GIS Engineer at the City Planning Office

Stockholm – our capital city with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone living here today and in the future. Now we are looking for you who want to think big, new, and differently with us – for the people of Stockholm.

The City Planning Office is planning for a future Stockholm on behalf of the City Planning Committee. We work with urban planning both at a strategic and detailed level, building permits, city measurement, property formation, and housing adaptation. The City Planning Office has about 340 employees and we are centrally located in Kungsholmen, about a ten-minute walk from Stockholm Central Station. The administration's operations are characterized by the core values of professionalism, solution-oriented approach, holistic view, and joy at work.

Do you want to help shape how the city's geodata is used and developed?

As a GIS Engineer with us, you will have a varied and important role where you work operationally and drive improvements in our processes in close contact with both colleagues and users.

You will be a key person in the transition to our new geodata platform and ensure that our geodata is accurate, accessible, and usable.

Welcome to us

Geodata distribution is part of the city measurement department, which is responsible for the city's fundamental geographic information and surveying issues related to urban development.

Our mission is broad and technically exciting. We ensure that geodata is utilized through map and geodata services, data deliveries, management of geodata agreements, and development of automated workflows, for example with FME. We also work with 3D models, both digital and physical, and with long-term information management.

We currently have 14 employees and a unit manager who work closely together. Right now, we are facing a major change where our current technical platform is being replaced by a completely new one. This means new working methods, skills development, and great opportunities to influence how we work moving forward.

We are now looking for a GIS Engineer who wants to be part of this development.

We offer

With us, you will be part of an exciting transformation journey that offers great opportunities to influence. You will also work in a creative and technically skilled unit with a lot of expertise. Within our organization, there are good opportunities to work with innovation and development, and to see concrete results from your work.

flexible working hours
welfare compensation
welfare hour
the opportunity to work from home up to two days a week based on job responsibilities and the needs of the organization
the option to exchange vacation day compensation for extra time off.

Our workplace is centrally located in the Technical Committee House in Kungsholmen, in fresh newly renovated premises.

Your role

As a GIS Engineer, you will have a varied role where you both work operationally and develop our processes.

Your tasks include:

working with data deliveries and citizen services within geographic information
further development of the office's working methods and methods for delivering geographic information
support and training for colleagues in new working methods and skills transfer in connection with the introduction of a new geodata platform
operational geographic information management, such as ongoing updates of metadata, participation in information classification work, and decisions on data sharing
support to the administration's data coordinators, including the development of routines and monitoring of information management of geodata
operational support to information owners and information managers in the ongoing management of the office's geographic information.

You will be a key person in the transition to our new geodata platform, where you support colleagues in skills transfer and ensure that our geodata and information management maintain high quality. You have an important role in ensuring that geographic information is accessible, accurate, and used correctly.

A message from your future manager

My name is Karin Wiklander and I will be your manager. I have a strong commitment to the business and its development, and I am keen to create participation by taking advantage of your ideas and drives. My goal as a manager is to ensure that you have the best conditions to do a good job, feel good, and thrive. From me, you can expect a trustworthy and engaged leadership, with lightness in everyday life and seriousness when needed. Welcome to us!

Your skills and experience

We are looking for you who have

completed higher education with a focus on GIS, technical surveying, or equivalent relevant education
several years of experience in GIS work, preferably in the role of GIS Engineer
experience in advanced use of GIS software ArcGIS
good knowledge of spoken and written Swedish
experience in routine-based information management

It is a merit if you have

experience in information classification of geodata
experience in process development with FME or similar tools
knowledge in database management and programming in e.g. Python or R
knowledge of the detailed planning process
interest in improving the urban development process and contributing to a good city to live in.

To succeed in the role of GIS Engineer, we place great emphasis on your personal qualities and the following competencies:

We are looking for you who are structured and enjoy order and tidiness, especially when it comes to managing and developing our datasets so that they are updated and usable. You have good collaboration skills and can build relationships with colleagues and other stakeholders. We also see that you are proactive and can identify areas for improvement. You are goal- and result-oriented, can drive processes forward independently, and are service-oriented with a joy for customer contact and varied tasks. The role also requires problem-solving and analytical skills to handle unforeseen issues and solve everyday challenges effectively.