Job description:
The GIS Coordinator in the Office of Maintenance supports spatial data collection and maintenance efforts for central maintenance and the maintenance field offices. The Coordinator works on the Geospatial Coordination Committee and supports offices that do not currently have GIS staff. A GIS intern would directly assist the GIS Coordinator as needed with ongoing GIS and data activities in the following areas:
- Review and evaluation of GPS tablet data for quality
- Maintenance and development of the office base GIS data, metadata, web-services and web maps
- Collecting data using imagery of assets such as guardrail, attenuators, etc…
- Assisting with the development of basic ArcGIS desktop, tablet training, webinar recording, and web map training materials
- Development of paper map series for field staff
- Creating new databases and entering information from paper documents
- Preparation of new geodatabases for use with Collector, Survey123 apps
- Documenting and maintaining records on data processing procedures
- Conducting digital and paper document research
- Collecting field data using Survey123, Collector or Fulcrum applications on an IPad
- Evaluating new tools for field data collection, analysis, etc…
Duration: January-May with possibility transitioning to full-time hours in the summer if student remains eligible for our internship program (returning to school in the fall).
20 hours/week during spring semester. Potential to work 40 hours/week during summer.
Salary starting at $14.55/hr.
# positions available: 2
Supervisor: Shawn Blaesing-Thompson (Shawn.Blaesing-Thompson@iowadot.us)
Other Requirements: Requirements: The position is only available to students who are currently enrolled in a degree program pertaining to the position duties.
Application Deadline: October 12, 2018
