Gis Technician - Grand Rapids, United States - Consumers Energy

Consumers Energy

Verified Company

Grand Rapids, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Join the diverse and dynamic team that powers Michigan's largest energy provider and one of the nation's largest gas and electric combination utilities.

Consumers Energy services 6.8 million of Michigan's 10 million residents - caring for our friends and neighbors in all 68 Lower Peninsula counties.

We embrace a cleaner and leaner utility vision focused on eliminating energy waste and adding renewable energy from sources such as wind and solar.

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Location:

We are looking for:
GIS Technician**The knowledge and skills involved with this position include but are not limited to:

Proficiency in using ArcGIS and/or CAD software
Experience reading and interpreting construction drawings
MS Windows Applications
Experience with utilities and ability to understand engineering concepts
Storm Restoration Activities
Written and Oral Communication/Interpersonal Skills
Working knowledge of SAP
Associates degree in Geography (GIS) or technical field with a minimum of two (2) years of experience with ArcGIS technology within utilities***
[OR] High School Diploma with a minimum of six (6) years of experience with ArcGIS technology within utilities**
Experience reading and interpreting construction drawings

Field experience with design, construction and/or restoration is preferred

In this role, you will be responsible for:

Understand and adapt to standards and procedures to fit unique situations and problems in order to creates and update geospatial asset data in ArcGIS
Advise management on best practices and process changes
Develop new practices and procedures in order to adjust to changing upstream and downstream requirements
Interpret construction designs for customer relocation, capacity projects, failures, reliability improvement projects or maintenance/inspections alongside asbuilt records, test results, survey data and other geospatial data sources
Review work orders for quality, and conformity of standards and interact with internal customers to gather missing or incomplete data and/or problem solve gaps
Communicate with customers both internal and external to CE on data requests/issues along with scheduling/coordinate workload with other departments
Interrogate and query various data repositories, run geoprocessing tools to ensure standard QA/QC rules apply
Performs complex data maintenance and problemsolving solutions; ability to use GIS geoprocessing tools for complex analytics
Support, recommend and/or perform updates of department work instructions and procedures to fit new standards
The role may be required to assist with storm and emergency restoration activities which includes both office and field assignments
Other duties as assigned or may be necessary

Why should you join our team?
At Consumers Energy, we offer more than just a place to work.

We foster a culture that supports career development, growth, and stability, and we take pride in offering our co-workers excellent benefits and compensation packages.

We are deliberately creating an inclusive culture that makes our diverse team of co-workers feel valued, supported, and empowered every day.

We're a company made up of thousands of people, all with different stories to share and work to do, but we stand united in our company purpose:
world class performance delivering hometown service.

What we offer:

Competitive compensation packages
Medical, Dental and Vision
401k with company match
Paid parental leave
Up to 13 paid Holidays
Paid time off
Educational Assistance Program

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:

We, at CMS Energy, value Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion. It is part of our DNA. We treat our employees with respect, we treat each other fairly and we value the opinions of others. We are passionate about building and nurturing an environment where everyone feels included. We don't discriminate. We seek to learn about each other and better understand our unique differences. Our uniqueness makes us authentic. We create safe spaces where everyone can be who they truly are. We invite difficult conversations and uncomfortable topics. We value diverse perspectives; this is what makes us great together. We harbor an inclusive environment where employees feel empowered to share their backgrounds, experiences, and ideas.

Our Employee Resource Groups, Women's Advisory Panel (WAP), Women's Engineering Network (WEN), Minority Advisory Panel (MAP), Pride Alliance of Consumers Energy (PACE), GENERGY, capable, Interfaith and Veterans Advisory Panel (VAP) are key enablers to living the values of our company culture:
Caring, Empowered, Deliberate, Agility, and Ownership.

All qualified applicants will not be discriminated against and will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability, race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin._

Nearest Major Market:
Grand Rapids

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