GIS Specialist

About Us

Jemena is an Australian energy company who owns and operates over $12.4 Billion worth of gas and electricity transportation assets across Australia supplying millions of households and businesses with essential services every day.

We pride ourselves on our innovative approach, technical expertise, and dedication to safety, quality, and sustainability. Our Group’s over 3000 team members across the East Coast, consistently strive to make a difference in the communities we serve.

About the role

Join our team as a GIS Specialist, where you'll play a crucial role in delivering specialised geospatial services to ensure the accurate and efficient recording, maintenance, and provision of asset information. As part of this dynamic position, you'll collaborate with the Manager, Senior GIS Technicians, and GIS Technicians to support the execution of the Jemena Electricity Networks works program while upholding the highest standards of data quality within our GIS system.

If you're passionate about geospatial technology and data management and thrive in a collaborative environment focused on excellence, we invite you to apply and contribute to our team's success.

Key responsibilities include:

• Collaborate with Digital and project teams to improve systems and ensure ongoing enhancements.
• Offer technical guidance to the wider business on a daily basis.
• Handle data collection, editing, formatting, and analysis to maintain efficient geospatial and non-geospatial environments in line with policies and standards.
• Provide data management, network modelling, cartographic, and spatial analysis services to the broader business.
• Meet established deadlines for delivering specialised GIS services.
• Manage key stakeholder relationships through direct communication with key Jemena personnel, particularly within Asset and Operations and Zinfra teams.

A little about you:

Ideally, you will possess strong interpersonal skills, a collaborative mindset, and a continuous improvement approach, coupled with experience in data management and spatial reasoning abilities. Additionally, holding tertiary qualifications in Geospatial Science or a related field, and being able to effectively communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences will be required.

You’ll have a background in utilising GIS within utilities, exposure to supporting effective data management initiatives, and guiding transformative processes, all with a focus on detail to business practices.

You will also bring with you:

• Tertiary qualifications in GIS or a related discipline.
• Sound data management, cartographic and spatial reasoning skills.
• Demonstrated information management knowledge and experience.
• Excellent computer skills, with a sound and diverse knowledge of information systems.
• Understanding of electrical systems used to deliver energy to customers.

We are a champion of equal opportunity employment and have committed to targets for gender equity and first nations representation in our workforce. We want you to come as you are by promoting an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with.

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds including First Nations Peoples, people with differing abilities, LGBTIQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics.

Our people are our energy source and we offer meaningful benefits and rewards that work for you. We offer the opportunity for potential long term career growth as part of our talent development and succession planning process.

Join our team and make a meaningful impact toward Australia’s “Net Zero” targets through the delivery of critical infrastructure projects and be a part of our journey to shape the future of the energy and utilities industry.

Recruitment Process

As part of Jemena’s recruitment process, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks.

Notice to Third Parties: Jemena does not accept unsolicited resumes (or liability associated with fees or costs) from recruitment agencies, search firms or third parties. Interested candidates are welcome to submit their application independently.