GIS Manager - Philadelphia International Airport

Organization: City of Philadelphia, Division of Aviation
Title: GIS Manager – Philadelphia International Airport
Location: Philadelphia, PA  (City residency required within 6 months of appointment)
Application Deadline: March 8, 2013

Position Description:
The City of Philadelphia, Division of Aviation is searching for a GIS Manager for the Philadelphia International Airport.  PHL is the 9th busiest airport in the nation and about to begin a $6.4 billion Capacity Enhancement Program (CEP) that will be completed in phases over the next 13 years.

This is specialized geographic information systems work with responsibility for direction of the planning, design, maintenance, budget, consultant management and production of geographic data and mapping.  An employee in this position directs the activities of subordinate GIS specialists, technicians, and consultants engaged in creating and editing geographic data bases and generating resultant map and other relevant geographic information for departmental analysis, management, publication and presentation needs.  Conferring with Airport division managers to ascertain their geographic information needs is a significant aspect of the work. Work includes responsibility for managing the production of maps, publications, graphics, and presentation material. Work is performed under the general direction of an administrative superior.


Minimum Qualifications:

• EDUCATION: Completion of a bachelor’s degree program at an accredited college or university with major course work in geography, urban planning, or geographic information systems, computer science, management information systems or a related degree;

AND

• GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Two years of Geographic Information Systems experience at the full performance level designing, maintaining, and producing geographic data and graphics, which has included the use of Esri ArcGIS software;

AND

• SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE: One year of project management experience directing Geographic Information System (GIS) activities involving the creation and editing of geographic data bases using GIS software to generate resultant mapping and other relevant geographic information.

For full job description and application details: https://phila.peopleadmin.com/postings/3115

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