GIS Intern

About the role

This internship will provide real-world experience for those learning GIS and mapping to help them excel in a career working with GIS. The Geospatial Intern will be involved in day-to-day municipal government GIS and will be expected to learn and perform a variety of duties under the supervision of the Geospatial Services Manager in the City Manager’s Office.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for GIS projects across multiple departments.
• Create maps for print and web distribution.
• Perform data entry and geometry creation.
• Perform scanning, cataloging, image processing, and organizing of paper maps and documents.
• Complete field data collection with mobile device applications (i.e., Survey123 and Field Maps).
• Perform regular cleaning of documents and hardware to ensure sufficient scan quality and limit hardware wear and tear.
• Ensure paper document placement into appropriate folders, drawers, containers, and/or cabinets.
• Perform quality control of all data collected.
• Other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

• Must be amenable to working in the office and outdoors.
• Must be amenable to working in various temperatures and weather conditions if performing field data collection.
• Indoor work includes long stretches of time sitting in front of a computer in an office setting.
• Outdoor work is required for the collection of data.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to handle, feel or operate objects, and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; stoop, kneel; talk or hear.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Use of Technology & Equipment

• Personal computer with a Windows operating system.
• Mobile device such as a mobile phone or tablet.
• Trimble Bluetooth GPS receiver.
• Office telephone.
• ESRI’s ArcGIS suite of software, including, but not limited to: ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, and ArcGIS Enterprise, along with mobile apps such as ArcGIS Field Maps, Survey123 for ArcGIS, and Workforce for ArcGIS.

Contact & Supervision

• Position will report to the Geospatial Services Manager in the City Manager’s Office.
• Position may have discussions with other departments for project knowledge gathering.
• Position may participate in City Geospatial Operations meetings to assist in providing updates on work.
• Position may have limited contact with the general public, dependent on project.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Candidate must be a current, graduating, or recently graduated student from a two- or four-year college with a degree in Geography, Engineering, Landscape Architecture, or related field.
• If a student working on an advanced degree, they must not hold a current assistantship, fellowship, or similar commitment to their school.
• Applicable completed or current coursework in any of the following topics: geography, GIS, database management, image processing, map or plan comprehension, historic preservation, cataloging or indexing items, or personal computer (PC) competency.
• Certification/License: Be 18 years of age and eligible to work in West Virginia.
• A valid driver’s license is required to operate a City vehicle; dependent on field work.
• Experience: Working knowledge of the fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
• Experience using a Windows PC.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior work or project experience in GIS.
• Experience with ESRI’s ArcGIS suite of software, including, but not limited to: ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, and ArcGIS Enterprise, along with mobile apps such as ArcGIS Field Maps, Survey123 for ArcGIS, and Workforce for ArcGIS.
• Experience with Adobe Acrobat and Photoshop.
• Experience collecting, processing, and exporting data in spatial (e.g., shapefiles, geodatabases) and non-spatial data formats and coordinate systems.
• Strong organizational and communication skills to effectively work on multiple projects across different departments.
• Scripting experience in languages such as Python or Arcade.
• Basic knowledge and experience with using a large format sheet-fed scanner.
• Ability to properly read, identify, and index various types of maps and documents.

Compensation

$15.00/hour