GIS Technician w/Roseburg Forest Products Co. (Dillard, OR)

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Founded in 1936, Roseburg Forest Products is a privately owned company and one of North America's leading producers of particleboard, medium-density fiberboard, and thermally fused laminates. Roseburg also manufactures softwood and hardwood plywood, lumber, LVL, and I-joists. The company owns and sustainably manages more than 600,000 acres of timberland in Oregon, North Carolina, and Virginia, as well as an export wood chip terminal facility in Coos Bay, Ore. Roseburg products, which are shipped throughout North America and the Pacific Rim. To learn more about the company please visit www.Roseburg.com.

​Purpose
Assists the GIS Resource team in developing and improving Company GIS datasets to support Resources business initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Improve Resources GIS datasets with project-dependent work
• Collaborate with other GIS team members to develop new GIS datasets to support existing and new Resources business initiatives
• Demonstrate keen attention to detail with consistent review and editing of critical spatial data layers
• Communicate efficiently and effectively with key individuals when guidance/clarification needed
• Provide status updates when requested by the GIS Resources Manager
• Projects will include both spatial and attribute edits and include the following GIS layers:
• Ensure water layer is adjusted to LIDAR-derived contour intervals
• Edit road layer to better ensure alignment between RRC and BLM data
• Support development of the silviculture GIS layer
• Assist with the development/testing of GIS mobile products
• Assist with other editing, review, and/or revisions to GIS data as needed
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Models company core values

Requirements
Required Qualifications

• Two (2) plus years of recent GIS experience or equivalent education
• Ability to work independently evaluating multiple data sources which may contain conflicting information and determine which data source is most accurate
• Demonstrated aptitude for GIS editing, attention to detail, and maintaining consistency across large projects
• Self-driven and possess an unwavering desire to produce high-quality work in keeping with project specifications
• Editor-level capabilities in creating, managing, and analyzing data in an Esri ArcGIS environment
• Deep understanding of industrial forest management to ensure representative editing
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office applications
• Strong communicator (written and verbal) that boosts a highly productive team
• Team player with excellent interpersonal skills

Preferred Qualifications

• One (1) year of experience using ArcGIS software
• Experience in timber inventory