Project Level Geospatial Scientist (Analyst)

SWCA Environmental Consultants • Houston, TX

9h • Remote

About The Position

SWCA is looking for a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Project Level Geospatial Scientist for SWCA’s Gulf Coast operations. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to both our Natural and Cultural Resource programs in the Gulf Coast subregion while collaborating with other SWCA offices nationwide. The ideal candidate for this position will have experience working in environmental consulting. Prior work with oil and gas projects is highly preferred, with experience tailoring projects to the needs of clients and permitting agencies. At SWCA, our GIS Department is comprised of over 80 GIS professionals with diverse expertise in GIS design, cartography, data management, and more. This position is available for distributed work in the US. However, it is preferred that the applicant be in or near Houston, Texas, within driving distance of the SWCA Houston office. This is a full-time, regular (with benefits) and salaried position.
Under this job requisition, we may hire for any of the following positions:
Assistant Project Geospatial Scientist- Typically up to 3 years of relevant industry experience and expertise
Associate Project Geospatial Scientist- Typically up to 5 years of relevant industry experience and expertise
Project Geospatial Scientist- Typically up to 7 years of relevant industry experience and expertise
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

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in GIS, Geography, Cartography, Archaeology, Biology, Environmental Science, Information Science, Data Analytics, Computer Science, Land Survey, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience as a mid-level to senior GIS analyst or similar position, demonstrating increasing levels of professional-level responsibility and leadership
• Experience with ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, Field Maps, and Survey123
• Prior work in environmental consulting

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Geography, Cartography, Archaeology, Biology, Environmental Science, or related field with an emphasis in GIS
• Minimum of five (5) to seven (7) years of experience as a mid-level to senior GIS analyst or similar position, demonstrating increasing levels of professional-level responsibility and leadership
• Knowledge/experience applying GIS to cultural and/or natural resources management
• Knowledge/experience working with local or federal regulatory agencies such as the USACE, TCEQ, FERC, USFS, NPS, BLM, USGS, etc.
• Knowledge/experience applying GIS to the development of a construction project (preliminary site assessments, permitting, progress monitoring, OM&M)
• Knowledge/experience with energy projects (e.g., wind, solar, fossil fuels)
• Experience with GPS technology, field data collection techniques, data integration to a GIS, and troubleshooting of equipment and digital files
• 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)
• General understanding of basic statistics, and geometric math computations (e.g., summary, distributions, frequency, min/max, range, angles, distance, slope, degrees, area)
• Knowledge/experience with workflow automation and tool building using Python, Arcpy, Arcpy.mp, or SQL
• Knowledge/experience creating database schemas, domains, web applications
• Field work experience

Responsibilities

• Work with the GIS, Natural Resources and Cultural Resources Teams to prepare web-based field maps, process field collected data, and generate figures and calculations to be included in reports needed to satisfy environmental permitting requirements of projects, primarily under the Clean Water Act
• Independently and as a part of a team, solve problems related to data research, data management, and data visualization
• Communicate workload with the GIS and project teams to ensure timely and accurate delivery of work products
• Lead the GIS components of moderate to large sized projects/tasks from start to finish
• Serve as the GIS point of contact for large projects
• Perform complex geoprocessing, modeling, or spatial analysis in coordination with subject matter experts and senior team members.
• Help ensure or ensure the overall quality of work is consistent with SWCA's standards and practices alongside other team members.
• Maintain productivity ≥ 85% (i.e., 85% of your time must be directly billed to projects) through proactively seeking available tasks and communicating openly with leadership about workload
• Contribute to or help lead a collaborative work environment by maintaining open communication with the GIS team, project managers, report writers, and other staff
• Use Esri’s ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online for data management, production/editing, spatial analyses, and production of high-quality field maps and report figures
• Follow data management best practices and provide technical support for a variety of mobile data collection systems including tablets, GPS receivers, and Esri’s field data collection applications such as Field Maps and Survey123
• Help design, create, maintain, and QA/QC spatial datasets
• Apply knowledge of environmental resources and regulations to the job.
• Comply with the safety plan.

Benefits

• We offer a supportive, team-oriented work environment and competitive wages and benefits, including an 100% employee stock ownership plan (retirement).
• 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.

What This Job Offers

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