GIS Specialist

The GIS Specialist prepares, designs, analyzes, maintains and performs geospatial analysis and develops user-focused geospatial solutions for Outside Plant Engineering’s GIS Department in a fast-paced, productive environment. Candidates for this position are required to have overall knowledge of GIS and preferred to have Telecommunications and/or Utility experience.

• Work with GIS related software and programs to create and maintain a database and/or maps that can be combined to create geographically correlated data.
• Meet with users to define data needs, project requirements, and required outputs.
• Compile geographic data from a variety of sources including digitals sources, census data, satellite imagery, aerial photographs, and existing maps.
• Ability to enter new map data through use of GIS software using the principles of cartography including coordinate systems, longitude, latitude, elevation, topography, and map scales.
• Interact daily with supervisors and/or functional peer groups to ensure a standard of quality is met within schedule

Qualifications:

Required

• Completion of GIS Program with 0-1 years of experience –or- High School Diploma (or GED) with 4+ years related work experience
• Attention to detail and accuracy with the ability to be organized and prioritize work.
• Ability to work well and communicate with all areas of the company as well as external customers and vendors.
• Strong Analytical and problem solving skills.
• Adaptable to change and able to work under pressure.

Preferred

• Telecommunications / Utility experience
• OSP Fiber Route Design

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