Intermediate GIS Analyst

About the role

The successful applicant will support our team using GIS analytical skills to prepare figures and maps to support our environmental and engineering clients, and coordinate with project teams to develop products from imagery, LiDAR, and other geospatial sources.

Responsibilities

• Perform both geographic and non-geographic data manipulation, management and analysis, cartography, and develop/use automated GIS processes using a variety of software environments.
• Work in a production-oriented environment as part of a team.
• Revise existing GIS layers and create new layers following established standards and procedures.
• Work with raster and vector feature layers and attributing features to conform with required table information.
• Correct geospatial location of features based on aerial photography or topography.
• Create high quality maps, GIS analysis, and data for reports to support a variety of Engineering and Environmental projects.
• Maintain metadata and best practices to support systems and data.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct, and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
• Complete training on assigned tasks.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in GIS, Environmental Science, Planning, or a related field.
• 1 to 3 years of relevant post-education experience in discipline with prior GIS experience.
• Experience with ESRI’s Arc GIS platform.
• Familiarity with AutoCAD, Python, Visual Basic, Arcade, or SQL programming.
• Analytical skills and prior experience with research techniques, modeling data, scanning and digitizing files, and experience maintaining records and databases with assigned projects required.
• Experience with GIS field equipment, plotting coordinates, and data collection.
• Competent interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to a scientific and non-scientific audience.
• Competent self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment.
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision, as well as part of a team to meet business objectives.
• Basic proficiency with business writing, office automation and communication software, web mapping applications and tools.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
• Able to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek.
• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Qualifications

• A member of and/or actively participate in local professional practice organizations.