GIS Technician

Cardno JFNew is an environmental and natural resource management consultancy providing a broad suite of services in Water Resources Management, Natural Resources Management, Permitting & Compliance, and Liability Management. Clients turn to Cardno JFNew for help navigating complex environmental, natural resource, and business challenges because of our creative problem-solving and the successful track record of our multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Provide GIS support for projects in Archeology, Environmental, Natural Resources, and Water Resource Engineering projects and related data creation, analysis, and cartography. 
• Perform and assist in GIS tasks associated with cartography, analysis, and modeling. 
• Produce detailed maps for a diverse set of projects using ESRI software. 
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously in an efficient manner. 
• Knowledge and experience with portable GPS units to locate geographic, natural resource and utility line features. 
• Ability to effectively work with and manage various spatial datasets including geodatabases, shapefiles, layer files, and raster data sets. 
• Knowledge, skill and experience in data collection, update and portrayal, including scanning, digitizing, conversion, migration, compression image processing, plotting, editing, maintenance, metadata and distribution of geospatial data. 
• Knowledge, skill and experience in compiling and producing high quality maps. 
• Knowledge, skill and experience using various associated software products such as ArcGIS Desktop, ArcInfo, Spatial Analyst, DSMapbook, Maplex, and other products and extensions. 

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum of two years working experience with computer hardware, GIS (ArcGIS preferred), ESRI ArcMap 9.x, MS Access and databases. Working knowledge of remaining software and equipment.
• Proficiency using ESRI’s ArcGIS 9.x/10 for all phases of GIS project support including data creation, data editing/modification and analysis.
• Must have working knowledge of Office suite (Access, Excel, Word).

Desired Qualifications:

• Associates or Bachelor’s degree in a related field of study.
• Knowledge of databases and editing in AutoCAD (Version 2006 or newer) is a plus.
• Knowledge of and/or ability to geo-reference aerial photos and historic maps.
• Knowledge of and experience using ESRI software and data models.
• Knowledge of coordinate systems and projections.
• Graphic design software knowledge (Adobe InDesign, Acrobat, MS Publisher) is a plus.
• Ability to work independently and under pressure when situation requires it.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.
• Experience in field work associated with GPS data collection of natural and/or cultural resources features a plus.

* Please note that selected candidates will be required to pass drug, background and reference screenings.

Cardno JFNew is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.