GIS Specialist

New South Associates, Inc.

Department:
Production (GIS and Production)

Reports to:

Production Director

Work arrangement:
In-Office, Stone Mountain, Georgia

New South Associates (NSA) is a women-owned small business providing cultural resource management services throughout the southeastern United States. We support preservation and planning through archaeological, historical, and architectural history research and consulting. We value teamwork, technical excellence, innovation, and ethical stewardship of cultural resources.

The GIS Specialist produces maps, manages project spatial data, and supports field data collection for archaeological, historical, and other cultural resource projects. The Specialist applies established GIS methods to prepare accurate cartographic products, maintain organized project data, configure field applications, and process survey data. The GIS Specialist reports to the Production Director and receives technical direction and mentorship from the GIS Program Manager.

This position requires broad GIS skills, attention to detail, and effective collaboration. Entry-level candidates with a strong technical foundation are welcome. The GIS Specialist works independently within an experienced collaborative team. This role offers opportunities to build technical skills through mentorship while working with archaeologists, historians, and other specialists to produce maps and supporting materials for cultural resource projects.

• Prepare maps, map series, figures, and exhibits for technical reports, proposals, presentations, and client deliverables using established templates and cartographic standards.
• Compile, organize, and validate spatial datasets; maintain project geodatabases, working files, and Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)-compliant metadata.
• Apply ArcGIS Pro data management, spatial analysis, symbology, and labeling tools to meet project requirements.
• Digitize features from survey plans and previous reports; georeference historic maps and aerial imagery; and import, process, and convert raster and vector data.
• Create project boundaries and plot survey locations at specified intervals to support field investigations.
• Configure field data collection applications, including ArcGIS Field Maps and Survey
  123, and process real-time kinematic (RTK) survey data for use in project datasets and maps.
• Update and manage project data in ArcGIS Online and run existing scripts using Esri notebooks.
• Apply established procedures to resolve data discrepancies, seek technical guidance when needed, and develop solutions to moderately complex GIS problems.
• Check GIS products for spatial accuracy, completeness, and cartographic consistency; participate in peer review and address review comments.
• Collaborate with project managers, technical staff, and Production to clarify deliverable requirements and communicate technical findings and data limitations.
• Estimate effort for assigned tasks, track time and progress, and communicate missing information or potential schedule and budget impacts.
• Protect sensitive cultural resource information and follow company standards for data access, sharing, and file management.

• Bachelor’s degree in Geography, GIS, Anthropology, Archaeology, Environmental Science, History, Planning, or a related field.
• Proficiency with ArcGIS Pro and relevant Esri geospatial tools.
• Demonstrated ability to produce accurate cartographic products suitable for technical reports and client deliverables.
• Understanding of coordinate systems and map projections and best practices for georeferencing and digitization.
• Demonstrated ability to configure ArcGIS Field Maps and Survey
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