GIS Manager

Job Details:

Job Location:

New Philadelphia, OH 44663, Position Type:
Full Time, Salary Range: $28.17 - $33.81 Hourly, Final date to receive applications: 11/1/2026

Starting Salary Range: $28.17 - $33.81 per hour, commensurate with qualifications and experience

Location:

MWCD Headquarters

FLSA Status:
Non-exempt

Classification:
Full-time

Safety Sensitive:
No

Schedule:

Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week

Under the direct guidance of the Chief of Engineering, the GIS Manager shall assist in the development and maintenance of the MWCD GIS data sets and databases. Duties include reading and interpreting source documents, such as civil engineering plans, plot maps, and legal descriptions of property holdings. Inputs required data into a GIS system. Acts as a cartographic specialist relative to projects conducted by the engineering staff and other departments throughout the Muskingum Watershed.

Advises the Chief of Engineering regarding the MWCD GIS Enterprise program. Represents the Chief of Engineering and the interests of the MWCD as necessary. Oversees the mapping of facilities and infrastructure, subdistrict and GIS programs within the District and develops and maintains the MWCD GIS data sets and databases. Supervises GIS Specialist and GIS Intern.

The following are examples only and are not intended to be all inclusive:

• Computer
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Esri ArcGIS Pro
• Adobe
• AutoCAD Civil 3D
• and other applicable equipment and/or software.

Note:

In accordance with the U.S. Department of Labor physical demands strength ratings, this is considered sedentary work.

• 25% (1) Operates a computer workstation to update maps and datasets as new data is received; develops and maintains spatial relational databases; conducts mapping research in the field and in the office to resolve conflicting information and ensure data accuracy; utilizes utility maps, land use maps, aerial photography and digital imagery; assists and provides for the detection and quantitative assessment of spatial error within specific GIS data layers and imagery data sets;
  
  prepares maps and data sets including hard copy and electronic exhibits;
  Reads and interprets plat maps, legal descriptions and engineering plans; transfers data between ArcGIS Pro & AutoCAD programs.
• 20% (2) Read and interpret all historic source documents and manage the input of required data into the MWCD Enterprise GIS for intranet/internet applications; experience with ESRI mobile field applications; manages the collection, input, and dissemination of MWCD facilities and infrastructure data; develops and maintains spatial relational databases of MWCD assets for quantitative and qualitative analysis; helps develop and support other MWCD departments in the development of GIS programs.
• 20% (3) Maintains and manages ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Portal, and other GIS software, tools, and technologies; responsible for creation and maintenance of an intranet solution to distribute asset data to appropriate MWCD employees or the public as needed; creates GIS manuals and conducts training sessions for office and park staff and rangers utilizing GIS programs; the GIS Manager is required to interact with the public and assist the Chief of Engineering in making written reports or maps to the Board of Directors.
• 15% (4) Supervises GIS Specialist and GIS Interns (e.g., schedules employee work tasks; assigns work to employees; interviews job applicants; recommends the hiring of job applicants; recommends discipline; recommends pay assignments; evaluates employee performance; receives grievances or employee complaints; approves employee leave requests; recommends the…