[Remote] Staff Geospatial Scientist

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. SWCA Environmental Consultants is seeking a Staff Level GIS Specialist to support their Northern/Central California GIS Department. The role involves preparing web maps, managing field data, and collaborating with team members to ensure project goals are met.

Responsibilities

• Work with the GIS Team Lead to prepare web maps for field staff use in Field Maps; post-process and manage field data; report calculations, and create map products using established protocols and templates
• Communicate workload with the team to ensure that productivity goals are met and that projects are delivered on time and on budget
• Contribute to a collaborative work environment
• Use Esri ArcGIS Pro for data management, production/editing, spatial analyses, and for efficient production of high-quality field maps and report figures
• Follow data management Best Practices and provide technical support for mobile platforms such as ESRI’s Field Maps and Survey123 applications
• Create cartographic-quality map products using ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online
• Help design, create, maintain, and QA/QC geospatial databases using ArcGIS
• Work collaboratively with California and the West Region’s GIS senior practitioners and leaders to ensure that GIS systems, tools and process align with those used company-wide

Skills

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in GIS, Geography, Cartography, Archaeology, Biology, Environmental Science or related field with an emphasis in GIS (or a GIS certificate)
• One (1) year of experience, beyond university attendance, with GPS technology, field data collection techniques, data management, and troubleshooting digital files
• Experience with ArcGIS Pro 3.x and ArcMap 10.x as well as knowledge of cartography and computer mapping including design principles and understanding map creation procedures in ArcGIS
• Pacific time zone
• Prior work in environmental consulting, with experience in the application of GIS to cultural or natural resources management and prior experience working with federal land agencies such as the USFS, NPS, BLM, BOR, USGS, or other, is very desirable
• Completed all GIS-related aspects of a project, from fieldwork preparations, to geospatial analyses, to final report maps and calculations
• Experience with data transfer, data analysis, data mining, and data inventory using software applications (e.g. Windows Explorer, Excel, Access, Esri ArcGIS)

Benefits

• This is a regular, full-time, hourly, remote position with benefits.
• 100% employee stock ownership plan (retirement).
• Career Landscape initiative is a process and guide designed to help develop chart rewarding career paths for employees at SWCA.
• Professional conference attendance.
• Internal and external professional development and training programs.
• Education reimbursement.
• Bonuses for publications meeting certain criteria.
• All regular status employees are eligible to participate in SWCA medical, dental, vision, employee assistance, wellness, life and disability plans.
• Eligible to participate in the SWCA 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust.
• Regular-status employees are also eligible for performance bonuses.
• SWCA’s Total Rewards package, which includes a competitive benefits package, forward-thinking workplace flexibility, outstanding corporate culture, award-winning career development, and more.

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