GIS Technician

Atmos Energy • Flowood, MS

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About The Position

THIS JOB DESCRIPTION DOES NOT ATTEMPT TO LIST ALL OF THE DUTIES THAT ARE OR MAY BE PERFORMED IN THIS POSITION Primary Duties . Performs as-built changes, mapping corrections, leak, and prepare maintenance jobs for permanent mapping and record keeping. May modify graphics and/or database attributes to correspond to field verification of facilities. Audits, reconciles, and corrects Corporate Property Records, GIS Automated Mapping/Facility Management Geographic Information Systems, Gas and/or other engineering databases. May perform routine calculations and drafting duties in digitizing geographical data by creating a multi-layered GIS database with new streets, subdivisions, addresses, and other land features used for projects design, construction, and maintenance. May maintain political and jurisdiction boundaries used in internal reporting of territories and distribution property inventories, and corporate and regulatory taxing. Generates, reproduces, and maintains files of plans, maps, and engineering drawings. Prepares, processes and otherwise handles electronic or hardcopy documents, forms and/or other data as required. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS Education/Experience Level: High school diploma or equivalent and two years of natural gas, utility or related industry experience, or equivalent. Communication Skills: Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers in order to obtain and/or provide basic types of factual information. Numeric Skills: Requires the ability to perform basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Computer Skills: Requires proficient computer skills for data entry, reporting, reference and/or retrieval tasks. Work Conditions: Works in an office environment. May on occasion work in an outdoor environment for field or site visits. Requires frequently performing activities including, but not limited to sitting, repetitive wrist movement and/or shifting gaze from data to PC screen. Requires occasionally performing activities including, but not limited to, bending, stooping, grasping, reaching, twisting, turning and/or lifting. Atmos Energy Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Job Family: Engineering Atmos Energy Corporation, a natural gas-only distributor, is an S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas. We safely deliver reliable, affordable, efficient and abundant natural gas to more than 3 million distribution customers in over 1,400 communities across eight states located primarily in the South. As part of our vision to be the safest provider of natural gas services, we are modernizing our business and infrastructure while continuing to invest in safety, innovation, environmental sustainability and our communities. Atmos Energy manages proprietary pipeline and storage assets, including one of the largest intrastate natural gas pipeline systems in Texas.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Two years of natural gas, utility or related industry experience, or equivalent.
• Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers in order to obtain and/or provide basic types of factual information.
• Requires the ability to perform basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
• Requires proficient computer skills for data entry, reporting, reference and/or retrieval tasks.

Responsibilities

• Performs as-built changes, mapping corrections, leak, and prepare maintenance jobs for permanent mapping and record keeping.
• May modify graphics and/or database attributes to correspond to field verification of facilities.
• Audits, reconciles, and corrects Corporate Property Records, GIS Automated Mapping/Facility Management Geographic Information Systems, Gas and/or other engineering databases.
• May perform routine calculations and drafting duties in digitizing geographical data by creating a multi-layered GIS database with new streets, subdivisions, addresses, and other land features used for projects design, construction, and maintenance.
• May maintain political and jurisdiction boundaries used in internal reporting of territories and distribution property inventories, and corporate and regulatory taxing.
• Generates, reproduces, and maintains files of plans, maps, and engineering drawings.
• Prepares, processes and otherwise handles electronic or hardcopy documents, forms and/or other data as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED