Environmental GIS Planner

WSP•Herndon, VA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

WSP is seeking an Environmental GIS Planner with technical skills in GIS analysis, municipal stormwater management, and environmental policy and compliance services for their Herndon, Virginia office. The ideal candidate will possess intermediate to advanced experience using ESRI GIS platforms for data analysis, visualization, and reporting, particularly for municipal and industrial stormwater, water/wastewater, or environmental programs. Planning experience in municipal stormwater management and flood resilience planning is also desired. Experience with MS4 permits, TMDLs, watershed planning, green infrastructure, stormwater monitoring, dry weather outfall screening, and related report development is considered a plus. Some travel, typically less than 10% annually, may be required, primarily in the mid-Atlantic US.

Requirements

BS in Planning, GIS and Spatial Data Science, Environmental Policy, Environmental Science, Civil Engineering or related field.
5-7 years of related knowledge and direct involvement in urban hydrology and water quality principles.
5-7 years of related knowledge and direct involvement in municipal stormwater management (i.e., MS4 permits, TMDLs, flood mitigation, capital planning).
5-7 years of related knowledge and direct involvement in technical writing and communication of technical subject matter to technical and layman audiences.
Intermediate to advanced proficiency in ArcGIS Pro software for data management, spatial analysis, and creating maps for decision-making.
Intermediate to advanced proficiency in developing and configuring ArcGIS Online feature services, web maps, web apps, Field Maps, and Survey123, and Experience Builder.
Experience with GIS data management and analysis with municipal and environmental data (parcels, land use, buildings, roads, impervious surface, watersheds, streams, storm sewer and other utilities, water quality, etc.).
Experience managing, organizing, and presenting data in MS Excel, and QA/QC of large datasets.

Nice To Haves

Experience in Python/Visual Basic programming.
Automating GIS processes with Model Builder, arcpy, and script tools.
Understanding of ESRI infrastructure (Enterprise, Desktop software, ArcGIS Online, Portal) and ArcGIS administration (user types and roles, licensing, permissions, etc.).
Experience with reading land development construction drawings, as-built plans, and municipal infrastructure system maps.
Experience with writing standard operating procedures, manuals, reports, plans, etc.

Responsibilities

Performing GIS mapping and analysis to support MS4 compliance and flood resilience analyses, plans, and reports.
Collecting GIS data for municipal infrastructure and capital projects through digitization of as-builts, imagery review, and field reconnaissance.
Documenting GIS data and processes for technical and non-technical audiences.
Developing and implementing ArcGIS Online applications.
Translating broad planning or environmental questions into defensible GIS-based investigations and clearly communicating methods and findings.
Collaborating with experts in planning, GIS, civil engineering, and ecological sciences to support clients/projects in community and watershed flood resilience planning, municipal stormwater quality and flood/drainage management, MS4 permit compliance and TMDL planning/accounting, and stormwater financing.
Technical writing and review of SOPs, plans, reports, and manuals.
Field monitoring and investigations including stormwater inspections, outfall screening, stormwater sampling, biological monitoring, SWPPP inspections.