GIS Specialist III - San Diego, United States - AECOM

Description

Job Description

AECOM is seeking a GIS Specialist III to be based in Cleveland, Ohio to support our Water practice. You'll also have the opportunity for GIS tasks related to water resources, environmental, and other related areas.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Ability to work independently and with other GIS staff across multiple offices to support a wide range of projects.
• Work closely with project teams and clients to understand project needs and deliver GIS solutions of moderate to significant scope and complexity.
• Analyzes technical problems and devises innovative approaches and alternative solutions.
• Processes and analyzes raster and vector geospatial data in support of clients and staff including engineers, and field technicians.
• Reviews data for currency, accuracy, quality, or completeness of documentation and metadata
• Ensures that information management quality assurance procedures comply with AECOM standards and procedures.
• Creates, collects, converts, analyses, and integrates geospatial and non-spatial datasets in accordance with industry standards.
• Creates, edits, and maintains geospatial databases and metadata on multiple simultaneous projects.
• Familiarity with PYTHON coding
• Produces a variety of mapping products for presentations, reports, and other documents.
• Develop web maps (AGOL, ArcGIS Portal) and Esri field solutions (ArcGIS Field Maps and Survey123) for project staff to collect and review project data.
• Leverage Microsoft Excel for data manipulation, visualization, and reporting to clean and preprocess data before importing it into GIS databases or reporting.
• Support fieldwork by developing data collection solutions for projects and going into the office as needed to prepare GPS equipment.
• Perform data conversion from multiple formats (CAD, PDF, TIFF, Excel) into GIS data.
• Develop maps and map products (map books, visual aids, slides) utilizing GIS data and follow template map designs.
• Geodatabase entry and data manipulation, including setup of field schema, domains, relationship classes, and topology rules.
• Specialists input diverse data types into GIS databases. This includes longitude and latitude coordinates, aerial imagery, tabular data, and digitizing paper maps or images manually. Proficiency in Microsoft Excel aids in managing and preparing this data.
• Using ESRI tools, perform data analysis from various sources, including public data sources, such as Digital Elevation Models, LiDAR, Contours
• Support data acquisition in the field using ESRI platform for field data collection (Collector, Survey123, Field Maps, etc.)
• Perform GIS data collection with field application on mobile devices paired to GPS if needed

Qualifications:
Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• BA/BS + 4 years of experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
• Bachelor's Degree in GIS, Computer Science, Geography, Social Science, Environmental Science, Data Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Valid Driver's License and must be able to pass AECOM's Motor Vehicle Records review.
• Due to the nature of work, US citizenship is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Adaptable team member, happy to work autonomously in dynamic work environments.
• Experience with ESRI's ArcMap, ArcCatalog, ArcGIS Pro.
• Experience with ArcGIS Online (AGOL) or portal.
• Thorough knowledge of GIS software and programming languages (such as Python or code languages), along with expertise in Microsoft Excel for data manipulation and analysis.
• Coursework or experience using Python and/or model builder to customize production tools.
• Technical knowledge of geographic concepts, including coordinate systems, data collection methods, spatial data management, analysis, data visualization and cartographic design
• Strong technical ability, with excellent problem-solving skills
• Ability to provide innovative solutions to problems applying sound spatial analysis and data management practices.
• Comfortable working outside and/or traveling occasionally to support field activities.
• Demonstrated knowledge of cartographic design and production concepts and principles.
• Understanding of relational database organization, design, and functionality.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced multi-tasking environment.
• Ability to examine and interpret data critically, both within GIS and Excel.
• Work with AI and Machine Learning leads to develop and implement geospatial analysis models.
• Design, deploy and manage geospatial data collection reporting applications using data collected in ArcGIS Fields, Collector, Survey123, Workforce, and Dashboards within AGOL (ArcGIS Online).

Additional Information

• No sponsorship available
• Relocation assistance not provided

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absence, voluntary benefits, perks, U.S. and global well-being programs, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you're working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm, and we're in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you'll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours.

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