Entry-Level Geospatial Technician (Photogrammetry)

Department of Transportation; United States; On-site; USD 37,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The North Carolina Department of Transportation's Photogrammetry Unit seeks an Engineering Technician I to provide entry level support to technicians and engineers. You will assist in photogrammetric mapping production, image processing, and data preparation for design and construction projects.

Ideal candidates have an Associate's degree in Civil Engineering Technology or Survey Technology and are ready to work with CADD software, lidar data, and GIS tools.

Qualifications

• General concepts, practices, and theories of professional transportation and geomatics concepts used in photogrammetry, lidar, surveying, and GIS as related to planning, design, construction, and maintenance.
• Knowledge of the use and operation of CADD and mapping software and equipment associated with photogrammetric processes used to generate mapping.
• Experience reviewing routine or simple photogrammetric mapping, lidar mapping, or engineering surveys for compliance with established mapping standards and specifications.
• Experience expressing routine or simple technical facts and maintaining records and work-specific notes in a clear, concise, and organized manner.
• Demonstrated ability perceiving overlapping aerial imagery stereoscopically in three dimensions and interpreting planimetric and terrain features relatively correctly.

Responsibilities

• Provide entry-level technical support for planning and production of photogrammetric mapping for design stages and earthwork quantities.
• Operate various hardware devices and software programs to perform duties.
• Operate a stereoplotting instrument and software to view digital aerial imagery and review planimetric and terrain features.

Skills

Geospatial concepts

Technical documentation

Analytical thinking

Education

Associate's degree in Civil Engineering Technology or Survey Technology

Tools

CADD software

Photogrammetric software

Survey hardware

Job description

The North Carolina Department of Transportation's Photogrammetry Unit seeks an Engineering Technician I to provide entry level support to technicians and engineers. You will assist in photogrammetric mapping production, image processing, and data preparation for design and construction projects.

Ideal candidates have an Associate's degree in Civil Engineering Technology or Survey Technology and are ready to work with CADD software, lidar data, and GIS tools.