[Remote] Project Level Geospatial Scientist (Analyst)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. SWCA Environmental Consultants is looking for a Project Level Geospatial Scientist for their Gulf Coast operations. This role involves working with GIS, Natural Resources, and Cultural Resources teams to prepare field maps, manage data, and ensure compliance with environmental permitting requirements. 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 Skills • 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 • 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 Benefits • 100% employee stock ownership plan (retirement) • Medical, dental, vision, employee assistance, wellness, life and disability plans • SWCA 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan and Trust • Professional conference attendance • Internal and external professional development and training programs • Education reimbursement • Bonuses for publications meeting certain criteria Company Overview • SWCA is an environmental consulting firm. It was founded in 1981, and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.swca.com/. Company H1B Sponsorship • SWCA Environmental Consultants has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2022. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.