Job Description

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Creates maps using GIS software.
• Conducts mapping research, in the field and in the office, to resolve conflicting information and ensure the accuracy of the data.
• Maintains and updates databases using GIS software.
• Trains others on the use of new and existing applications.
• Performs spatial analysis.
• Develops and maintains links between various databases.
• Distributes assignments and reviews the completed work of staff.
• Develops new, user friendly GIS applications.
• Maintains regular and reliable attendance.
• Demonstrates superior seamless customer service, integrity, and commitment to innovation, efficiency, and fiscally responsible activity.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

• GIS software.
• Digitizing and data editing procedures for GIS data.
• Geography, cartographic design and geographic methods.
• GEO database and relational database design.
• Symbols and terminology used in civil, architectural, or electronic engineering drawings.
• Computer systems design and programming.
• Symbols and terminology used in civil, architectural, or electronic engineering drawings.
• Computer systems design and programming.

Ability to:

• Work cooperatively with City employees and the public.
• Understand and carry out verbal and written instructions.
• Work safely without presenting a direct threat to self or others.
• Remain in a sitting position for extended periods of time.
• Read and use zoning maps, quarter-section maps, plat maps, land use maps, single line maps, aerial maps, blueprints, and engineering plans.
• Enter data into a computer terminal, PC, keyboard, or mobile device requiring continuous or repetitive arm-hand-eye movement.
• Present facts clearly and accurately in graphic form.
• Communicate effectively and professionally with customers, City employees, boards and commissions, and the public in face-to-face one-on-one settings in group settings, through electronic communications, or using a telephone.
• Develop working knowledge of industry-specific terminology and symbology, such as water and wastewater or planning and zoning.
• Use graphic instructions such as blueprints, layouts, or other visual aids.
• Analyze complex legal descriptions, resolving any conflicts, and produce accurate graphic representations.
• Read and interpret legal descriptions.
• Perform mathematical calculations using algebra, geometry, and trigonometry.
• Perceive color such as working with computer displays and multi-colored data layers and features.

ACCEPTABLE EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING:

• Bachelor's degree in geographic information systems, geography, planning, landscape architecture, civil engineering, computer science, or a related field, or two years at a technical or vocational school and two years of experience working with geographic information systems. Other combinations of experience and education that meet the minimum requirements may be substituted.

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