

You might have a range of different experiences that could be interesting to us but most importantly we believe a positive attitude, willingness to learn, and the ability to take on challenges is what will really make you great for this role.

If you have experience in most of the following areas, then this role could be right for you!

• Recent hands-on experience developing geospatial solutions and web mapping applications using the Esri suite of products, including the ArcGIS JavaScript API/SDK.
• Demonstrated experience and skills in HTML, JavaScript, C#, .NET, Java and Python.
• Developing and integrating with spatially enabled data in platforms such as Microsoft SQL Server, ArcGIS Server/ArcSDE, GeoEvent Server, Azure SQL and cloud data services such as Databricks and DeltaLake.
• Demonstrated skills in web-based technologies, web service API development/usage, web server configuration and a sound understanding of cloud technologies.
• Experience in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including system requirements collection, architecture, design, coding, development, testing, maintenance and enhancement in variety of technology platforms.
• Tertiary qualification or Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology, Geographic Information Systems or related disciplines or equivalent industry experience
• Experience working in teams using agile, CI/CD, DevOps or DataOps methodologies.
• Experience using open-source geospatial packages such as Leaflet, Plotly, Geoserver, and QGIS is desirable. 

Why join HG?

We're committed to investing in our people and empowering industry leaders; therefore, we will provide you with the support, learning, and development to help you grow and take the next step. We have a team-based culture set in a creative and supportive work environment. Work life balance is something we pride ourselves on, so we have flexible hours to support you achieving that.

• Competitive remuneration and benefits package
• Lead across a wide range of urban development projects that enhance our local communities
• Work within a diverse, creative and supportive team
• Professional development opportunities including mentoring, fully subsidised membership fees and ProjectYOU; A project dedicated to your personal growth and career development
• Active Social Club and flexible working culture
• HG Shareholding Opportunities with our Shares Trading Scheme

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Harrison Grierson

We believe in building strength through diversity and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures and experiences. Our purpose is to create an inclusive and collaborative culture where everyone feels they belong, irrespective of race, gender, disability, culture, medical or any other qualities. We foster an environment where people are truly welcomed, respected, and valued for who they are, and where one can be themselves without the judgement of others based on qualities that may be different from others.

We are a proud founding partner of the Diversity Agenda Accord, which is focused on helping the engineering and architecture professions become more diverse and inclusive.

If this opportunity is of interest and you enjoy working with an inclusive and supportive team of professionals, then please submit your application online. For a confidential chat, contact our Talent Business Partner, Ben on 09 212 6569.