GIS Technician
Wood PLC

Overview / Responsibilities

Wood is currently seeking an Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Technician to join our team in our Topeka, KS office. Ideal candidates will have a degree in GIS, Geography, Environmental Science, Computer Science, or equivalent, around 1-3 years' experience, or any equivalent education and experience. Programming and relational database experience is also a plus. We are looking for someone who is genuinely excited and enthusiastic about learning and pushing technical limits/ finding new solutions for our engineering (technology) related projects and clients. We'd love you to join our team of friendly, hard-working dedicated and collaborative professionals. We are dedicated to providing the atmosphere to allow individuals to grow their career.

Key Responsibilities :

• Digitize features from imagery and/or LiDAR datasets
• Attribute features to conform with required table information
• Produce figures, maps, or statistics as requested

Skills / Qualifications

Required Qualifications :

• BS/BA degree in Geography, Computer or Environmental Sciences or closely related field preferred. We are also open to an individual with a GIS certificate.
• Good fit for this position will be a recent graduate
• 0-1 year experience working with raster and vector feature layers
• 0-1 year experience with GIS software for editing spatial features
• Ability to multitask and solve real-world complex problems in a fast-paced environment
• Must possess good organizational skills
• Must be consistent, detailed oriented and highly accurate in their work
• Adept in basic document and spreadsheet applications
• Flexibility to work outside of normal business hours if required
• Must pass drug test, background check
• A serious candidate for this challenging opportunity must be: a self-starter, work well under pressure, perform to schedules and deadlines, work well in a team and enjoy their work

Preferred Qualifications :

• Local candidates preferred
• Working knowledge in ESRI (ArcGIS 10.X, ArcGIS Pro), Word, Excel
• Experience with multi-user editing environments (ArcGIS Server / SDE)

Company Overview

Wood is a global leader in engineering and consultancy across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world's most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 45,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.

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