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GIS Technician
full-timeWalnut Creek

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Location

Walnut Creek

Type

full-time

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About this role

ERM is hiring a GIS Consultant to join our California team. In this role, you’ll collaborate with a team of geospatial professionals to apply GIS and related technologies in support of ERM’s core services. These include environmental impact assessments, planning and permitting, energy infrastructure studies, health and safety initiatives, and site investigation and remediation projects.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

  • Work with a multidisciplinary team to ensure GIS and data deliverables meet or exceed our clients’ needs.
  • Plan, design, implement, and maintain large, complex, multiyear GIS projects. 
  • Organize and manage project data, analysis, and mapping following company protocols and industry best practices. 
  • Prioritize, organize, perform, and direct numerous work assignments in a fast-paced, client-oriented environment. 
  • Author and edit geoprocessing scripts and tools with Python and ModelBuilder. 
  • Generate custom maps and analysis for numerous clients covering a variety of projects. 
  • Publish and maintain ArcGIS web-based map services and applications.
  • Develop and deploy field GPS and data collection systems including Trimble GPS and Esri mobile applications.
  • Expand GIS capabilities by exploring new technologies and software, as well as identifying ways to enhance existing methods, tools, and workflows.

 

REQUIREMENTS: 

  • Bachelor’s degree in geography, GIS, natural sciences or comparable field.
  • 0 years of preferred experience in GIS or related fields.
  • Experience using Esri’s ArcGIS Pro suite of software. 
  • Experience designing and developing ArcGIS Online web maps and customized web apps utilizing ArcGIS Server.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills, keen orientation to detail, and an eye for professional presentation and aesthetics in project deliverables (maps, charts, graphs, tables, and other visualizations).
  • Previous experience working effectively with others in a team environment to deliver quality projects on time and within budgets.
  • Experience or exposure to web application environments such as Dashboards, Experience Builder, Web Application Builder, and StoryMaps or Instant Apps.
  • Thorough knowledge of the technical application, concepts, principles, and theories in GIS and GPS. 
  • Self-motivated, quick learning, curious, resourceful, flexible individual with a common-sense approach to conducting business and workload management.

 

Preferred Experience and Qualifications 

  • Advanced experience with data management including organizing and maintaining complex projects containing geospatial and tabular data, mxds, aprx, custom tools and toolboxes, analysis output, maps, and SQL enterprise geodatabases.
  • Experience using ArcGIS Pro in a production setting, creating Python geoprocessing tools for ArcPro, and designing queries in Arcade.
  • Experience building, deploying, and supporting Esri mobile applications such as Collector, Survey123, Field Maps, and Dashboard.
  • Experience collecting GNSS data using a variety of receivers
  • Experience processing GNSS field data using a variety of software such as GPS Pathfinder Office, Pix4d, Dronedeploy

Other facts

Tech stack
GIS,Python,ModelBuilder,ArcGIS Pro,ArcGIS Online,Web Applications,Data Management,Geoprocessing,GPS,Field Data Collection,Team Collaboration,Communication,Attention to Detail,Sustainability,Environmental Impact Assessment,Project Management

About ERM

Sustainability is our business.

As the world’s largest specialist sustainability consultancy, ERM partners with clients to operationalize sustainability at pace and scale, deploying a unique combination of strategic transformation and technical delivery capabilities. This approach helps clients to accelerate the integration of sustainability at every level of their business.

With more than 50 years of experience, ERM’s diverse team of 8000+ experts in 40 countries and territories helps clients create innovative solutions to their sustainability challenges, unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations.

Team size: 5,001-10,000 employees
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Industry: Business Consulting and Services

What you'll do

  • The GIS Technician will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure GIS and data deliverables meet client needs. Responsibilities include planning and maintaining complex GIS projects, managing project data, and generating custom maps and analyses.

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What does a GIS Technician do at ERM?

As a GIS Technician at ERM, you will: the GIS Technician will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure GIS and data deliverables meet client needs. Responsibilities include planning and maintaining complex GIS projects, managing project data, and generating custom maps and analyses..

Why join ERM as a GIS Technician?

ERM is a leading Business Consulting and Services company.

Is the GIS Technician position at ERM remote?

The GIS Technician position at ERM is based in Walnut Creek, California, United States. Contact the company through Clera for specific work arrangement details.

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