GIS Technician 2 (PDX)

Title: GIS Technician 2
Location: Portland, OR.
Duration: 12+Month 
Rate: Negotiable on W2
 
 
Position Responsibilities include:

• Design and prepare publication quality GIS products using industry standards.
• Produce custom photomap products tailored to the Valuation department’s needs,using current GIS software tools and techniques.
• Perform basic spatial analysis operations to create maps and/or tabular reports. Maintain geospatial databases and ensure data quality and integrity through the use of automated and manual techniques to enter, edit and process data sets.
• Identify appraisal sites, based on LIS exhibit maps.
• Create and load waypoints into GPS units for appraisers, foresters and danger tree team members.
• Prepare parcel exhibits with geo-referenced photos for appraisal, forestry and danger tree crew reports.
• May provide demonstrations, presentations and produce documents on the GIS platform of work being done by BPA to both internal and external customers.  Final documents must be reviewed and approved by BPA staff.
• With oversight from the BPA Manager/BPA Staff, assist the geospatial team in development of a cloud-based mobile workflow for Valuation and Forestry.
• Utilize SharePoint to add new material to the Valuation and Forestry site
• Support the timely delivery of forestry and danger tree data between Valuation and Forestry and other organizational units such as TFBV (Vegetation Management) used in the design, acquisition, maintenance and construction of BPA’s transmission facilities.
• With oversight and approval by BPA Staff, create mobile projects for Danger Tree and Forestry using ESRI software. The mobile projects will be shared with internal BPA customers and individual landowners as well as other external customers.  Mobile projects will include:
• Design and prepare parcel exhibits with tree points for landowners and project managers
• Design and prepare parcel exhibits with acquisition tracts for appraisers when requested
• Locate, download and send shape files of acquisition data when requested
• Assist in the maintenance and use of ESRI navigation tool
• Trimble Hardware/Software data collection and tracking:
• Deploy projects on Trimble data collectors
• Post-process, load and edit newly acquired field data into mobile database
• Run the volume calculator on asset data
• Assist other members of Valuation and Forestry team in editing field data
• Collect field data to include identification of danger trees off the Right-of-Way; including species, height, and defect
• Maintain and track Trimble data collectors as they are used and checked out
• Assist with data collection in the field
• Conduct Trimble field training when requested

 
Position Requirements:
Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in a GIS-related field, such as computer science, geography, cartography, forestry, natural resources, landscape architecture and environmental, urban or regional planning, with a strong emphasis in computer-assisted spatial analysis is highly desirable (if no degree, additional work experience is required – see below).
• Minimum Experience Required: Level 2position –4 - 6 years (with bachelor’s degree in fields specified above; 6+ years without degree or degree not in specified fields, as noted above) of directly-related experience in GIS Support, providing professional GIS services utilizing computerized data capture, storage and analysis is required.
• Basic knowledge of image processing, remote sensing and LiDAR data mediums is desired.
• Proficiency with ESRI ArcGIS software is required.
• Proficiency with Trimble Hardware/Software is required.
• Experience and proficiency with PC operating systems and standard office software (Microsoft Office Suite 2010 - Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) is required.
• Working knowledge of SharePoint, sufficient for data entry and managing document libraries, is required.

 
General Requirements:

• GISP (Geographic Information Systems Professional) certification is desired but not required for this position.
• Ability to work independently and prioritize assignments is required. Proficiencies in critical thinking and deductive reasoning are required.
• Must be skilled in written, visual and oral communication.

 
If interested in this position, contact:

Prakash Jha
First Tek, Inc.
1551 S Washington Avenue,
Suite 402 A, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Office: 732-276-1462| Fax: 732-601-5880
Prakash.jha@first-tek.com | www.first-tek.com