Senior GIS Analyst

Description At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves:
What is our impact on the world?

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Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world. HDR is looking for a Senior GIS Analyst to join our team developing and implementing geospatial solutions for transportation clients and projects.  

Duties include working in a professional environment with a team of engineers, environmental scientists, and transportation planners.  The ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds, both technical and non-technical, is required.  Ideal candidates will have a solid understanding of GIS, expertise with Esri software.  We are interested in someone who is passionate, self-motivated, and has a strong desire to research, learn, and grow as a GIS professional;

someone who can appropriately apply technology to solve problems and provide services to our clients. Successful candidates will possess cartographic proficiency and be able to develop database schemas and analysis methods needed to support project goals and efficiently use web resources to research and solve problems.  Our projects include geospatial solutions for desktop, web, and mobile.
In the role of Senior GIS Analyst, we'll count on you to  Independently organizes, conceptualizes and conducts large, advanced spatial analyses as project manager or GIS technical team leader using ArcGIS software from Esri.  Work with non-GIS project managers and clients to design and effectively employ GIS on transportation planning projects.

Provide GIS technical leadership to area GIS team and GIS power users.

Serve as a GIS lead for project marketing, budget development and resources scheduling.

Prepare scope language and fee estimates in proposal development.

Prepare quality assurance plans for GIS task and oversee their implementation.

Supervise the GIS work of other professionals and ensure the successful completion of GIS projects or GIS tasks.

Develop vector and raster spatial analysis models using Spatial Model Builder, Python or other GIS scripting languages.

Develop geodatabase schemas and analysis methods needed to support project goals.

Develop and support web GIS applications using Esri Experience Builder, Dashboards, Story Maps, Hub, Field Maps, and Survey 123 within ArcGIS Online platform.

Create maps, applications, databases, and other deliverables on short notice.
Communicate and collaborate…