GIS Digital Data Technician

Farnborough Airport Limited (FAL) is Europe’s leading business aviation airport and the home of British aviation.  FAL handles approximately a third of London’s business aviation traffic and is the largest in the UK. FAL owns and operates both the airport and the Fixed Base Operator (FBO) facilities, making its integrated operations unique to the market. FAL has an iconic, state of the art infrastructure which is tailored to business aviation and focussed on delivering a world class customer experience. Over the years, FAL has been consistently recognised as the best FBO in Europe.

FAL operates alongside the Aviator Hampshire Hotel, a luxury hotel located on the perimeter of the airport and one of the best hotels in the area. Both companies are jointly owned by Macquarie Asset Management (MAM). MAM is one of the largest infrastructure investors in the world and has an extensive track record in airport investment and ownership. From a leadership and business perspective, FAL and the Aviator Hampshire Hotel are managed together as a Group.

Farnborough Airport limited is an equal opportunities employer, promoting diversity and inclusion throughout the organisation.

What we are looking for

We are looking for a GIS Digital Data Technician to help us efficiently maintain the airport’s asset register and graphical record data to ensure the airport is able to continue operating and provide a world class experience to our passengers and colleagues.

Working with the Capital Projects, Planning & Estates Team, the successful candidate will ensure all data, maps and drawings relating to the airport campus and its associated assets and infrastructure are correct, version controlled, created (where required) and suitably updated.

You will work alongside 3rd party stakeholders to ensure as-built documentation remains up to date and relevant, ensuring any changes to building and utility infrastructure is captured and documented on master drawings.  

You will also work closely with our in-house Estates Team and maintenance partners to ensure a full asset register is collated, maintained, and remains compliant with any regulatory inspection regime required. This includes ensuring the information on the asset register is maintained sufficiently to feed into each year’s planned preventative maintenance schedules and the ongoing Capital Expenditure Plan to ensure asset replacement is carried out in an efficient and safe manner.

About the role

Key responsibilities include:

• Producing and updating airport maps and drawings. This includes but is not limited to:
• Lease plans.
• Utility maps such as: electrical, communication services, drains, water pipes etc.
• Site buildings.
• Layout drawings.
• Noise contours.
• Site overview maps including driving maps.
• Office layouts & dimensions.
• Fire layouts plans such as: alarms\call points etc.
• Airfield related drawings including runway thresholds, instrument landing system coverage etc.
• Airside/landside boundaries.
• Updating and maintaining the airport’s asset register. This involves ensuring all assets are correctly registered to meet the requirements of regulatory inspections and maintenance plans are created and co-ordinated with the relevant teams and stakeholders throughout the infrastructure life cycle. Running and analysing inventories of all assets.
• Managing documents for the Estates department including creating and managing a naming convention (this may include managing the naming convention across the airport’s departments).
• Organising and planning services, tests and inspections on relevant assets with the internal engineers and external contractors.
• Filing and collating documentation such as processes, tests and certificates, purchase orders etc.  
• Taking an innovative approach to your work, regularly seeking ways to improve processes and drive efficiencies.
• Adherence to Safety and Compliance standards and Environmental policies/guidelines at all times.

About you

Essential

• Trained and competent in using AutoCAD and Geographic Information System (GIS) software.
• Working knowledge of data intelligence software such as Microsoft Power BI or similar.
• Competent and experienced using Microsoft Excel.

Desirable

• Experience working in a large commercial/industrial setting (airport experience not essential).
• Experience of working with 3rd party stakeholders.

What we can offer you

• Competitive salary.
• 25 days holiday per annum (pro-rata), plus statutory public holidays.
• Workplace pension scheme with enhanced employer contributions.
• Life assurance.
• Access to medical plan including a range of private treatments (after probation period).
• Company sick pay scheme.
• Electric vehicle scheme (after 9 months of employment).
• Sustainable travel scheme.
• Free onsite parking.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Annual complimentary bike maintenance.
• Access to an Employee Assistance programme and helpline.
• Discount on accommodation at affiliated hotel.
• Discount on food/beverage at affiliated pub.
• You’ll also get all kinds of other great perks, like social events and special employee offers.