Entry Level GIS Technician

Actively seeking a GIS Technician to support analyzing geographic information about the earth's surface and the objects found on it, as well as providing technical and analytical support to address issues such as environmental management, exploration and mining, land ownership and titles, urban and regional planning, utilities and asset management, and demographic marketing. Work with related GIS software and programs to create and maintain databases and/or maps that can be combined with geographically referenced data. Meet with users to define data needs, project requirements, required outputs, or to develop applications. Compile geographic data from a variety of sources including censuses, field observation, satellite imagery, aerial photographs, and existing maps. Analyze spatial data for geographic statistics to incorporate into documents and reports. Enter new map data through use of a digitizer or by direct input of coordinate information using the principles of cartography including coordinate systems, longitude, latitude, elevation, topography, and map scales.

• Work as member of Pole Transfer/Joint Use Make Ready Team to do in-field GIS data collection and make educated in-field design suggestions based on field data.
• Team member will use a telescoping hasting stick as well as digital measuring technologies to measure Joint Use attachment heights & utility-owned distribution lines/attachments. Field data will be collected using proprietary software to update utilities GIS and make design determinations.
• Experience using Esri's ArcGIS suite or other GIS software required.

Qualifications:

• Experience using ArcGIS, ArcMap
• Bachelors Degree in GIS, Engineering Technology.
• Fielding experience (can be internships, academic project, etc.)