About the position
ENVIRONMENT:
A dynamic AgriTech Start-Up in Pretoria seeks your deep knowledge of remote sensing databases and GIS work, an understanding of agricultural systems, coding experience and a drive to make an impact in South African agriculture to be its next Agri GIS Architect. You will lead the initial direction of GIS & Remote Sensing capabilities, including building various tools aiding data collection and soil carbon modelling processes. The successful incumbent must possess a Degree GIS / Geo-Informatics, Environmental Sciences, Agriculture, or other relevant qualification with 10 years’ experience in a relevant line of work with proficiency coding in R and using open-source GIS databases. You must also have SAGC membership or with a similar organisation.
DUTIES:
- Assist in building ground-breaking GIS capabilities and helping build up a team of GIS Specialists over the coming years.
- Assess which satellite imagery or remote sensing data is most applicable and cost-effective for the business purposes.
- Use farmer data to develop / improve various tools which aid carbon projects and data collection processes. These include the following potential tools that can be developed with time:
- Cover crop biomass determination
- Grassland biomass production determination
- Cash crop identification tool
- Tillage intensity tool
- Automated field delineations or removal of non-cultivated areas
- from polygons
- Automated field history determinations (e.g. conversions from
- forestry to cultivation or grassland to cultivation, etc.)
- Field stratification
- Support Carbon Model Developers to develop tools/data feeding into digital soil mapping carbon models.
- With time, building tools which add value to farmer’s operations.
REQUIREMENTS:
- A suitable Degree GIS / Geo-Informatics, Environmental Sciences, Agriculture, or other relevant qualifications.
- Have >10 years’ experience in a relevant line of work.
- Have some experience in coding (such as Python) and am proficient in coding in R.
- Cleaning, interpreting and managing remote sensing databases.
- Experience in open-source GIS databases / coding.
- Understand agricultural systems and enjoy adding value to farmers.
- Have membership with SAGC or a similar organisation.
- Technically strong in Statistics and Data Analysis.
ATTRIBUTES:
- Energetic, am looking for a new challenge and am eager to learn new skills.
- Communicate well with people and am able to work independently, staying focused on an agreed strategy / goal.
While we would really like to respond to every application, should you not be contacted for this position within 10 working days please consider your application unsuccessful.
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