Senior GIS Specialist​/Project Manager

Take Your Environmental Career to the Next Level

Kleinfelder, a Forbes' Top Employer for Engineers in North America, is committed to a people‑first culture, technical excellence, and creating opportunities where employees can thrive. Kleinfelder's Environmental team is looking for you to help build technically appropriate and cost‑effective solutions across environmental planning, permitting, remediation, site characterization, chemical data management, and hydrogeology.

Kleinfelder's Northern California & Pacific area is expanding its Information & Spatial Solutions Team (IS2) and seeking a Senior GIS Analyst / Project Manager. This role will sit anywhere in the U.S. with preference for candidates who have experience working on California projects and a willingness to align with a Northern California office, working hybrid or remote.

• Apply GIS technical expertise to multiple projects and initiatives simultaneously.
• Work with project stakeholders to define business requirements and translate them into actionable work.
• Lead data development and cartographic design initiatives.
• Compose detailed technical documentation and provide training.
• Apply a detail‑oriented approach to quality assurance and control of all work products.
• Derive project schedules, anticipate work efforts and costs, and convey technical or labor resource needs to deliver projects on time and within budget.
• Build an understanding of business processes across environmental, construction, transportation, stormwater management, and utility infrastructure.

• Bachelor's degree in Geography, GIS, Data or Computer Science, Environmental Science, or a related field, including courses in GIS or equivalent professional experience.
• Master’s degree preferred, but not required.
• 6–10 years of experience fulfilling the job expectations in a business environment, with preference for previous consulting experience.
• Experience overseeing the design, development, and delivery of geospatial solutions, including data and map development, field reconnaissance, analytical models and reporting, and interactive web‑based geospatial applications.
• Advanced knowledge of geospatial/cartographic principles and practices; leading GIS assignments.
• Expert command of Esri ArcGIS Pro product suite, including desktop, geoprocessing, mobile and web‑based components.
• Experience analyzing existing business processes, systems, and data to solve problems and identify opportunities for efficiency and capability improvements.
• Ability to work independently or within a team to complete project assignments on time and in alignment with defined specifications.
• Manage feature/data/product requests, enhancements, and bug fixes in alignment with client priorities, coordinating activity with project teams from preliminary design through testing and delivery.
• Knowledge to support design and development of spatial and non‑spatial enterprise databases.
• Understand how to identify data or map quality issues and prescribe remediation strategies, including programmatic automations.
• Compose project methodologies, scope documents, application requirements, design specifications, and quality/test plans.
• Develop and deliver training and/or resources to a variety of stakeholders with diverse skill levels.
• Maintain leading‑edge knowledge of relevant technologies and offer use cases for exploration.

• Technical
  • Experience writing or supporting competitive contract proposals.
  • Experience with oral presentations in a professional setting on industry topics.
  • Advanced programming experience including SQL, Python/Arc Py, JavaScript/Arcade.
  • Knowledge or experience working with alternative/open‑source geospatial toolsets (QGIS, PostGIS, etc.).
• Communicating Effectively
  • Advanced technical and descriptive writing skills.
  • Express ideas and information in a clear and concise manner.
  • Deliver information in a manner that is interesting and compelling to the listener.
  • Communicate GIS strategies and workflows effectively to relevant stakeholders and other disciplines.
  • Excellent interpersonal, organizational, analytical, and time‑management skills.
• Delivering High Quality Work
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