GIS Specialists w/ Sanborn Map Company (multiple locations)

GIS Specialists | Sanborn Map Company | Locations: Lakewood, CO; Phoenix, AZ; Sacramento, CA; Boise, ID; Billings, MT; Cheyenne, WY; Salt Lake City, UT; Reno, NV
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The Sanborn Map Company is looking to fill several GIS Specialist position located in several different states. Join Sanborn’s award-winning team!  Sanborn is looking for a GIS Specialist who can provide additional capacity to state and field offices to research, identify and acquire specific data from staff within a state; to develop these data into geospatial layers which conform to defined data standards, are topologically correct and are in accordance with FGDC and BLM metadata standards, and finally, to ensure that all state level data compilations roll up to national views. Secondary duties include performing initial Quality Control (QC) on all acquired data as well as on produced geospatial representations of that data and to report on QC issues unresolved, to document via required geospatial metadata as well as via monthly progress reports, and to perform mapping for QC and update briefing purposes.
 
TASKS INCLUDE:

• Attend trainings and orientation as scheduled.
  
• Identify and acquire data in native formats from field and state offices. Priority data lists and methods will be provided that the GIS Specialist will work from. This may require exploring and searching for data via communication with a wide variety of field and state staff.
  
• Convert all formats of data acquired into single, well-documented geospatial files at a state or national level.
  
• Create and ensure BLM and FGDC standard metadata is associated with each geospatial file.
  
• Prepare and submit weekly status/progress reports in the format provided by the COR.
  
• Prepare maps for progress demonstration or to illustrate data complexities and issues.
  
• Communicate and work with an extended interdisciplinary team across the BLM to ensure proper understanding of programmatic data elements, BLM data standards and geospatial methods guidance.
  
• Assist with data collection, consolidation, sharing and general data management activities.
  
• Generate geospatial data, databases, analysis, maps, services and applications according to BLM standard or specification.
  
• Participate in the monthly/weekly BLM conference calls and in-person meetings as scheduled.

 
REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a directly related field (geography, science, engineering, business or another related field, or equivalent)
• Three (3) years’ experience in the application of GIS techniques to the analysis of natural resource issues.

 
To apply:
http://www.sanborn.com/careers/
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