Senior GIS Analyst — Hybrid; Remote​/On-Site

Surveying And Mapping, LLC

GIS Technician/Analyst III

US-IN-Indianapolis

Job : 26-7999
# of Openings: 1
Category: GIS
Indianapolis

Overview

Founded in 1994, Surveying And Mapping, LLC (SAM) is a nationwide leader in geospatial and construction-phase solutions. With more than 50 offices and 1,600 professionals, we deliver the scale, technology, and expertise needed to support projects of any size.

SAM streamlines project delivery through a single, coordinated team, offering in-house capabilities across land surveying, aerial mapping, subsurface utility engineering (SUE), utility coordination (UC), GIS, BIM, and construction engineering inspection (CEI).

By combining advanced technology, digital workflows, and decades of experience, we provide accurate, actionable data that helps clients move critical infrastructure projects forward with confidence.

At SAM, you’ll be part of a team that values innovation, growth, and the opportunity to make a tangible impact on the built environment.

SAM, LLC is seeking an experienced full-time GIS Analyst/Technician that will provide support on various transmission projects to a large investor-owned utility (IOU) in either the Indianapolis/Plainfield, Indiana area or the Cincinnati, Ohio area.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The primary responsibilities of the position may include, but is not limited to the following processes within a GIS environment:

• Create professional maps and figures of various transmission assets and upgrades in various disciplines including: environmental permitting, local permitting, public engagement, environmental oversight, and siting studies.
• Develop and deploy web GIS applications, such as publishing feature services and web maps to support environmental analysis and siting/permitting workflows.
• Develop ArcGIS Enterprise/Portal field maps for efficient field data collection and support tablet configuration.
• Conduct geospatial analysis, including constraint mapping, route evaluation, and multi-criteria analysis using environmental, land use, and infrastructure datasets.
• Create property owner lists and parcel maps for public engagement notifications.
• Interactive map creation to assist SME’s for public questioning.
• Data conversion between .dwg, .shp, and .kmz file types.
• Download, maintain, and optimize large data libraries from a variety of online primary sources.
• Create map packages, kmz’s and web maps of data to share across departments.
• ArcGIS Portal admin tasks, like adding users to groups, changing data ownership, etc.
• Standardizing enterprise-wide symbology standards.
• Enterprise geodatabase management:
  Manage enterprise geodatabase, overseeing data integrity, vendor compliance, and system performance for critical regulatory operations.
• Provide detailed analysis for estimating construction matting costs for budgeting purposes.
• Creation of ArcGIS interactive web maps for project level websites
• Responsive communication, clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.

Ideal candidate would have experience and proficiency in:

• ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Field Maps
• AutoCAD friendly
• Google Earth Pro
• MS Office Suite including Power BI Reporting
• Basic database structure and management knowledge
• The ability to take ownership of projects and drive them to completion
• Public Speaking and Presentation skills
• Research proficiency
• Ability to adapt to new GIS software and workflows

Preferred skills and knowledge with the following:

• Experience in utility industry and its terminology, especially energy transmission/distribution, is a strong plus
• GIS compatible scripting (Python, VBScript, Arcade)
• Region…