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GIS Senior Consultant

Arcadis
Richmond, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/24/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/21/2026
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis is seeking a GIS Senior Consultant candidate to provide business development activities, project and task management, analytical, and consulting support for US State Departments of Transportation. Projects focus on data management and maintenance, and design and implementation of Relational Database Management Systems (Oracle, MSSQL, Postgres) and enterprise Geographic Information Systems (GIS) using Esri based software to support Esri Roads and Highways, ArcGIS Enterprise, Business Systems Integration, Asset/Maintenance Management solutions, mobile solutions, web applications, and visualization tools and cloud platforms. This position is tied to the Richmond, Virginia office of Arcadis. Occasional travel required.

This role sits within the larger Global Mobility Business Area. We partner with our clients across the globe to design thriving and connected cities and communities that enable opportunity for all and keep the world moving. Climate change, urbanization and digitization trends are requiring today’s mobility projects and systems to address an evolving set of demands from the world’s growing population. We design connected, sustainable solutions that integrate existing infrastructure with new technologies, and optimize the mobility of people and goods.

Role accountabilities:

  • Business Development Activities for US State DOTs
  • Program, Project, and Task Management Activities
  • Mentorship and development of staff
  • Creation of scripts to integrate, transform, convert, and validate enterprise data stores.
  • Creation of web services to interrogate and distribute enterprise data.
  • Development of databases and schemas in Oracle and SQL Server.
  • Architect workflows and processes to integrate, transform, convert, and validate enterprise data stores.
  • Analyzing and creating datasets to support enterprise reporting and distribution needs.
  • Integrating datasets for use in producing enterprise reporting and distribution needs.
  • Identifying and designing data business processes and use cases.
  • Validation, troubleshooting, and error resolution of applications, data transformations, and processes.
  • Working with GIS datasets using Esri technologies.
  • Integrating external datasets into Roads and Highways for use in producing Highway Performance Monitoring System (HPMS) and Certified Public Mileage (CPM) reports.
  • Managing GIS data through editing and quality assurance best practices.
  • Developing business processes to leverage LRS functionality.
  • Developing and designing visualization and analytical tools in the Esri GIS environments.
  • Parsing REST service calls to interrogate enterprise database systems.
  • Developing Data Reviewer checks for the validation of data conversion/creation processes.

Qualifications & Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in the area of GIS, Geography, Computer Science, IT, Environmental Science, or similar or relevant experience/qualifying certification.
  • 10 years' post-graduate experience in technology/visualization software, or relevant experience/qualifying certification.
  • A valid driver’s license and clean driving record is required for this position.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Certified GIS Professional (GISP)
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • Special considerations, specific technical experience, skills, etc. include:
  • Esri ArcGIS products (ArcGIS Pro, Experience Builder, Field Maps, Portal, Survey123, etc.).
  • Esri Roads & Highways applications and enterprise database management.
  • Linear referencing concepts.
  • Extensive familiarity with enterprise database environments, including versioning concepts.
  • Demonstrating progressive and analytical problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for complex reports and presentations.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 20 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $113,933 - $193,686. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

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