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Job ID: AD34
Job title: Project Manager
Industry: Surveying/Geomatics
Location: Bromsgrove
Job type: Full time, permanent
Salary: £45,000 - £55,000
My client is one of the world’s leading drone service providers, delivering premium inspection, survey, and geospatial solutions across critical national infrastructure, construction, and engineering sectors.
With a strong reputation for quality, innovation, and reliability, my client continues to grow rapidly. They are now looking for an experienced and capable Project Manager to join their team and help deliver cutting-edge geospatial data capture projects from start to finish.
Why Join Them?

  • Enjoy our vibrant, friendly HQ in Bromsgrove — a modern workspace designed to inspire creativity and collaboration.
  • Be part of a growing business with exciting opportunities for career progression, leadership, and personal development.
  • Receive a competitive salary and benefits package that reflects your skills, commitment, and contributions.
    The Role
  • Seeking an experienced and proactive Project Manager to oversee and deliver geospatial data capture projects.
  • Managing complex survey and inspection projects using drones, helicopters, handheld laser scanning equipment, and traditional terrestrial surveying technologies.
  • Overseeing the full project lifecycle: client onboarding, scoping, fieldwork coordination, data processing, quality assurance, and final delivery.
  • Hands-on management role requiring technical insight, operational awareness, and excellent communication skills.
    Key Responsibilities
  • End-to-End Project Management of geospatial data capture projects across infrastructure, utilities, and construction sectors.
  • Coordination of Survey Operations including drone flights, laser scanning, and other capture methods using in-house teams and subcontractors.
  • Client Liaison – understanding client requirements, providing technical advice, and managing expectations.
  • Scheduling and Resource Allocation – planning survey work, coordinating staff, equipment, and logistics.
  • Data Workflow Oversight – managing the processing and delivery of photogrammetry, lidar, laser scan, and other spatial datasets, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
  • Risk and Safety Management – ensuring compliance with internal procedures and relevant legislation (e.g. CAA regulations, HSE).
  • Reporting to Management on project progress, issues, budgets, and outcomes using standardised tools and formats.
  • Quality Control – ensuring outputs meet the companies’ high standards before delivery to clients.
  • Continuous Improvement – contributing to the development of the geospatial service offering and collaborating to improve processes and tools.
    What We’re Looking For
    Strongly Preferred:
  • Degree or equivalent experience in:
    • Geomatics / Geospatial Science
    • Surveying / Land or Engineering Surveying
    • Civil Engineering / Remote Sensing
    • Geography with GIS or related geospatial disciplines
  • Formal project management qualification, such as:
    • APM PMQ (Association for Project Management)
    • PRINCE2 Practitioner
    • PMP (Project Management Professional)
      All applications are dealt with in the strictest of confidence.
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