GIS Technician Job Tempe area,Arizona USA,IT/Tech

Position Summary

Actalent connects passion with purpose. We are supporting critical engineering and sciences initiatives that advance how companies serve the world. With almost 40 years of experience, our scalable talent solutions and engineering and sciences services provide the expertise our customers need to achieve more.

Position Summary

The position will be responsible for the cartographic design, data manipulation, data analysis, data management, and data creation from digitization or field surveys. Additional tasking may involve testing, integration, implementation, and technical support of GIS platforms. The chosen candidate will also provide recommendations toward the development of new data structures and applications. The GIS Technician will often review datasets for quality assurance.

Attention will be primarily focused on supporting utility industry enterprise GIS services.

Primary Duties And Responsibilities

Responsible for the consistency of data in enterprise geodatabases and GIS data conversion
Coordinate updates of features and attributes in enterprise geodatabases
Use editing techniques to develop, manipulate, and edit vector and raster data sets
Revise maps and map products using GIS cartographic concepts, principles, and processes
Create and modify geographic data from a variety of sources, such as Internet repositories, paper documents and hand drawn maps, Microsoft Excel files, text files, database tables, Google Earth files, CAD files, etc.
Rely on instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job under immediate supervision
Regular interaction with Actalent GIS staff, Designers, and Engineers
Regular interaction with client GIS staff

Education And Experience Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in GIS, Computer Science, Geography, Civil Engineering, Environmental Science, or another related field desired
Associate Degree with equivalent experience will be considered
Exposure to Esri applications, including Arc Map, ArcGIS Pro, Portal for ArcGIS (or ArcGIS Online), Collector for ArcGIS, and Survey 123 for ArcGIS
Exposure to Esri application programing interfaces (API), including Arc Py, Arcade, and JavaScript for ArcGIS

Requisite Abilities And Skills

Working knowledge of GIS concepts, including editing environments, mapping projections, data conversion, map production, cartographic design principals, and digitizing
Ability to translate or convert data between GIS file types, such as importing KML files into geodatabases or exporting ArcGIS layers to other formats
Ability to perform research to find and download GIS data from outside sources
Understanding and ability to prepare metadata
Basic knowledge of Windows operating system
Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, such as Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
Demonstrated ability to work with others in supplying information and seek assistance as necessary
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Demonstrated problem solving skills and initiative

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Tempe, AZ.

Pay And Benefits

The pay range for this position is $22.00 - $33.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the…