GIS/CAD Specialist for Ecological Restoration & Stormwater

GreenVest, LLC; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

GreenVest, LLC seeks a GIS/CAD Specialist to support restoration, stormwater management, and mitigation projects. You will lead GIS/CAD data, maps, analyses, and datasets to inform project conception, permitting, design, construction, and monitoring.

You will develop CAD plans, perform analyses, and create publication-quality maps, collaborating with project managers, ecologists, engineers, and BD staff. This is a full-time role based in Maryland.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in GIS, Geography, Environmental Science, Water Resources, Planning, or other related discipline.
• 5+ years of GIS and CAD experience in ecological restoration, stream/wetland restoration, stormwater, or related industries.
• Strong technical competency in AutoCAD and Civil 3D, ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, Model Builder, and data conversion between GIS and CAD.
• Strong technical background and knowledge of ecosystem restoration, water quality trading, TMDL/IAT credit calculations, stormwater management, and compensatory mitigation frameworks.
• Strong visual design sense to create GIS/CAD products that clearly convey data-driven information to end users.
• Strong communication skills, and ability to produce clear, publication-quality maps and plans.
• Ability to work independently and self-manage multiple deadlines.
• Preferred: Knowledge of Python or other programming languages to automate workflows.

Responsibilities

• Conducting suitability and feasibility analyses for land acquisition, wetland and stream restoration potential, stormwater management, ecological and habitat uplift, and environmental resiliency opportunities.
• Developing conceptual and preliminary CAD plans and drawings that establish the technical basis for stormwater and restoration designs, inform feasibility, and support project cost estimation.
• Producing GIS maps, datasets, spatial analyses, and standardized figures to support project development, permitting, design, construction, and monitoring.
• Performing detailed site assessments using land cover datasets, hydrology/drainage area delineations, soils and floodplain data, DEM/LIDAR derivatives, and related data/tools.
• Ensuring GIS and CAD deliverables meet industry, regulatory, and internal standards for accuracy and clarity.
• Gathering, organizing, and synthesizing environmental, regulatory, and market-related spatial datasets to support strategic opportunity targeting.
• Building, maintaining, and enhancing company datasets to improve workflow efficiency and automating map production processes.
• Collaborating with project managers, ecologists, engineers, and business development staff to ensure GIS/CAD products inform strategic decision-making.

Job description

GreenVest, LLC seeks a GIS/CAD Specialist to support restoration, stormwater management, and mitigation projects. You will lead GIS/CAD data, maps, analyses, and datasets to inform project conception, permitting, design, construction, and monitoring.

You will develop CAD plans, perform analyses, and create publication-quality maps, collaborating with project managers, ecologists, engineers, and BD staff. This is a full-time role based in Maryland.