GIS Specialist

About the opportunity

SWCA Environmental Consultants is seeking a GIS Specialist (HR Title = Assistant Staff Geospatial Scientist) to support our Southern California - Pacific Islands sub‑region including our businesses in So Cal, Nor Cal, and Hawaii. SWCA's GIS Department consists of approximately 80 GIS Professionals with diverse backgrounds in GIS design, cartography, data management, and more. This position will primarily support both our Natural and Cultural Resource programs in Southern California, Cal Pac sub‑region, and will collaborate with and support other SWCA offices across the country as well.

This is a regular (with benefits), full‑time, hourly position. The position will be based in Pasadena, CA. Hybrid and remote work environments are available.

Final date to receive applications:
Our team will begin reviewing applications immediately, and interviews will be scheduled with qualified candidates on a rolling basis. The application process will remain open until we have received a robust pool of qualified candidates. Once we have identified suitable individuals, we may close the application process without prior notice. We appreciate the time and effort invested by all applicants and will carefully consider each submission.

• Work with the GIS Team Lead to prepare web maps for field staff use in Field Maps; post‑process and manage field data; report calculations, and create map products using established protocols and templates
• Communicate workload with the team to ensure that productivity goals are met and that projects are delivered on time and on budget
• Contribute to a collaborative work environment
• Use Esri ArcGIS Pro for data management, production/editing, spatial analyses, and for efficient production of high‑quality field maps and report figures
• Follow data management Best Practices and provide technical support for mobile platforms such as ESRI's Field Maps and Survey
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• Create cartographic‑quality map products using ArcGIS Pro and Online
• Help design, create, maintain, and QA/QC geospatial databases using ArcGIS

Required

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in GIS, Geography, Cartography, Archaeology, Biology, Environmental Science or related field with an emphasis in GIS (or a GIS certificate)
• One (1) year of experience, beyond university attendance, with GPS technology, field data collection techniques, data management, and troubleshooting digital files
• Prior work in environmental consulting, with experience in the application of GIS to cultural or natural resources management and prior experience working with federal land agencies (such as the USFS, NPS, BLM, BOR, USGS, or other), or state agencies/policy (CDFW, CEC, CEQA) is very desirable
• Experience with ArcGIS Pro 3.x as well as knowledge of cartography and computer mapping including design principles and understanding map creation procedures in ArcGIS

Preferred Qualifications

• Completed all GIS‑related aspects of a project, from fieldwork preparations to geospatial analyses, to final report maps and calculations
• Experience with data transfer, data analysis, data mining, and data inventory using software applications (e.g., Windows Explorer, Excel, Word, Esri ArcGIS)
• Prior knowledge and experience creating database schemas, domains, Arc Server/web applications, network analysis, knowledge of Python, .NET, Java, PHP, HTML
• Familiarity with Hawaiian language and place names a plus

SWCA Environmental Consultants is a growing employee‑owned firm, providing a full spectrum of environmental services. With offices across the United States, SWCA is one of the largest environmental compliance firms and ranks among Engineering News‑Record's Top 200 Environmental Firms.

SWCA is committed to salary equity and salary transparency for all its employees. In alignment with this commitment, SWCA posts good faith pay ranges in all its advertised job postings to promote pay equity and transparency.

An employee for this Pasadena, CA‑based position can expect an hourly pay rate of $25.16/hour to $32.18/hour. Actual pay within this range may depend on experience, qualifications,…