GIS Technician

Do you want to build your GIS skill set amongst seasoned professionals?

Are you looking for a supportive team with a growth mindset?

Do you want to build foundational GIS skills to jumpstart or grow your career?

Pro-West & Associates, Inc. is looking for a GIS Technician who will serve as an integral member of our existing talented data development team, providing entry level GIS data development and maintenance support. This is a new position that represents an expansion of our team.

The GIS Technician position requires creating and editing spatial data using Esri ArcGIS Pro software, ability to work within our fast-paced, technological environment with a diverse team, and enthusiasm for helping our clients make a difference in the area of GIS.

This is a full-time position (40 hours a week), with vacation, holidays, 401K, bereavement leave, short/long-term disability, health insurance and HSA/FSA benefits. This is a term position with location as remote or in our Walker, MN office.

Pro-West & Associates, Inc. is a GIS (geographic information systems) consulting firm that operates in a hybrid and remote environment. Pro-West provides highly specialized GIS consulting, programming, and data management services across the country. We are a team of professionals and technology experts who have delivered successful projects to our clients for over 36 years! Join our pioneering and talented team focused on helping our clients make a difference in the area of location technology.

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s Degree in Geography/GIS, Science, Engineering or related field, AA degree with GIS emphasis, GIS Certificate, or equivalent experience.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Use of Esri’s ArcGIS Pro desktop software, or ArcMap
• Demonstrated problem solving skills
• Demonstrated communication skills while working on teams

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Follow project standards to accurately create and edit geospatial data and databases
• Communicate project efficiency improvements to senior technicians/manager
• Assist in quality control processes to assure data quality and integrity standards are met
• Clearly document data discrepancies and communicate through quality control reports
• Attend in-house project meetings, specific to assigned projects
• Maintain and develop ArcGIS Pro desktop skills through relevant trainings

OPTIONAL DESIRED SKILLS

• Experience with relational databases, parcel data, utility data, addressing, and/or reading legal descriptions
• Experience or introduction to editing geodatabase features and attributes