There is a part-time, primarily remote, GIS Analyst Intern opening within the IT Dept at City of Sammamish. The position will support city-wide data and application maintenance, quality control review of orthophotography and impervious data deliverables, processing and posting of current and historic orthophotos, and various GIS project work as needed.
 
View the full job posting and apply here:
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/sammamish/jobs/4046756-0/gis-analyst-intern

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/seattle/jobs/4094426/utility-gis-professional-asst-ce-spec 

Job Responsibilities

• Research and interpret a variety of source documents, including, engineering plans (both design and as-built, including schematic details); contractor submitted as-built drawings; engineering specifications; architectural drawings; survey data and associated documents; GIS user-submitted sketches; maps; notes related to field checks; and other construction-related documents.
• Use source documents to create and maintain spatial and attribute drainage/wastewater data using a custom GIS data editor that utilizes ESRI’s ArcGIS software suite.
• Perform quality control and assurance.
• Manage performance tracking systems using MS Access and Excel.
• Coordinate and communicate with team members, supervisor, and subject matter experts.
• Participate in special projects and assignments as directed.

Please note this job advertisement is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.  

Qualifications

Education:  
Requires an Associate Degree in Civil Engineering Technology OR two years of college level coursework in engineering and construction technology

Education Equivalency 
Other combinations of appropriate education, training, certifications, and experience will be evaluated on an individual basis for comparability to the minimum education and experience requirements. 

Additional Information
The ideal candidate should possess some of the below experience or knowledge:

• ESRI's ArcGIS software suite. 
• Interpretation of construction drawings and similar source documents related to utility infrastructure projects. 
• Performing GIS data creation and/or maintenance related to utility infrastructure. 
• Willingness to learn and be part of a collaborative team.
• Experience working efficiently in a fast-paced, production driven environment
• Experience working and/or learning remotely.

​The full salary range for this position is $33.64 - $ 39.16 per hour. 

https://apps.meridiancity.org/jobs/jobs.aspx?job_id=1500 
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Job Summary:
Primary duties include input and editing of spatial and attribute data, conducting simple to complex spatial analysis, preparing maps using ArcGIS and other GIS-related software. Work assignments are usually broad in scope and involve the use of good judgment and accuracy in making decisions. The incumbent performs work under the general supervision of the GIS Program Manager.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Input and editing of spatial and attribute data associated with Public Works projects;
• Conduct simple to complex spatial analysis using GIS and/or CADD programs as part of the Engineering and Operations teams;
• Perform maintenance of the PW GIS databases and collect field data as required;
• Provide geospatial analysis and information to assist in Engineering and Operations staff with on-going projects;
• Assist users of the GIS System in support-required situations, report generation, and data validation;
• Assist PW GIS users with integrating and leveraging GIS capabilities;
• Develops data layers to provide information on graphic features and capabilities;
• Analyze and interpret mapping data to verify accuracy and completeness;
• Conduct user training to increase the skill and capability level in utilizing GPS and GIS;
• Provide feedback to the GIS Program Manager regarding issues, concerns, or problems with GIS application;
• Collaborate with City-wide GIS group in achieving GIS objectives for the City of Meridian;
• Perform all work duties and assignments in accordance with City policies, procedures, and safety practices;
• Participate on cross-functional projects that address GIS usage or application;
• Performs other duties as assigned or needed.

Job Specifications:
Requires Associates degree in GIS, Geography, Planning, Engineering, Information Systems, Natural Sciences, or related field; and 2 years practical GIS experience; or any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the knowledge and abilities necessary to perform the work.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite of programs;
• Proficiency in GIS, specifically in using ArcGIS Pro, ArcMap, or other GIS mapping applications; skills and knowledge in working with civil engineering; computer aided design and drafting (CADD), and mapping;
• Must demonstrate an attitude of cooperation in performance in work assignments, including adaptability, flexibility, problem-solving, work organization and time management; decision-making, proactive engagement with users, co-workers, and clients;
• Understand and apply safety practices and procedures;
• Proficient knowledge and ability in use of workstations land surveying conventions, mobile computing and GPS devices;
• Proficient knowledge of water and wastewater utility infrastructure and asset management systems;
• Assist Engineering and Operations staff in addressing and resolving technical and operational problems;
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with users, co-workers, management, and the general public;
• Demonstrate trustworthiness and integrity.

​Licensing and Certification:
Must hold valid State of Idaho driver’s license.

Work Environment and Physical Demands:

• Work is performed primarily in an office environment with moderate noise level. The employee in this class is frequently subject to inside environmental conditions which provide protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes and is occasionally subject to outside environmental conditions. The position also requires sufficient personal mobility and physical reflexes which permits the employee to function in the general office and field environment to accomplish tasks;
• Constantly requires sitting at a desk for long periods of time, up to 8 hours;
• Ability to lift up to 20 lbs.;
• Requires clarity of speech and hearing, which permits the employee to communicate effectively;
• Requires sufficient vision or other powers of observation, with or without reasonable accommodation, which permits the employee to view computer monitors for extended periods of time;
• Requires sufficient manual dexterity, with or without reasonable accommodation, which permits the employee to operate a personal computer.

​Travel Requirements
Local travel is occasionally required via City vehicle.

GIS SPECIALIST
Western Watersheds Project seeks a half-time (20 hrs./week) GIS (Geographic Information Systems) specialist to continue to support WWP’s efforts to reform livestock grazing and restore impacted lands, wildlife species, and watersheds. The position will provide GIS mapping and analysis services for all organization staff. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated GIS proficiency, be highly organized, self-motivated, be able to synthesize and understand basic ecological and biological concepts, and have strong written and oral communication skills.
 
JOB DUTIES:

• Maintain WWP GIS licenses and portals;
• Acquire and curate GIS layers, and make them available to staff;
• Generate GIS-mapping products upon request, in a timely manner;
• Generate analyses of GIS metadata, based on GIS layers, upon request and in a timely manner;
• Assist with training of interested WWP program staff to attain basic GIS proficiency;
• Work with WWP policy staff to support administrative, state, and/or and congressional initiatives with GIS-based products;
• Generate GIS-based StoryMaps to illustrate key natural resources or public land issues;
• Participate in outreach opportunities including press releases, op-eds, position statements, newsletter articles, and blog posts as needed.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Educational background in computer science, land management, or wildlife fields;
• Proficiency in ArcGIS and ArcGIS Pro;
• Familiarity with western land management and wildlife issues;
• Desire to make a difference in protecting native species and ecosystems from livestock grazing impacts on public lands;
• Able to take direction and work as part of a team;
• Self-directed and accountable.

This position can be located anywhere in the United States; western states preferred. Expectations will be no more than 20 hours per week of work. Salary starts at $36,745 and is subject to annual cost-of-living increases. Benefits include paid vacation and sick leave, paid sabbatical after 5 years, and dental plan.
 
HOW TO APPLY: 
Please send a cover letter and resume plus 3 references in a single .pdf file by August 4, 2023 to [email protected]. Position open until filled. 

Western Watersheds Project welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and a willingness to bring their perspectives to the work and the organization.
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Lane Council of Governments (LCOG) is looking for a GIS Program Manager. 

​For more information and to apply see:
https://lcog.casellehire.com/jobs/263108.html

POSITION SUMMARY

• DIVISION: Government Services
• SUPERVISOR: Government Services Division Director
• UNION REPRESENTATION: Not represented
• POSITION PURPOSE: This position exists to plan, organize and manage comprehensive, long-range objectives for the GIS/ Regional Land Information Database (RLID) program. This position includes intergovernmental coordination; development and implementation of policies, procedures, and budget; personnel management; identifying potential work/projects, securing resources; and representing the organization at various community, state, federal and other agency meetings.

QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum

• Bachelors' degree in geographic information systems (GIS), planning, or related field; seven years of progressively responsible professional experience working on projects related to the designated program area, including lead or supervisory experience, or any combination of education and experience that provides the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential functions of the position

Preferred

• Master's degree desirable.

Professional Competencies

• ATTENTION TO DETAILS: Ability to accurately complete detailed work in a fast-paced environment.
• DECISION MAKING: Ability to make decisions and elicit pertinent information relevant to your position.
• COMMUNICATION: Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• PROBLEM SOLVING: Ability to think creatively and respond to a changing environment.
• EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATION SKILLS: Organizes and maintains work environment.
• TIME MANAGEMENT: Uses time effectively.
• COLLABORATION: Must work well in collaborative teams within LCOG and with external and intergovernmental partners
• ADAPTABILITY: Must be adaptive and work well within a range of team and leadership frameworks.
• RESPECTFUL WORKPLACE: Commitment to working effectively with people from diverse backgrounds, in support of an inclusive and respectful environment.​

Entry-level geographer position:
Incumbent utilizes knowledge of geographic methods and cartographic practices and techniques used in engineering planning and analysis activities in support of a variety of water-resource related projects. The work involves utilizing a wide variety of state-of-the-art geospatial technology solutions to support civil works project delivery teams, including Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Remote Sensing (RS) and Global Position Systems (GPS).

​NOTE: this is time sensitive, the application deadline is July 31
 
https://www.usajobs.gov/job/738313000

https://careers.pacificorp.com/job/PORTLAND-Geographic-Information-System-%28GIS%29-Operations-Manager-%28Portland%2C-OR%29-110105-OR-97232/998155100/?from=email&refid=12661930000&utm_source=J2WEmail&source=2&eid=75300-202332220232-20810382700&locale=en_US

Geographic Information System (GIS) Operations Manager - (Portland, OR) - #110105
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Date: Jul 22, 2023
Location: PORTLAND, OR, US, 97232
Company: PacifiCorp

JOIN OUR TEAM!PacifiCorp is seeking customer-centric candidates to grow and sustain our commitment to a culture of customer service excellence, environmental sustainability and diversity, equity and inclusion.

General Purpose 
The position reports to the Director of GIS, Mapping & Data Management and will be responsible for functional oversight of the day-to-day operations of a highly customer service driven GIS Solutions group. The GIS Solutions group manages and maintains geospatial data, performs related analysis and decision support, provides both services and products for diverse business units, and creates various web and mobile map-based applications. The GIS Operations Manager implements strategy and priorities developed by GIS Director.  The GIS Operations Manager performs day to day management of staff and projects, leads and contributes to projects, and assists in establishing and implementing business objectives.  

​Responsibilities

• Plan and manage the work for the GIS Solutions group. 
• Lead the functional team, projects and initiatives, direct day-to-day activities, and provide guidance and recommendations.
• Develop and ensure internal goals are set, measured, met, and maintained.
• Develop project plans, negotiate timelines and schedule with internal customers, and monitor progress. 
• Manage projects, customer client expectations and related interaction between customers and the project team members.
• Oversee Amazon Web Service (AWS) cloud hosted GIS services and applications supporting a number of web and mobile applications.
• Assist technical staff with administration of Cloud based systems (AWS, ArcGIS Online)
• Implement BHE and PacifiCorp business initiatives as it relates to GIS support services.
• Work closely with other internal departments to fulfill regulatory reporting and data delivery requirements.
• Work across PacifiCorp groups to ensure proper management of geospatial data, delivery of geospatial data and solutions and optimization of systems and processes.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and implement efficiency, standardizations and improvements to ensure rapid customer response and data quality. 
• Oversee the preparation of required exhibits for submission to stakeholders and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
• Review and validate work product performing quality control.
• Guide and mentor technical staff assisting with analysis, recommendations and/or implementation of technical procedure, current and future technologies and process enhancements.
• Develop and monitor metrics and measures for the GIS solutions group and report to director.  
• Assist Director in supporting internal initiatives, facilitating GIS services to company business units, generating proposals, and project estimates. 
• Facilitate team efforts, provide guidance and direction to team members, and communicate project objectives, parameters, status, and outcomes.
• Provide input into team employee performance reviews. Flag performance and personnel issues for resolution.
   

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in business, engineering, computer science, geographic information systems (GIS) or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 7 years of experience leading, managing, and delivery of GIS services, products, applications.
• A minimum of three years of demonstrated leadership/supervisory or functional management experience.
• 6 years of experience working at or with an Electric Utility.  
• Experience working with ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online, and the configuration, deployment, and support of various ArcGIS web maps, operations dashboards, and mobile applications such as ArcGIS Collector, Survey 123, and ArcGIS Field Maps.
• Leadership and teamwork skills including the ability to implement action plans for achieving objectives and to oversee daily operations.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to facilitate team efforts, provide guidance and direction to team members, communicate expectations, project objectives, parameters, status, and outcomes. 
• Ability to communicate complexity to non-technical customers.
• Direct experience working electrical utility operations, field operations, electrical systems connectivity, and related mapping and spatial data management.
• Significant and demonstrated technical experience with ESRI ArcGIS products including ArcGIS Desktop and ArcGIS Pro, and ArcFM.
• Significant and demonstrated experience with geodatabase modeling, and various geospatial databases and data formats.
• Assessment skills including problem diagnosis and identification of proper methods and techniques to resolve and prevent future problems.
• Analytical and evaluation skills to define critical tasks, establish sequence of events, identify individuals/teams, timelines, and outcomes, and product project plans.
• Project management skills to develop and monitor work and budgets, determine specifications, schedules, timelines, and define deliverables.
   

Preferences

• Experience working Transmission & Distribution Operations internal customers and utility field employees.
• Advanced geospatial analytical skills.
• Hands on experience working with Safe Software’s Feature Manipulation Engine (FME).
• Experience and proficiency with Python
• Experience with AWS, networking, and SQL Server RDBMS
• Experience building and supporting mobile map and forms based applications for field employees
   

Additional Information
Req Id: 110105
Company Code: PacifiCorp 
Primary Location:  Salt Lake City, UT or Portland, OR
Department: Pacific Power
Schedule: Full-time
Personnel Subarea: Exempt   
Hiring Range: $113,100 - $133,000 

This position is eligible for an annual discretionary performance incentive bonus of up to 15.00% of salary.
Benefits: Health care, retirement, paid time off, tuition assistance, paid short-term and long-term disability, paid bereavement leave. For more information, please visit: https://careers.pacificorp.com/content/New-Benefits-Page/?locale=en_US

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Join Esri and Freefly Systems for full day drone imagery workshop!
 
Whether you are new to using an unoccupied aerial vehicle (UAV) or you have been flying for years this workshop will offer tips and tricks for flight planning, image analysis, fleet management, and how to make shareable information products from drone imagery. The ArcGIS platform supports an end-to-end UAV workflow that can begin processing in both the cloud and in offline environments using desktop machines.  We will demonstrate and discuss how to plan and use the autonomous flight planning software in the Esri platform to build imagery products from 2D and 3D GIS data. We will show the UAV created imagery products from different types of flights and the different types of processing that is available. We will also explore and explain how to configure these processing steps. After the imagery has been processed and we have created the derived products we will show how to analyze and share information using the ArcGIS platform.
 
Additionally, Esri partner Freefly Systems will be presenting their Site Scan integration solution with the Astro drone. The Freefly Astro is a made in the USA solution to drone mapping. The Astro is compatible with Site Scan for ArcGIS and can carry a variety of imaging payload from 61-megapixel RGB cameras, to thermal, and Lidar units.
 
Date: August 1, 2023
Time: 9am-4pm (Doors open at 8:30)
Location:
Esri R&D Center Portland
309 SW 6th Ave Ste. 600
Portland, OR 97204

Tetra Tech International Development is currently accepting expressions of interest from qualified candidates for a GIS Intern for our Data, Analytics, and Technology (DAT) unit. This position will be based in Burlington, Vermont, or Arlington, Virginia with consideration of other remote US-based locations.
 
The GIS Intern will support the DAT unit in providing geospatial expertise for international development projects and working to promote innovative approaches to geospatial solutions for projects and new business efforts. Candidates should be experienced in spatial analysis, creating publishable maps, data cleaning, knowledgeable of geospatial solution design and implementation, and an enthusiastic advocate for new technologies. The DAT unit works to support new business efforts, research and develop appropriate technological solutions for project implementation, support projects in the field, and provide training and staff capacity building.
 
The GIS Intern must bring concrete skills in GIS, remote sensing, and international development. The successful candidate will participate in multiple digital transformation activities to facilitate the organization’s data and analytics delivery and growth.
 
This internship is paid, and hours are flexible, between 24-40 per week: the duration is up to six months.

https://tetratech.referrals.selectminds.com/jobs/geographic-information-systems-gis-intern-us-based-remote-35341