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My client is currently searching for a business development manager with an excellent ability in selling geospatial product solutions to join their well known firm.

You will be working from home with a regional territory and expected to regularly travel and meet with potential clients to grow the firm's already sizeable customer base.

The role will involve a mix of 80:20 new business development to existing account maximisation so an ability to generate leads and network from your existing knowledge base will be imperative.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a well known through bred of the GIS world and as such your prior experience will see you at the top of your game and actively looking for the next challenge.

If you have 5 years experience in a business development capacity in the geospatial arena do get in touch immediately.

If this role is not quite the right fit but you are interested in sales and from a GIS or geospatial background please do get in touch.

POSTED 03/03/2010.

Consultant: Nathan Connolly
Email: nathan@ashtongeo.co.uk
Location: Leicestershire
Type: Permanent
Salary: 50,000.00
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My Bristol based client is currently looking for 2 senior C++ developers. The role is a 4 month fixed term contract which means the salary is paid on a pro rata basis. As the nature of the work candidates must be able to undertake fast track security clearance or be security cleared.

Overview A vacancy is available within the Production Department for a C++ Developer. The role will involve working as part of a team on the development of server and client side components for a major government contract and specifically work towards obtaining a 100% code coverage through unit testing.

Essential skills required:

Commercial experience of programming in C++
Excellent communication skills
A team working mentality
Commercial awareness

As many of the following skills / experience would be beneficial:

ADO .NET experience
Experience of C#, VB, COM, ADO, WIN32, ATL
Experience of test driven development
SQL Server
GUI development
Experience of a structured development methodology (preferably the Rational Unified Process)
Experience working with web services
Prior experience of working on large projects.

If you are interested in this role, send your cv to Nathan at Ashton Geo.

POSTED 01/03/2010.
Consultant: Nathan Connolly
Email: nathan@ashtongeo.co.uk
Location:
Type: Permanent
Salary: 48,000.00
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This organisation is one of the UK’s fastest growing companies in the geospatial market who provide GIS solutions to both the private and public sector. The company offer, software products, services and data and having continued to grow are now looking to expand further.

They are now looking for a number of GIS consultants to join the professional services team reporting to the professional services manager. The team delivers consultancy services, training, technical support and supplies digital map data products to the entire customer base.

The successful GIS Consultant will assist them with their move to full CAD/GIS integration. They will interface with customers from the beginning of the sales cycle right through to delivering significant projects.

The role will include;

• Providing CAD/GIS Consultancy and Technical Support to both public and private sector clients.
• Working on small scale projects as the primary consultant.
• Collaborating with colleagues, other teams and business partners on larger projects.
• Presenting clear and creative solutions to solve clients’ problems.
• Delivering results to tight deadlines and on budget.

To be successful you will have:

• A related degree
• A minimum of 3-5 years of prior experience
• A wide range of CAD/GIS implementation project experience
• Experience of providing client facing services

Essential Skills:

• AutoCAD Map skills
• MapInfo Professional skills
• Strong presentation skills
• Experience of using digital maps from suppliers such as Ordnance Survey and NAVTEQ.

Preferred Skills:

• Practical experience of FME Desktop
• AutoCAD Map 3D experience
• Database experience (e.g. Oracle Spatial, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, PostGIS)
• Vertical Mapper experience
• Training experience.

They have a number of vacant positions for GIS professionals from all backgrounds so get in touch with Nathan at Ashton GEO to find out more.

POSTED 02/03/2010.
Consultant: Nathan Connolly
Email: nathan@ashtongeo.co.uk
Location:
Type: Permanent
Salary: 35,000.00
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This London based GIS client is currently looking for a senior GIS consultant with experience working with government clients or alternatively utility firms. This firm is has a number of GIS products and services which cover data quality and correction techniques for large scale GIS systems.

You should have exposure to, and have worked with spatial data infrastructure and have an understanding of working with large GIS systems. Prior experience in GIS consultancy with a well known software or GIS service provider would be ideal. It is however imperative that you have an excellent understanding of the set up of large scale government or utility GIS systems. In addition to acting as a specialist GIS consultant you will be expected to be actively involved with business development when called upon as a technical expert to the client base for tenders.

If you are interested in applying for this GIS Consultant position please get in touch directly.

POSTED 01/01/2010.
Consultant: Nathan Connolly
Email: nathan@ashtongeo.co.uk
Location: W Sussex
Type: Permanent
Salary: 38,000.00
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My client is a leading consultancy to the rail, utilities and local government sector. In addition to consultancy they supply bespoke software packages. Working from their Bristol office you will be involved with in-depth GIS development and testing (based on an ESRI setup). The software has been in development for some time and you will be joining a team of 5 others.

You will be responsible for ensuring that the setup is ready to be installed for delivery and the quality of the product. The position will involve running and enhancing automated test suites and updating or adding change requests. Working closely with the clients you will be required to convey their needs and as such be involved with the specification and prioritisation of product enhancements.

As this GIS software will be expected to be a leader of its class you will be responsible for testing the software with component and ad hoc tests, tracking bugs and troubleshooting any issues that arise.

Excellent communication skills are vital as you will be required to demonstrate the products advantages and functionality in addition to working in an agile environment.

The GIS elements of the specification are key to the client as they have in place an existing development team and are looking for strong GIS professionals with ESRI skills to support them. In short we are looking for a GIS developer who can test!

Ashton Geo the GIS recruitment specialists are working on this role as an employment agency. If you are interested in the role please get in touch with a CV and covering letter or e-mail.

POSTED 03/03/2010.
Consultant: Nathan Connolly
Email: nathan@ashtongeo.co.uk
Location: Buckinghamshire
Type: Permanent
Salary: 37,500.00
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This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced GIS sales professional with knowledge of local authorities to join an expanding team.

My client is looking for an experienced GIS sales professional to join the GIS business development team working with their exisiting Local Authorities as well as highlighting new councils to work with. This GIS firm are well known for their products and services for public GIS and gazeteer systems.

Having spent 3 years as a minimum in a sales role or presales GIS role you will be looking for a new challenge or fresh start. Experience of selling to local authorities would be beneficial however it is not vital if you have excellent GIS knoweldge.

This firm has an outstanding history within the GIS sector and is well known. Knowledge of any major system is good but a desire to sell the very best GIS systems available on the market is vital.

The opportunities here are limitless and a new commission structure has recently been implemented to maximise the financial reward to the business development team.

For more details pleas get in touch with Nathan Connolly at Ashton Geo on 0117 302 7500.

POSTED 01/03/2010.

Consultant: Nathan Connolly
Email: nathan@ashtongeo.co.uk
Location:
Type: Permanent
Salary: 40,000.00
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My client based in Newbury are currently looking for a Project Support Officer to join their organisation as soon as possible.

As the lead project support officer you will advise Project Managers and others with respect to:

> Planning
> Progress monitoring and reporting.
> Procurement of resources and materials
> Administration of all project documentation
> Ensure maintenance of project documentation in-line with company documented best practice
> Ensure maintenance of relevant back-office systems, including systems for forecasting project
financial performance and utilisation requirements
> Arranging and taking minutes from internal project meetings
> Ensure that project status reports are published
> Input to Post Implementation Review process as appropriate.

THE SUCCESSFUL PROJET SUPPORT OFFICER WILL BE:

> Experienced and competent using Microsoft Project (MS Project)
> Experience of maintaining and reporting from BackOffice systems, covering resource utilisation and basic financial reporting
> Familiarised with IT project management processes and terminology
> Experience of undertaking resource scheduling and allocation
> Experience of supplying information in response to ad-hoc requests from Management
> Experience of supporting projects within a structured environment i.e. PRINCE2
> Highly organised and methodical in approach
> Have knowledge of formal project management methodology
> Experienced in use of MS Project, Microsoft Office products, specifically Excel, Word and PowerPoint
> Experienced in use of CRM/ERMsystems.

This is an excellent opportunity for a project support officer with some experience to join an organisation that will offer a great deal of growth to the right candidate. So if you are interested get touch with Nathan at Ashton Geo.

POSTED 03/03/2010.
Consultant: Nathan Connolly
Email: nathan@ashtongeo.co.uk
Location: Buckinghamshire
Type: Permanent
Salary: 30,000.00
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