GIS Analyst

Job Title
: GIS Analyst (2500034V)

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Vulcan Materials Company is the Nation’s largest producer of construction aggregates and a major producer of aggregates‑based construction materials including asphalt and ready‑mixed concrete. When you join Vulcan, it’s more than starting an exciting career – you get to make a difference for millions of people every day across the country.

When you join Vulcan, you join a dynamic culture in which career development is encouraged, excellence is rewarded and diversity is valued. No matter the role or the location across the country, every member of the Vulcan team lives through the Vulcan Way: doing the right thing, the right way, at the right time.

This position is responsible for providing a wide variety of GIS solutions supporting internal customers throughout the company; the focus will be on supporting Geology, Mine Planning, Operations and Land Management. GIS solutions will include traditional and web‑based maps, data creation and updates, data collection solutions, and web‑based applications. Additional responsibilities include interacting with outside data providers including surveyors, drone companies and environmental consultants on an as‑needed basis.

• Assist with interaction of all internal customers that request GIS solutions.
• Design, create, maintain and manage project‑specific databases related to geology, mining, land management, imagery, and environmental in either file geodatabases and/or SQL Enterprise databases.
• Prepare data, maps, web solutions, and technical documents and present them to internal customers, management and operations personnel.
• Assist in maintenance of data and files on the network server in up‑to‑date status, following departmental and company policies.
• Find, create and validate a variety of data (historical and current internal data as well as available external data) to build simple and complex solutions for both surface and subsurface situations.
• Have general knowledge of coordinate geometry (COGO) and its use in land management.
• Know land management principles including parcels, metes and bounds, and the public land survey system.
• Assist with routine performance analysis and maintenance of GIS systems in coordination with company database and system administrators.
• Assist users with specific problems using ESRI software.
• Respond to a wide variety of information and data requests.
• Stay abreast of professional and technical developments to maintain and improve knowledge and skills needed for superior job performance.

Education

• Degree in Geospatial Science or GIS or related GIS experience in Geology or Mining.
• Minimum of 2‑3 years’ experience working as a GIS technician or analyst.
• GISP certified and/or ESRI certified is a plus.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge and experience using the ArcGIS suite of applications including Arc Pro, Survey
  123, Field Maps, Dashboards, Enterprise (Portal and Server), Image Server, and ArcGIS Online.
• Experience using 3D Analyst and Spatial Analyst extensions.
  
  Knowledge of accepted GIS principles and practices.
• Experience with other GIS or mining software platforms (e.g., Global Mapper, Minesite, Carlson and AutoCAD) is a plus.
• Knowledge of raster datasets and image services.
• Proficient with GPS receivers such as Trimble, EOS and/or Emlid systems.
• Proficient in 2D modelling and a basic understanding of 3D modelling.
• Ability to conduct field mapping and surveying.
• Knowledge of field mapping techniques, surveying, and basic understanding of methods of site exploration.
• Basic knowledge of geology and/or mining is a plus.

• Occasional travel, sometimes requiring overnight stay.
• Work environment will be both indoors in an office and outside in a quarry or vacant land; the employee will need to sit at a desktop computer for several hours a day while in the office, walk, and carry computer field equipment or survey equipment when working outside. The outside setting will expose the employee to changes in weather, temperature, humidity and require walking on uneven and sometimes steep ground surfaces.
• May be required…