GIS Intern
City of Janesville Wisconsin
Janesville, Wisconsin
The residents of Janesville choose this community, not just as a place to live, but as a place to realize life’s opportunities. We strive to sustain a community culture where differences are recognized, understood, and appreciated. As such, the City of Janesville recognizes the importance of developing an environment where diversity is not merely accepted but embraced and celebrated. As public servants, we believe everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. To this end, we will diligently recruit and retain the most talented employees in an environment that fosters maximizing one’s potential. Therefore, we encourage individuals from all backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to consider employment with the City of Janesville and serve the residents of “Wisconsin’s Park Place”.
OBJECTIVE:
The City of Janesville’s Public Works Department is looking for an enthusiastic Geography or GIS student to assist with the City’s GIS and asset management program. The City’s GIS team is responsible for using the latest ArcGIS technology to collect, build, and maintain the City’s extensive GIS database which includes over 340 miles of public infrastructure. This position is designed to build on skills learned in the classroom by offering hands-on experience and exposure to working with geographic data associated with the City’s sanitary sewer and water distribution utility system.
RELATIONSHIPS:
Reports to: GIS Coordinator.
Has regular work contact with appointed and elected City officials, Department, Division, and Office Heads, City employees, other governmental agencies, and the general public.
Supervises: Has no regular supervisory duties.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. This list is illustrative only and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and duties performed by the incumbent. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Assists the GIS team with creating, editing and maintaining the Utility Division’s infrastructure data in GIS.
- Interacts with GIS professionals, technicians, engineers, and Utility Division staff regarding GIS project tasks.
- Creates comprehensive static maps and interactive webmaps utilizing ESRI ArcGIS software.
- Uses mobile ArcGIS data collection technology to collect data associated with public sanitary sewer and water distribution infrastructure.
- Performs other special projects and other job duties as assigned.
- All employees may be assigned by the City Manager or their designee to perform duties and assume responsibilities that are outside the scope of their work duties when the City Manager has declared a City disaster or the City Emergency Operations Center has been initiated.
The requirements listed below are necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.
- Be pursuing a bachelor's degree in Geography, Geographic Information Systems, Engineering, Technology, or Urban Planning from an accredited college or university. Other related science and technology studies may be acceptable.
- Experience with ESRI ArcMap or ArcGIS Pro.
- Familiar with Microsoft Office.
- General understanding of GIS practices.
- Have desire to learn more about GIS, asset management, and public infrastructure.
- Valid state-issued driver’s license is required.
COMPETENCIES
For successful performance in this position, the incumbent must demonstrate the following knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors.
Skills:
- Organizational and time management skills to prioritize duties and accomplish a high volume of work product while adapting to constant changes in priority.
- Intermediate level of technical proficiency skills, including computer applications and software such as Microsoft Office.
- Collaboration skills to effectively work with others to achieve common goals through communication, teamwork, and problem-solving.
Abilities:
- Ability to learn new software, methods, and solve problems.
- Ability to learn GIS software and practices associated with geodatabases, ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, and researching and reading engineering construction plans.
- Ability to work independently.
- Ability to interact/respond to citizen inquires or guide them to the appropriate service.
- Ability to maintain a positive attitude and professional demeanor at all times, address resident and customer concerns in a helpful, courteous manner.
- Ability to operate City vehicles and equipment in a safe manner.
- Ability to maintain a valid driver’s license and drive a vehicle.
Behaviors:
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with City appointed and elected officials, Department, Division, and Office heads, City employees, consultants, developers, architects, engineers, realtors, surveyors, community interest groups, other governmental agencies, and the general public.
- Exhibit exceptional professionalism, tact, and decorum in all areas of work duties.
- Strong ethics base built upon integrity, honesty, initiative, and respect; maintain strict confidentiality.
- Interact positively with a diverse group of individuals and work effectively both as part of a team and independently.
- Embrace and actively promote an inclusive and equitable work environment.
- Conduct all business and working relationships in an accurate, fair, equitable and highly ethical manner.
- Work with the public in a fair and consistent manner, maintaining objectivity and excluding personal bias while performing job duties
- Reliable, timely, and proactive in the completion of duties, meeting deadlines and responding to inquiries.
- Work with others in a positive and supportive manner to solve problems, generate ideas, and accomplish division and City goals.
EQUIPMENT, INSTRUMENTS AND MACHINES:
- Computer and measuring tools.
- Willingness to learn how to use a handheld GPS unit, mobile devices, and tablets.
WORKING CONDITIONS AND PHYSICAL FACTORS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an office environment. An individual in this position is frequently involved in sedentary work, which requires sitting for the majority of the time. This position occasionally walks, stands, stoops, kneels, crouches, crawls, and exerts up to 30 pounds of force by lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling objects. The employee is frequently required to see/observe, talk/speak, and listen/hear; use their hands to finger, handle, feel, or operate objects and equipment; repetitive arm, wrist, hand, and eye movements are included. There is frequent twisting, reaching, wrist turning, and grasping. The employee may be required to climb or balance. On occasion, this position may be required to perform activities in an outdoor setting and/or on uneven surfaces.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Hand-eye coordination is necessary to operate computers and various pieces of equipment. Employee is required to use cognitive ability to reason, analyze, and verbalize thoughts and ideas. Requires the ability to recognize and identify similarities or differences between characteristics of colors, shapes, and sounds associated with job-related objects, materials or tasks.
The employee may, on occasion, be exposed to outside weather conditions, including extreme heat and extreme cold. The employee may work near moving mechanical parts in precarious places; and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes, or airborne particles, toxic, or caustic chemicals, and vibration. The working conditions in the office environment are comfortable. The noise level in the office environment is generally quiet to moderately noisy.
DISCLAIMER
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position, or is responsive to the needs of the City of Janesville.
The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.
The City of Janesville, Wisconsin, is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.
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