Cartographer / GIS Analyst

Job Responsibilities:

• Great opportunity in a growing practice offering significant opportunities for the right candidate. Founded in Canada in 1960, Golder Associates is a respected, employee-owned, global company providing consulting, design, and construction services in earth, environment, and related areas of energy. Our clients span the world's major economic drivers: oil and gas, mining, manufacturing, power, transportation, water resources, and more. Our 7,000 people deliver deep technical understanding, cross-disciplinary thinking and a passion to help our clients succeed.
• The Golder U.S . team is consistently voted a top consulting firm to work for and operates out of more than 40 offices across the country from Anchorage, Alaska to Tampa, Florida. Since the first office opened in 1968, we have built a reputation for providing innovative, quality solutions. From our initial strength in geotechnical engineering, our services expanded to meet the increasing range of client needs, including environmental compliance and remediation.
• Candidate will be a team oriented individual who must be able to apply knowledge of cartography, GIS technology, geospatial concepts, principles and practices, data collection and maintenance, geospatial data manipulation, data conversion, coordinate conversion, databases, and geospatial analysis to map making and graphical presentation of spatial data on mining related projects and mining industry related geographical information.
• Duties include creating commercial and report quality cartographic maps using ESRI ArcGIS ArcView/ArcInfo including extensions such as 3D-Analyst and Maplex.
• Additional duties include providing GIS spatial data analysis and modeling to internal/external clients; using and managing geodatabases; designing and maintaining a variety of spatial data layers and associated attributes; technical writing for documentation of work procedures; and manipulating, analyzing and interpreting data from many sources and in many formats.

Job Requirements:

• B. S. or M. S. degree in Geographical Information Systems (GIS) or closely related field (i.e., earth science, engineering, geography, surveying) or completion of certification course in GIS/CAD or related field of study (including course work in mapping, surveying and spatial analysis) and at least 5 years of direct professional experience in GIS techniques and methodologies; or an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides the applicant with the knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform the job.
• Experience with cartography and earth science GIS, especially geology and mining related data sets.
• Working knowledge of spatial data types, geographic spatial reference systems, geometry, attribution, and metadata.
• Experience with digital imagery and data overlays; working knowledge of QA/QC procedures for map production and spatial data; knowledge of photogrammetric principles and use of photogrammetry.
• Advanced knowledge of ESRI ArcGis applications. Working knowledge of AutoCad mapping and drawing features. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products, including MS Excel and Access
• A passion for creating stunningly beautiful maps;
• A desire to learn and broaden the range of professional skills;
• Exceptional problem solving skills;
• Very good verbal and written communication skills;
• Good attention to detail, with the ability to recognize discrepancies;
• Practical experience gained through hands-on work;
• Enthusiastic and versatile, willing to take on responsibility;
• Strong people skills and an ability to work in a team environment;
• Strong work ethic - willing to do what is needed to get the job done;
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team;
• Experience working in a dynamic and fast-paced consulting environment on a variety of projects;
• Displays personal leadership in completion of work tasks; and
• Self-directed aptitude to learn and master software and software concepts