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Salary- DOE

Description

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.

Your Opportunity

COX|McLAIN, now Stantec, is seeking an energetic, self-motivated, and resourceful GIS Analyst to provide technical support to our multidisciplinary team and deliver solutions to our internal and external clients. You will prepare field maps, public meeting exhibits, and graphics for environmental documents. Accurate quantification and display of data is critical to our client’s success.

In the Gulf region, Stantec’s Environmental Services group works with clients primarily in the power, transportation, energy, and infrastructure development sectors. We provide GIS and mapping services to a diversity of projects such as environmental assessments, environmental permitting, Phase I & II site assessments, spills and remediation projects, wildlife and habitat monitoring, and heritage studies.

Your Key Responsibilities

  • Create maps and perform 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, transportation infrastructure and oil and gas pipelines

  • Adhere to established cartographic standards and Quality Assurance / Quality Control processes

  • Manage a wide variety of project-specific and reference geospatial data in accordance with defined data management standards

  • Support geospatial field data collection efforts. Typical collected features include wetlands, waterways and rare, threatened or endangered species occurrences or habitats.

  • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with subordinates, peers, superiors, and clients

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

  • Strong project management skills, collaboration and ability to work effectively in a team environment

  • Demonstrated experience with ArcGIS Desktop software and maintains expertise in GIS-related software and technologies

  • Thorough knowledge of cartographic design and the ability to produce high-quality professional maps

  • Ability to independently perform the routine and complex GIS analysis and geo-processing tasks

  • Experience converting design files (MicroStation & CAD) into ArcGIS deliverables

  • Familiarity with the geospatial datasets relevant to multi-disciplinary environmental studies that are available from government agencies and other entities

  • Understanding of coordinate systems, map projections, datums, coordinate geometry and geo-referencing

Ideal Qualifications

All of the above, plus any of the following:

  • Experience in environmental consulting

  • Proficiency with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop or similar software packages

  • Proficiency with database software

  • Strong commitment to QA/QC procedures

  • Experience with mobile data collection and high-accuracy GPS receivers

  • Familiarity with Surface to Grid conversions

  • Proficiency with the ArcGIS Online platform (including Survey123, Field Maps, Collector, and Story Maps )

  • Proficiency with ArcGIS Pro

  • Experience with task automation using ModelBuilder, Python, or other GIS scripting languages

Education and Experience

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Ggeography, Planning, Natural Sciences (or a closely related field) or a certificate in GIS

  • At least 5 years of experience as a GIS professional, preferably in environmental consulting or with a relevant agency

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.