Gis Technician - Calgary, Canada - Hatfield Consultants

Hatfield Consultants

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Calgary, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Location:

Calgary, AB - Fort McMurray, AB - Fort St John, BC - North Vancouver/New Westminster, BC - Terrace, BC

Description:

This year, Hatfield is proud to celebrate 50 years of serving our clients and our community As one of BC's Top Employers 2024, Hatfield has grown into one of the largest independent environmental companies in Western Canada.

With a growing team of more than 250 employees, Hatfield provides high-quality environmental and social services for private and public sector clients around the world.

Our work culture is friendly and down-to-earth, and our employees enjoy benefits such as a matching group retirement plan and flexible work arrangements, including hybrid work options and a biweekly earned days off program.

When you join Hatfield, you choose a career that makes a difference in the communities and environments in which we work.

We are seeking a permanent full-time GIS Technician to join our Remote Sensing and Geomatics Group.

As part of this dynamic Hatfield team, the GIS Technician will provide technical expertise including GIS data capture and management, geo-processing and spatial analysis, cartography, and CAD.

In addition, field work may be conducted as member of experienced field crews to support environmental projects throughout Western Canada.

This position benefits from our policy allowing working from home while providing access to our modern and welcoming office spaces in North Vancouver, New Westminster, Calgary, Terrace, Fort St.

John, and Fort McMurray. Travel opportunities may arise to support projects throughout Canada and internationally.

Responsibilities:

Support Hatfield's multidisciplinary teams of environmental scientists, hydrologists, hydrogeologists, wildlife and marine biologists, and remote sensing scientists with map and spatial data analysis requirements.
Produce high quality cartographic products and CAD drawings using ESRI suite of tools and/or Autodesk for fieldwork planning, reports, and presentations.
Conduct spatial data manipulations tasks (data capture, conversion, and translation).
Design and implement data integration and spatial analysis of various vector and raster data sets from multiple sources (e.g., GPS data, topographic and bathymetric data, satellite imagery, etc.) to produce tabular and map products.
Develop and maintain geodatabases and perform various data management duties such as data archiving and cleanup.
Support data presentation and dissemination through webbased mapping tools (e.g., ArcGIS Online).
Streamline geoprocessing where possible through scripting and automation.

Education and Experience:

Postsecondary degree or diploma in Geography, GIS, Computer Science, or other GIS related field.
At least 1 to 2 years of professional experience (willing to consider differing combinations of education/experience).
Proficient in ESRI suite of programs (ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Pro, Field Maps, and ArcGIS Online), including extensions such Spatial Analyst and 3D Analyst.
Experience in spatial data acquisition, manipulation, and conversion.
Knowledge of GIS data standards, projections, and coordinate systems.
Knowledge of federal, provincial, and global datasets and repositories for GIS data.

Other Assets/Skills:

Excellent communication skills (i.e., verbal and written) and problemsolving skills with a keen attention to detail.
A collaborator with a high propensity for teamwork and able to work with mínimal supervision.
A selfstarter with a passion for continuous learning to advance personal and company goals and objectives.
Experience developing GIS analysis workflows tools with Python.
Research and analytical skills (literature research, geomatics data acquisition, compilation, and analysis).
Work within a consulting environment requiring good time management, flexibility, and teamwork.
Experience with dronebased digital aerial photogrammetry and data processing (e.g., Pix4D or Agisoft Metashape).
Experience with CAD software tools.

Hatfield is committed to employment equity and workplace diversity.

We strive for equity, inclusiveness, and diversity, irrespective of race, colour, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, or disability.