Project Geospatial Scientist

SWCA Environmental Consultants•Phoenix, AZ

5h•$71,386 - $91,936•Hybrid

About The Position

SWCA is seeking a Project GIS Specialist (HR Title = Project Geospatial Scientist) to support Environmental Consulting projects across SWCA’s Southwest operations. In this role, you will take ownership of GIS solutions, collaborate with talented teams, and contribute to a variety of projects across the region and nationally. This position is available for hybrid work arrangements in Arizona, with consideration for highly qualified remote candidates elsewhere in nearby locations. This is a salaried, exempt, regular (with benefits), position. Application Deadline: Our team will begin reviewing applications immediately, and interviews will be scheduled with qualified candidates on a rolling basis. The application process will remain open until we have received a robust pool of qualified candidates. Once we have identified suitable individuals, we may close the application process without prior notice. We appreciate the time and effort invested by all applicants and will carefully consider each submission.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Geography, Anthropology, Biology, Environmental Science, or related field with an emphasis in GIS (or GIS certificate)
Seven (7) years of experience as a senior GIS analyst or similar position with demonstrated increasing levels of professional-level responsibility and leadership
Experience in the design, development, implementation, and administration of GIS systems.
Completed all GIS-related aspects of a project, from budget preparation/scoping to pre-field preparations, to geospatial analyses, to final report maps and calculations
Demonstrated ability of data transfer, data analysis, data mining, and data inventory using software applications (e.g. Windows Explorer, Excel, Access, ESRI ArcGIS)
Demonstrated experience with ArcGIS Pro 2.x and ArcMap 10.x as well as knowledge of cartography and computer mapping including design principles and understanding map creation procedures in ArcGIS required
Experience with ArcGIS Online/Enterprise to manage and distribute spatial data
General understanding of basic statistics, and geometric math computations (e.g., summary, distributions, frequency, min/max, range, angles, distance, slope, degrees, area)
Prior knowledge and experience creating database schemas, domains, ArcServer/web applications, network analysis

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Geography, Anthropology, Biology, Environmental Science, or related field with an emphasis in GIS (or GIS certificate)
Previous experience as a GIS professional in the environmental industry highly preferred
Experience managing large, complex databases, including designing schemas and domains.
Supporting field operations using ArcGIS Field Maps, Survey123, or similar tools.
GIS project management experience and the ability to work independently on complex tasks.
QA/QC experience and familiarity with workflow automation using Python, SQL, or similar tools.
Experience in environmental consulting projects involving regulatory compliance or federal land management agencies such as the BLM, USGS, USFWS, USACE, etc.
Active involvement in technical or professional GIS organizations.

Responsibilities

Assist the Team Lead with sub-regional strategic planning for geospatial sciences.
Lead large/complex projects/tasks from start to finish, with minimal guidance or supervision.
Use experience and technical knowledge for moderately sized proposal efforts.
Perform complex geoprocessing, modeling, or spatial analysis in coordination with subject matter experts and senior team members.
Help ensure the overall quality of work is consistent with SWCA's standards and practices alongside other team members.
Produce moderately complex cartographic quality maps adhering to SWCA or client mapping templates.
Manage large, complex datasets.
Design, create, maintain, and perform QA/QC of geospatial databases.
Independently troubleshoot complex problems for resource teams.
Be an active member in technical/industry organizations.
Apply knowledge of environmental resources and regulations to the job.
Demonstrate technical proficiency in geospatial sciences through continuing education, training, presentations, or accreditations.
Comply with the safety plan.
May supervise multiple junior staff or temporarily direct the work of others.
May specialize in a particular application of GIS to environmental consulting.
May lead/supervise a team of technical GIS experts in order to execute technical tasks through self and others on projects directly related to the area of specialized application of GIS to environmental consulting.

Benefits

We are 100% employee-owned, and we build our success together.
With offices across the United States, SWCA is one of the largest environmental compliance firms and ranks among Engineering News-Record’s Top 200 Environmental Firms.
We offer a supportive, team-oriented work environment and competitive wages and benefits, including an 100% employee stock ownership plan (retirement).
At SWCA, we support our team members in developing their careers to make them leaders in their industry.
Our Career Landscape initiative is a process and guide designed to help develop chart rewarding career paths for employees at SWCA.
We encourage professional conference attendance, internal and external professional development and training programs, education reimbursement, a Science and Leadership Program, and bonuses for publications meeting certain criteria.
All regular status employees are eligible to participate in SWCA medical, dental, vision, employee assistance, wellness, life and disability plans, and are eligible to participate in the SWCA 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust.
SWCA continues to invest deeply in career development programs, delivering our award-winning Career Landscape support resources to accelerate the growth of our staff.
We recognize the valuable skills and experiences our internal team members bring to SWCA’s continued success.
Qualified internal candidates are encouraged to apply and will be seriously considered for this position.
We believe in promoting from within, where possible, providing our existing employees with compelling opportunities to advance their careers.