Aerial Mapping Technician w/GeoTerra (Pdx)

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT – Aerial Mapping Company
 
POSITION: Aerial Mapping Technician Portland (Sellwood) Oregon location
TYPE:   Full Time (F/T) with Benefits

GeoTerra, Inc. is a full-service aerial mapping company with offices in Portland, Eugene, and Boise with
an aircraft hangar facility at Aurora State Airport, 20 minutes south of Portland. As a leader in the Remote Sensing field, the company enjoys a great reputation and history of success in the Northwest. GeoTerra supports a wide variety of private and government entities across the United States with imagery acquisition, photogrammetric mapping, orthophotography, and geospatial services. GeoTerra is recruiting an Aerial Mapping Technician to serve in the Sellwood (Portland) location.
 
The successful candidate for the Aerial Mapping Technician position will:

• Work with imagery and Lidar to create engineering grade mapping products
• Must have the ability to see in stereo (3D) – GeoTerra provides informal testing for this skill set
• Have a background in basic CAD or GIS related skills and the ability to learn technical tasks
• A disciplined attitude and work habits thriving on attention to detail tasks.

 
Secondary Duties: The ideal candidate would be trained as a Sensor Operator in GeoTerra aircraft and occasionally utilized for Aerial Acquisition tasks. This task requires a moderate amount of physical agility and willingness to work weekends (pre-scheduled.) A Sensor Operator is responsible for the aerial photography and LiDAR sensor systems and assisting the pilot, as needed. No previous experience with aerial sensors is required but the person should be very comfortable with operating a computer system. Experience with geographic information systems (GIS) software is a plus.
 
Benefits:

• Health Care
• Dental Care

• Vision Plan
• Retirement Plan – Simple IRA with Company contribution
• Long-term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Holiday Pay
• Overtime

If interested, please forward resume and cover letter to:
GeoTerra, Inc.
Attn: Debbie Hazell dhazell@GeoTerra.us
 
If you have questions, please contact Debbie at 541.343.8877
 
GeoTerra, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. GeoTerra does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, or any other protected status.
 
All job offers and continued employment with GeoTerra are contingent upon passing a background check and subject to random drug screening.