GIS​/CAD Specialist

Take Your Environmental Career to the Next Level

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Are you ready to be challenged, make a difference, and experience professional growth in your career? Kleinfelder's Environmental team is looking for you! From environmental planning, permitting, remediation, and site characterization to chemical data management and hydrogeology, Kleinfelder offers a variety of services designed to provide technically appropriate and cost-effective solutions.

Step Into Your New Role

Kleinfelder is looking to add a GIS / CAD Specialist to support environmental, engineering, and construction-related projects. This work may include environmental assessment and remediation, industrial facility management and redevelopment, water and stormwater management, civil planning, and field-data collection.

This position may be based in Houston, Kingsville, or another Kleinfelder office
, depending on the qualifications and location of the selected candidate.

The successful candidate will support day-to-day GIS and CAD activities, including data development, spatial analysis, map production, GPS data processing, data visualization, and quality control. The candidate will transform existing information, field-collected data, survey information, CAD files, and other data resources into accurate working documents and client-ready deliverables.

Job responsibilities

• Develop GIS maps, figures, dashboards, and other visual products for environmental, engineering, and construction projects.
• Compile, edit, organize, and maintain geospatial data from field, laboratory, survey, CAD, and historical sources.
• Perform spatial analysis, geoprocessing, geocoding, coordinate transformation, and data conversion.
• Convert information between GIS and CAD formats while preserving coordinate systems, attributes, and project standards.
• Process mapping-grade GPS data and support mobile field-data collection.
• Review maps, drawings, and datasets for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with established specifications.
• Support map automation and repeatable workflows using Python, ArcGIS Model Builder, or similar tools.
• Assist with the publication and configuration of web maps, hosted feature layers, and field applications.
• Coordinate with project managers, technical staff, field personnel, data managers, and other GIS professionals.
• Organize project files and document data sources, processing steps, assumptions, and quality-control reviews.
• Manage multiple assignments and respond to changing project priorities.

Position requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in geography, environmental science, geographic information systems, civil engineering technology, or a related field that includes GIS coursework.
• Zero to three years of relevant GIS, CAD, mapping, or geospatial data experience.
• Working knowledge of Esri ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, or comparable GIS applications.
• Familiarity with AutoCAD and GIS-to-CAD data conversion.
• Understanding of coordinate systems, projections, cartographic principles, geoprocessing tools, raster and vector data, and map composition.
• Ability to work with large and varied datasets.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accurate documentation.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while coordinating with multidisciplinary teams.

Preferred skills and experience

• Experience with ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Field Maps, Survey
  123, Experience Builder, Dashboards, or other Esri field and web applications.
• Experience with Python, Arc Py, Model Builder, SQL, or other workflow-automation tools.
• Familiarity with enterprise geodatabases, hosted feature services, versioned data, or multi-editor environments.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, Mapbox, Leaflet, JavaScript, HTML, or CSS.
• Experience supporting environmental, remediation, industrial, water, stormwater, or civil infrastructure projects.
• Familiarity with environmental databases, including EQuIS, is a plus.

Following an offer, candidates will be required to satisfactorily complete employment reference checks, verification of professional licensure and/or educational credentials, a motor vehicle report (MVR), and a comprehensive background check.

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