Geospatial Discipline Manager

📋 Description

• • Lead and inspire a multidisciplinary team of GIS analysts, surveyors, technicians, and specialists who deliver best-in-class geospatial solutions to clients across the United States. You will be the strategic voice and day-to-day coach for a group that spans early-career talent to seasoned experts, ensuring every project meets Hanson’s exacting standards for quality, safety, and innovation.
• • Own the full project lifecycle for geospatial initiatives—scoping, budgeting, staffing, execution, and close-out—while maintaining razor-sharp focus on schedule and cost controls. You’ll translate complex client objectives into clear technical roadmaps, allocate resources across multiple concurrent projects, and proactively mitigate risk so deliverables are always on time and on budget.
• • Drive technical excellence by overseeing advanced data acquisition and processing workflows: airborne and mobile LiDAR, photogrammetry, UAV imagery, 3D terrestrial scanning, and high-precision GPS networks. You will validate methodologies, review data quality, and push the envelope on automation so that engineers, planners, and asset managers receive actionable intelligence faster.
• • Champion the integration of geospatial insights into enterprise asset-management programs. You’ll collaborate with civil, transportation, water, and energy teams to turn raw point clouds and imagery into living digital twins, predictive maintenance models, and regulatory-grade deliverables that extend the life of critical infrastructure.
• • Serve as the primary geospatial strategist in client meetings, proposal efforts, and industry conferences. Your ability to articulate ROI, demonstrate cutting-edge capabilities, and cultivate long-term relationships will directly influence multi-million-dollar pursuits and position Hanson as the go-to partner for complex geospatial challenges.
• • Mentor and upskill staff through structured development plans, monthly lunch-and-learns, and one-on-one coaching. You’ll identify emerging technologies—AI-driven feature extraction, cloud-native GIS, real-time sensor fusion—and create training pathways that keep the discipline at the forefront of the market while advancing individual careers.
• • Continuously refine internal standards, QA/QC procedures, and safety protocols to exceed industry benchmarks. You’ll chair discipline meetings, conduct peer reviews, and maintain an open-door policy that fosters psychological safety, diversity of thought, and relentless innovation.
• • Balance strategic leadership with hands-on problem solving. Whether troubleshooting a tricky coordinate transformation, optimizing a mobile-mapping route, or jumping into the field to support a high-stakes survey, you remain technically fluent and ready to lead by example.