Geographic Information Systems Manager

BayWa r.e. Americas; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading renewable energy company is seeking a GIS Manager to enhance project management through GIS technology. This role involves maintaining a GIS platform, collaborating with teams across departments, and leveraging geographic data to inform project decisions. Ideal candidates have extensive GIS experience and a background in renewable energy development.

Benefits

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Flexible work hours

Health and welfare benefits

401(k) with employer matching

Educational reimbursement

Virtual wellness programs

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience managing GIS platforms for utility-scale renewable energy project development.
• Familiarity with cloud-based databases and server systems.
• Ability to lead best practices for GIS content creation and management.

Responsibilities

• Maintain GIS tool sets for project locations and constraints.
• Consult with departments for GIS needs and mapping outputs.
• Create and implement GIS training plans for users.

Skills

GIS Management

Data Analysis

Project Management

Geographic Data Management

Education

Experience with ESRI ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS PRO

Technical knowledge of renewable energy development

Tools

ESRI ArcGIS

PostgreSQL

Azure

SharePoint

OneDrive

Job description

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Base pay range

$110,000.00/yr - $130,000.00/yr

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Talent Acquisition Partner @ BayWa r.e. Americas | Renewable Energy Recruitment Consultant

GIS Manager

Remote

Job Type:

About the Company:

We are BayWa r.e. Americas Projects & Services, a leading developer of utility-scale renewable energy. We are also an in-house and third-party operations and services provider, offering 24/7/365 monitoring from our headquarters in Irvine, CA. Our team consists of 300 highly motivated experts across the United States and Mexico. Since first entering the North American market in 2014, we have brought over 1.5 GW online and are currently managing 2 GW of assets. Our development pipeline is currently 15GW in North America alone and continues to grow at an impressive pace.

Our mission is to deliver reliable and affordable energy across the Americas. We value long-term partnerships and actively collaborate with local communities and organizations to fund workforce development, support disaster relief efforts, and incorporate sustainability and biodiversity into our projects.

BayWa r.e. Americas Projects & Services is a subsidiary of BayWa r.e., a major player in renewable energy. BayWa r.e. has a global team of 5,400 members, operations in 34 countries, a development pipeline exceeding 30 GW, and over 10 GW in assets under management.

Our shareholders are BayWa AG, a $28.5 billion international group known for its diversified operations in agriculture, energy, and construction; and Energy Infrastructure Partners, a renowned leader in energy infrastructure investment managing over $7.5 billion from global investors.

About the Role:

BayWa r.e. Americas is seeking a GIS Manager to join our Development team. This role will provide critical services to multiple departments across the organization, with a primary focus on creating and maintaining a GIS platform and associated workflows that facilitate the organized management of utility scale renewable energy projects. The role will include maintaining and improving a GIS tool set that allows for the collaborative collection, organization, and publishing of geographically based data sets. The role also entails consulting with various departments to understand their GIS based needs and creating work products and mapping that facilitate those needs. The GIS platform, associated geographic data sets, and mapping outputs will be used to inform important business functions including the assessment of site characteristics, site-suitability, and the basis for engineering design.

Responsibilities:

• Maintaining a GIS tool set that can be used across the organization to understand project locations and constraints, thereby facilitating project review and decision making.
• Working across departments to build and implement workflows that ensure all relevant data is collected, organized, and published in GIS tools.C
• onsulting with various departments including Development, Real Estate, Interconnection, Permitting, and Engineering to understand user interface requirements and desired work product outputs from the GIS tool set.
• Creating mapping outputs that allow users across the organization to create collateral materials for internal and external uses.
• Ensuring the GIS tool set provides ample opportunities for user interface across the organization.
• Creating and implementing a GIS training plan to ensure users across the organization understand how to interact with the input and output process of the GIS tool set.
• Managing corporate user accounts. Establishing and managing a customer support function to address issues flagged by users.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience managing GIS platforms for utility-scale renewable energy project development using the ESRI ArcGIS Enterprise platform with ArcGIS PRO software.
• Ability to define, lead, and exemplify best practices for enterprise GIS content creation and management.
• Familiarity with different cloud-based databases and server systems and their tradeoffs including Sharepoint, OneDrive, Azure and PostgreSQL.
• Technical knowledge of renewable energy development including typical site constraints and other geographic data sets typically used in project development, engineering, and construction.
• Experience with geographic information systems, data science, and data analytics.
• Good time management and the ability to manage several projects/tasks at once and have the flexibility to accomplish them.
• An ability to think and plan at a high-level to design a system that addresses user needs, while simultaneously taking a detail oriented approach to identifying challenges and implementing solutions.

Pay range and compensation package:

• Total compensation package dependent upon a number of factors, including candidate’s professional experience, candidate’s skills, position’s seniority level, department’s hiring budget, and position’s location.
• The salary range for this role is $110,000-$130,000.
• Competitive annual bonus target based on individual and company performance.
• Health and welfare benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, pet insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance plans.401(k) retirement plan with 5% employer matching.
• Flexible work hours and remote first culture.
• Unlimited Paid Time Off policy for all Salaried, Full-time employees in the US.8 weeks paid family leave.
• Health and wellness benefit; up to $500 annually.
• Virtual yoga, breathwork and stretching sessions with colleagues via intranet.
• Educational reimbursement.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Services for Renewable Energy and Utilities

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