GIS Director

The GIS Director’s role primarily revolves around development and maintains the geographic information systems (GIS) databases, coverages, and linkages to various databases, as well as extensive GPS duties. Duties include reading and interpreting source documents, such as civil engineering plans, plot maps, plats, deeds, and legal descriptions; and entering required data into the GIS. The position is to oversee the administration and maintenance of the City & County’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS), supervise staff of the GIS Department, and serve as a GIS advisor to the City & County departments and Middle Flint Regional E‑911.

Additionally, the GIS Director handles budget management, vendor negotiations, and technical support, while also focusing on continuous improvement and staying updated with the latest technology trends. The role demands a blend of technical expertise, leadership skills, and strategic planning. They function as the primary liaison between technical GIS teams and executive leadership, ensuring spatial data supports organizational goals, such as planning, public works, or emergency management.

• Designs, builds, and maintains applications, tools, and scripts to analyze, visualize, and manage spatial data.
• Operates computer workstation to update maps as new data is received relative to new subdivisions, developments, capital improvement projects, zoning requirements, and other projects.
• Acts as first line supervisor for designated staff within a department, including interviewing and selecting job applicants, training, overseeing work, and establishing and evaluating appropriate performance standards in accordance with the departments and City’s objectives.
• Maintains and administers applicable GIS systems. Experience with ESRI products (ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, Arc Objects) or open-source GIS technology.
• Develops and implements Citywide and departmental GIS functions, services, policies, and strategies. Implement standards and procedures for GIS database and basemap maintenance and administration.
• Coordinates GIS efforts of all local government units within the City & County/departments; and maintains liaisons with relevant regional, state, and national GIS activities, serving as City/County GIS representative.
• Perform studies of various agency operations to define problems and determine methods to develop GIS applications to facilitate ease of use, including the customizing of desktop applications.
• Facilitates the development of the City GIS Strategic Plan.
• Prepares and monitors the GIS Division budget. Identifies and reports potential financial overruns and variances at an early stage. Prepare statistical summaries and reports related to Department operations, activities, and expenditures. Assists in the construction, development, and maintenance of GIS Department yearly fiscal budget and 5-year CIP budget.
• Provides structured GIS training and technical assistance to City staff.
• May perform the work of other GIS staff as required.
• Maintains and updates databases using GIS computer aided drafting and other software.
• Develops and maintains links between various databases.
• Conducts mapping research, in the field and in the office, to resolve conflicting information and ensure the accuracy of the data.
• Creates maps using ESRI GIS software.
• Demonstrates continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service.
• Maintains data layers and uploads said data layers to Americus-Sumter County GIS Server.
• Assists GIS staff with the manipulation, storage, and retrieval of information in GIS; assists with designs and develops and edits the GIS spatial and tabular database; performs analytical operation and spatial queries; makes suggestions regarding data collection methodologies and data dictionaries for GPS collection.
• Operates, inspects, and maintains various equipment and tools associated with work activities, which may include a motor vehicle, handheld GPS data collector, laser rangefinder, digital camera, plotter, computer, copy machine, large-print…