Bilingual Spatial Data Scientist

CPCS | Advisors to infrastructure leaders

Better infrastructure solutions. Better lives.

Position details

Title: Bilingual Spatial Data Scientist

Location: Canada, the UK, France, or the United States

Annual salary range: $75,000–$125,000 CAD annually, based on experience and level. Salary ranges may vary by location and applicable currency.

Who we are

At CPCS, we’re collaborative, fun, and deeply dedicated advisors that are shaping the development of infrastructure because the world depends on good infrastructure to function. And good infrastructure can look like this:

• Connecting people to family, work, healthcare, education, and more through safe, and reliable transit.
• Creating access to clean sources of energy in countries where access is not commonplace, opening opportunities for the use of healthcare and education technologies.
• Making better use of existing transport infrastructure through policy or regulatory solutions to reduce congestion.

Our mission is exactly this: Finding the better solution to any given transportation, energy, and infrastructure challenge or opportunity that ultimately affects peoples’ day-to-day lives. Our purpose is clear: Better infrastructure solutions = Better lives. By joining a global employee-owned management consulting firm, you’ll tackle big challenges that shape economies and communities worldwide.

Headquartered in Canada with offices around the world, our 200+ CPCSers have completed over 1,800 projects in 120 countries. If you thrive on intellectual curiosity, problem-solving, and collaboration, you’ll find your place at CPCS.

To get a feel for what it’s like to join our international team, visit our Careers page, consult our Glassdoor and discover our core beliefs. You can also check our magazine.

The opportunity

Requiring a multi-skilled individual with a quantitative background, the role of the Spatial Data Scientist (Consultant / Senior / Principal Consultant level) leverages and combines the power of data science and GIS – analytically and cartographically – to discover patterns and trends through spatial mapping, develop mapping applications and tools and manage geospatial databases, among other duties. By articulating and visualizing spatial data in such a way, this role helps to inform and develop planning studies and reports in support of informed policy/program changes and global infrastructure investments across a wide variety of sectors including transportation, power, social infrastructure and water. As a member of IAU, this role not only involves working as part of a team, but also with project managers, clients, and stakeholders.

Your responsibilities

Under the guidance of a project director and other senior consultants, contribute to different stages of the project lifecycle:

• Work with project teams to identify opportunities to augment projects with improved data and modelling techniques.
• Execute spatial (and other) analytics using a variety of open-sourced and licensed GIS software, datasets, and proprietary assets while clearly and constructively communicating such findings.
• Conduct data gathering, processing, creation, manipulation, quality review and analysis from various sources/ formats in order to assess analytical feasibility.
• Develop eye-catching visualizations and concise written materials to communicate analysis/model results to non-technical audiences.
• Support various business development efforts, including tracking market development, building and maintaining relationships with clients and partners, and maintaining the currency and relevancy of marketing collateral.
• Provide technical support and input on business development for advisory mandates on infrastructure projects.
• In support of CPCS's knowledge strategy, proactively and regularly identify and capture knowledge that can be leveraged on business development and project efforts.
• Champion the use of CPCS knowledge assets by maintaining familiarity with the available resources and disseminating them to CPCS to aid in developing proposals, reports, presentations, etc.
• Contribute to CPCS Culture by fostering an efficient, innovative, and team oriented environment while identifying opportunities for improvement in CPCS policies, processes, systems, templates, etc.
• Liaise with project teams, partner firms, and clients.

What you bring to the team

• Exceptional academic achievement with a Master's degree in a relevant field (i.e. geography, STEM, urban planning).
• Strong soft skills to manage analytical tasks on project-based consulting work in Africa and North America.
• Passionate about compiling, analyzing, and disseminating location-based, spatial intelligence to inform policy and infrastructure investments.
• Skilled in the use of one or more of: ESRI suite, QGIS, Carto, Manifold, Mapbox, TransCAD.
• Familiar with some of Python, R, Jupyter, PostgreSQL, PostGIS, MySQL, NoSQL
• Experimenting with integrating agentic AI into workflows.
• French and English bilingual.
• An understanding / desire to learn about the role of transportation, energy and the built environment in society.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong organizational skills with a proven ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in order to prepare deliverables under tight timelines.
• Ability to work individually or on teams while maintaining an openness to coaching and feedback.
• Pursue continuous learning and skill development opportunities in order to mature products and services offerings over time.
• Comfortable questioning the status quo and thinking intelligently about how to implement solutions or improvements while codifying the best workflow practices.
• Ability to operate in large, multicultural environment with geographically dispersed teams.
• The legal right to work in Canada, the UK, France, or the United States, and the ability/willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required (conditions permitting).

Support for you, professionally and personally

We’re not just about work - we’re about growth, impact, and meaningful connections.

Professional growth: We support your growth and professional development by providing training, coaching, mentorship and regular feedback.

Meaningful connection: We believe in engaging collaboratively with passionate, diverse and motivated clients, team members and stakeholders to understand various viewpoints.

Greater impact: We believe in helping infrastructure leaders make more impactful decisions. Everything we do seeks to enable positive economic, social and environmental impacts.

Competitive compensation: We offer all team members competitive base salaries along with a benefits package that includes superior health and wellness programs. You could be eligible to receive a performance-based bonus. With time and proven excellence, you may be invited to become a company shareholder and benefit from company dividends and profit sharing. We also believe in offering flexible work arrangements and ample, defined time off.

Apply today

Thank you for your interest.

• Applications will be accepted until October 30, 2026
• Only those selected for consideration will be contacted
• A portfolio of relevant graphics/visualizations, projects, participating in a case study or written exercise will be required for shortlisted candidates

Submit a cover letter explaining why you’re interested in this role and detailed resume identifying your qualifications. If you have applied to our positions before and already have a profile, please log in here to apply for this position. If you are a new applicant go to our website cpcs.ca/careers/ to apply.

Our Recruitment Process

Our recruitment process includes the following steps:

• Application review: We carefully assess every application
• A phone screening: A quick chat to get to know you better and answer any questions
• Case study: A written test to assess your quantitative analysis and writing skills
• An interview with the hiring team (VP of the division) and potentially other team members: A deeper conversation about your experience, skills, and what excites you about CPCS
• Final discussion: For some roles, we may have an additional step to ensure a great fit
• Offer and onboarding: If it’s a match, we’ll welcome you to the team!

Please be advised that AI technology is used in the interview process for note recording.

Our recruitment practices

CPCS is an equal opportunity employer. We actively encourage applications from women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, veterans and members of underrepresented groups. We foster an environment where our people feel safe, heard and valued. Our belief is that we all have unique talents, perspectives and backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

CANADA: CPCS is committed to, and will strive to ensure that, the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), 2005, its regulations, standards and all other relevant legislation are applied in a timely fashion. We'll provide all qualified applicants and employees who have disabilities with reasonable accommodations as required by law. If this is your case, please contact accessibility@cpcs.ca or 613-237-2500. Read more about our commitment to accessibility.

UNITED STATES: CPCS is committed to equal opportunity employment. We actively invite applications from women, Indigenous Peoples, people with disabilities, veterans, and members of underrepresented groups. We follow fair-chance hiring (ban-the-box) and consider all qualified candidates regardless of criminal history. CPCS promotes a workplace where everyone feels safe, heard, and valued. We believe that each person brings unique talents, perspectives, and backgrounds. Discrimination based on race, religion, color, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, disability status, or any other legally protected characteristic is not tolerated.

CPCS complies with the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) and all relevant legislation. We'll provide all qualified applicants and employees who have disabilities with reasonable accommodations as required by law. If this is your case, please contact accessibility@cpcs.ca or +1 613-237-2500. Read more about our commitment to accessibility.