GIS Specialist

GIS Specialist - Geospatial Systems Integration Job Snapshot

Role: GIS Specialist - Geospatial Systems Integration

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Industry: I T and Services

Function: Information Technology

Experience: 6 years in GIS, geospatial data management, and major development projects

Job Type: Full-time

Position Overview

GIS Specialist - Geospatial Systems Integration in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is an I T and Services opportunity supporting geospatial information management for the Qiddiya development across planning, design, construction, regulatory approval, and asset handover stages. Parsons Corporation is hiring an experienced Saudi GIS professional to manage ESRI platforms, integrate consultant and contractor datasets, perform advanced spatial analysis, coordinate BIM and CAD information, and maintain reliable geospatial standards across Districts, Zones, and Precincts.

Job Details

Country: Saudi Arabia City: Riyadh Industry: I T and Services Function: Information Technology Salary: 18000-28000 Estimated salary range based on similar jobs in the job city; please confirm the final offer with the employer. Gender: Any Candidate Nationality: Saudi Nationals only Job Type: Full-time

Role Context

The GIS Specialist will provide the geospatial information backbone needed to connect Qiddiya 's master planning, design, infrastructure delivery, permitting, construction, and eventual asset handover. The position will manage spatial data from multiple consultants and delivery partners while maintaining consistent schemas, metadata, coordinate standards, and quality controls. Reliable GIS integration will allow project teams and Client stakeholders to visualize development conditions, identify spatial interfaces, support approvals, and make evidence-based decisions throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Operate and administer ESRI-based GIS environments supporting Qiddiya development activities.
• Apply Client GIS policies, templates, naming conventions, data structures, and operating procedures.
• Maintain standardized geospatial datasets covering Districts, Zones, Precincts, infrastructure, and development assets.
• Review GIS information submitted by designers, consultants, contractors, and delivery partners.
• Validate incoming spatial datasets before incorporation into the Client GIS environment.
• Check coordinate systems, geometry, attributes, topology, metadata, and file structures for compliance.
• Identify incomplete, duplicated, inconsistent, or non-conforming geospatial information.
• Coordinate correction of GIS deficiencies with the originating consultant or contractor.
• Integrate approved project data into centralized GIS databases and platforms.
• Maintain interoperability between GIS, BIM, and CAD information.
• Coordinate spatial information exchanges between ArcGIS and multidisciplinary design environments.
• Support alignment of geospatial data with asset information required for project handover.
• Perform spatial analysis to support master planning and infrastructure decisions.
• Apply geoprocessing and spatial modeling techniques to assess project constraints and opportunities.
• Conduct geostatistical analysis where required for complex development studies.
• Develop thematic maps for planning, design, construction, and management purposes.
• Build interactive maps and dashboards using ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise.
• Create clear geospatial visualizations that communicate complex project information to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support project teams with location-based analysis for development interfaces and infrastructure coordination.
• Maintain accurate GIS metadata and data lineage.
• Document GIS workflows, approvals, submissions, and correspondence within Aconex.
• Apply quality assurance procedures to maintain reliable spatial information throughout the program.
• Develop GIS data validation routines and repeatable quality checks.
• Investigate geospatial data inconsistencies and implement appropriate corrections.
• Provide GIS information required for master planning activities.
• Support preparation of spatial deliverables for regulatory approvals and permitting.
• Coordinate GIS requirements associated with CSP and other project approval processes.
• Assist interface management where development boundaries, assets, permits, or constraints overlap.
• Coordinate with delivery partners to ensure compatibility between separate GIS environments.
• Work with design consultants to establish consistent GIS deliverable requirements.
• Collaborate with planning, engineering, architecture, infrastructure, environmental, and construction teams.
• Provide geosp