GIS Analyst

CivilGrid • Kansas City, MO

5d • $50,000 - $70,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

As a GIS Analyst, you will be on the front lines of building and maintaining CivilGrid’s core asset: verified utility data. Through hands-on digitization, spatial data research, and geodatabase maintenance, you will directly build datasets that empower engineers with centralized site data. This is a hybrid role based from our Kansas City, MO office. You will be expected to work from the office 2 days a week if hired.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in GIS adjacent field (GIS, Geography, Environmental Science, Computer Science, etc.)
• Proficiency in GIS software (ESRI or QGIS)
• Knowledge of geospatial data formats (Geodatabase, Shapefile, GeoJSON, KML, CSV, REST Service, etc.)
• Basic SQL skills
• Experience with project management
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Detail-oriented and self-motivated, ability to operate independently working remotely
• Eagerness to learn

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with utilities and/or government agencies
• Experience with Python (ArcPy, Geopandas, Pandas)
• Experience with ArcGIS Server

Responsibilities

• Research spatial and non-spatial datasets to grow our utility data footprint
• Digitization of non-spatial datasets increasing the accuracy of site data
• Daily utilization of GIS products and spatial databases: ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, SQL, Internal Applications
• Interpret maps and drawings to key internal and external stakeholders
• Consistent collaboration with our Utility Research Coordinators and Digitization Project Managers
• Process data using ETL workflows/scripts
• QA/QC of converted GIS data

Benefits

• Company-funded medical, dental, and vision insurance — including medical plans at no cost to the employee
• FSA (health and dependent care)
• Unlimited PTO and a culture that expects you to actually use it
• 401(k) plan
• Flexible, remote-friendly work environment
• A high-trust team, real ownership, and the chance to do the most meaningful work of your career

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level