
Senior Spatial Science Officer
Department of Transport and Main Roads QLD
Posted 4 days ago
Benefits:
• Annual reimbursement of professional fees.
• Annual health & wellbeing reimbursement of $109.40.
• Rockhampton - 4 weeks annual leave + 17.5% annual leave loading.
• Locality allowance.
• Corporate discounts from a range of leading private health companies.
• Further learning and development support available through the Study and Research Assistance Scheme (SARAS).
• Relocation assistance.
Key responsibilities:
• Provide advice and consultancy as a technical expert for Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in TMR.
• Deliver GIS&T projects, products, and services to meet departmental requirements.
• Provide technical leadership and governance for GIS within TMR by undertaking and applying leading edge research and developing GIS and cartographic policies, guidelines and related standards. and applying leading edge research and developing GIS and cartographic policies, guidelines and related standards.
• Apply comprehensive knowledge in GIS in developing departmental knowledge and practice through technology transfer activities, to provide the technical capability to deliver TMR's geospatial needs.
• Manage the delivery of GIS/cartographic projects for departmental clients and undertake the development of GIS applications to provide leading edge solutions to complex problems.
• Assemble, analyse, interpret, and report on spatial data from appropriate systems, providing information through compiled datasets, high quality mapping products or reports as required by customers and clients.
• Review, analyse, recommend, and report on matters relating to GIS and present technical papers in transport related forums.
• Maintain comprehensive knowledge and understanding of leading-edge technology, specifications, standards and procedures relating to GIS and Building Information Modelling (BIM).
• Develop and maintain technical governance for GIS, by identifying, initiating and developing GIS standards and specifications as they relate to road transport infrastructure.
• Manage and independently undertake leading edge applied research projects to meet departmental business needs and improve GIS capability.
• Develop, implement and maintain GIS and BIM knowledge management processes and systems for the department.
• Provide expert advice in delivering GIS solutions to professional and technical staff both internal and external to the department.
• Establish strategies to maintain and develop GIS technical capability within the department to help meet business needs.
• Establish and maintain alliances and processes to provide interchange with spatial sciences and other technologies.
• Apply comprehensive knowledge in GIS in developing departmental knowledge and practice through technology transfer activities, to provide the technical capability to deliver departmental geospatial needs.
• Establish project activities that fully support employment equity, ethical practice and workplace health and safety. You will have the responsibility to ensure that reporting staff have an understanding of and adhere to TMR policy in the areas of:
o Financial practices,
o Equity & Diversity,
o Workplace Health and Safety and,
o Code of Conduct.
Applications to remain current for 12 months.
Job Ad Reference: QLD/648525/25
Closing Date: Monday, 04 August 2025
About Department of Transport and Main Roads QLD
The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) is a diverse organisation made up of more than 11,500 employees representing 80 occupational groups across Queensland.
We provide reliable, resilient and responsive transport networks and digital services that are safe and accessible for everyone. No department has a bigger role to play in keeping the Queensland of today moving, or in helping build for the future.
We work, we dream, we innovate and we deliver solutions that connect our communities to schools, hospitals, events, loved ones and more, with customer’s needs in mind.
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