GIS Analyst

Job Summary:

Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields and guide our work with rigor, a creative spirit, and vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties around the globe and are committed to fostering an inclusive community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. We’re a place to apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental talents on work that’s critical to our clients and the communities they support. Join a team that has the environment down to a science.

This is a full-time position working with our Environmental Services (ES) group out of either our Cottage Grove, WI, Mequon, WI, Green Bay, WI, or Minneapolis, MN offices.

Duties:

• Creating maps and performing a wide range of geospatial analyses in support of environmental permitting, environmental field surveys, and construction compliance for a variety of power-related projects, including, but not limited to, high voltage transmission lines, wind and solar energy facilities, thermal generation plants and utility gas transmission and distribution.
• Adhering to established cartographic standards and Quality Assurance / Quality Control processes.
• Managing a wide variety of project-specific and reference geospatial data in accordance with defined data management standards.
• Occasionally supporting geospatial field data collection efforts. Typical collected features include wetlands, waterways and rare, threatened or endangered species occurrences or habitats.
• Collaborating with existing GIS staff members working in other Upper Midwest Stantec offices.

Qualifications:

• Significant experience working with Esri ArcGIS, preferably in a virtualized environment (e.g. Citrix)
• Familiarity with SDE databases and workflows, ArcGIS Online, Collector for ArcGIS, Survey 1-2-3 for ArcGIS, Trimble Pathfinder Office and Trimble TerraSync is a plus
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• Ability to meet project deadlines and understand how assigned tasks relate to project goals.
• Ability to maintain and establish effective working relationships.
• Ability to prioritize, organize, and perform multiple work assignments simultaneously.
• Ability to perform work accurately in a detail-oriented environment
• Ability to occasionally travel overnight to support field data collection with a variety of GPS units.
• Exceptional visual, written and verbal communication skills, problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.
• Valid state driver’s license.
• Bachelors’ degree in environmental science or related field with demonstrated GIS training or coursework.
• At least 1 year of experience providing GIS services in support of environmental permitting projects

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