Spatial Capture Lead
On-site · Orpington, England, United Kingdom
Job Summary
The Spatial Capture Lead will establish and lead a specialist team responsible for site capture, scan processing, output generation, and reusable digital assets. This role involves day-to-day operational management, defining technical standards, coordinating stakeholders, and developing workflows for the capture of physical environments to create digital outputs. Key responsibilities include overseeing the entire workflow from request intake to delivery, maintaining QA standards, and mentoring the team in technical excellence. Candidates should have strong experience in relevant capture technologies, demonstrate leadership capabilities, and possess the ability to communicate technical details effectively. The role supports various environments, ensuring that digital outputs contribute to planning, design, and business development.
Required Qualifications
- Strong experience in reality capture, spatial data, photogrammetry, laser scanning, digital surveying, digital twins, or closely related workflows
- Proven ability to lead projects or small teams across capture, processing, quality control, and delivery
- Experience selecting the right capture and output approach for different environments and use cases
- Good working knowledge of point clouds, orthophotos, CAD-ready outputs, lightweight 3D assets
- Comfortable working across field capture, office-based processing oversight, and stakeholder-facing problem solving
- Experience with capture and processing ecosystems such as FARO, RealityScan, Autodesk ReCap, Rhino, Revit, Navisworks, SketchUp, CloudWorx, Twinmotion, Unreal Engine, or comparable tools
- Strong understanding of QA/QC, data organisation, standards, and what good looks like for usable deliverables
- Able to contribute to pricing, estimates, planning assumptions, and early-stage solution thinking
- Confident working across departments and able to translate specialist technical detail into practical decisions for non-specialist stakeholders
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Comfortable working in a fast-moving, design-led, delivery-focused environment
- Strong people leadership skills, with the ability to support, coach, and grow a high-performing specialist team
- Experience in live events, venues, experiential, branded environments, staging, hospitality, sports, or retail rollout
- Experience producing or supporting digital twin environments for planning, review, or operational use
- Familiarity with real-time visualisation and immersive workflows
- Experience with proposal support, bid responses, or pre-sales technical consultation
- Familiarity with AI-supported workflows, automation opportunities, or structured digital asset management
- Understanding of drone/aerial capture possibilities
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