GIS Specialist

SLR Consulting•Guelph, ON

1d•Remote

About The Position

We are SLR Consulting (Canada), an 800+ team of advisory, environmental/engineering, and regulatory professionals across Canada. We deliver environmental and sustainability services to our clients through the integration of over 30 advisory, technical environmental, and engineering disciplines to help clients address some of their most complex challenges around sustainability. We are Making Sustainability Happen. As our new GIS Specialist, you will play an important role on a team whose work is essential to achieving this goal. Role Working within a team of GIS professionals, you’ll provide GIS support services to our various offices and technical disciplines across Canada, for a wide variety of environmental projects. Success in this role will depend on your ability to work on multiple projects at any given time, your strong communication skills, and solid understanding of environmental data and terminology.

Requirements

Post-graduate certificate or Master’s degree, preferably in Geographic Information Systems, Geography, Environmental Science, or related discipline
5+ years of experience in the GIS field
Strong technical capabilities with ESRI ArcGIS and extensions (Spatial Analyst, 3D Analyst, Geostatistical Analyst) and ArcGIS Online (Survey123, Collector, Field Maps)
Experience with relational databases and SQL
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including experience with macros, charts, functions, etc.
Advanced Microsoft Access skills
Knowledge of applicable provincial and federal environmental regulations

Nice To Haves

Working knowledge of Arcade, Python, or other programming language is considered an asset
Experience working in the environmental services industry is a significant asset

Responsibilities

Provide technical expertise and support with mapping requests
Design and maintenance of environmental databases
Support user requests related to new or revised reports, queries, views, and dashboards
Interact with SLR’s ArcGIS Online based data collection and data visualization applications
Work collaboratively with the Geospatial and Data Solutions team.
Assist in optimizing and managing departmental strategy for the provision of Environmental Data Management services to internal and external clients
Carry out project work including the design of analytical outputs and reports to complement and assist with environmental management objectives on client projects
Manage time and workload effectively to achieve project objectives within defined budget constraints.
Coordinate project work independently and comply with SLR’s internal quality control processes.