Utilities Senior Design Technician

How You Can Help Us Make a Difference

Bring data to life and help shape the infrastructure of our community! This role performs professional, technical, and analytical work creating, maintaining, and editing maps and geospatial data for a wide range of engineering projects.

You'll work with GIS, AutoCAD, and related software to manage geodatabases, prepare detailed maps, drainage designs, legal descriptions, and presentation exhibits, while ensuring accuracy and consistency with established standards. The position also supports project planning, supervises field data collection, and provides exceptional customer service by assisting the public and other departments with archival drawings, plans, and technical information.

Education & Credentials That Power This Role

Education and Experience:

An equivalent combination of relevant training, education and experience:

* Associate Degree

* Preferred:

* Geography

* Computer Science

* Planning

* Civil Engineering

* Four (4) years of experience in GIS, computer aided drafting and design, mapping

Licenses and/or Certificates: N/A

Your Purpose & Day-To-Day Journey

In this role, you can expect to apply a strong blend of technical expertise and analytical thinking while working closely with engineering, GIS, and database systems. You'll use industry-standard software and tools to develop and analyze spatial data, interpret civil engineering plans and hydrologic information, and support public works and utilities projects from planning through implementation. The position calls for organized, detail-oriented work, clear written and verbal communication, and the ability to manage priorities and deadlines while maintaining accurate records.

You'll collaborate with internal teams, assist external customers, and use sound judgment, resourcefulness, and professionalism to solve complex problems and support informed decision-making across the department.

Extra Details You Should Know

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Walking, sitting, hearing, seeing up close, talking, standing, finger movement, repetitive motions. Dependent upon position assignment, may frequently lift up to 25 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work is primarily performed in an indoor, climate-controlled environment and is nearly absent from disagreeable elements (e.g., irate customers, extreme noise, heat, odors, heights and/or dust).

RISK/SAFETY CONDITIONS

There is little or no risk related to physical and/or mental health and safety associated with this position.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential job functions satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary job functions herein described. Since every duty associated with this position may not be described herein, employees may be required to perform duties not specifically spelled out in the job description, but which may be reasonably considered to be incidental in the performing of their duties just as though they were actually written out in this job description.

Charlotte County is an Affirmative Action/ADA/Veterans' Preference and Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, Minorities, and Persons

with Disabilities are Encouraged to Apply.