GIS Intern - ArcGIS & Field Data (Ames, IA)

State of Iowa - Executive Branch; Ames (IA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

The State of Iowa - Executive Branch is seeking a GIS Intern to support Iowa DOT GIS staff in central Iowa, Ames. The student will be onsite most of the time and actively enrolled in a 2- or 4-year program. Tasks include data collection, GIS data maintenance, and creating maps and dashboards.

Primary activities cover GPS data review, ArcGIS Pro training material development, and experimentation with FieldMaps, Survey123, and QuickCapture on iPad devices.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled student in a degree program at an accredited educational institution.

Responsibilities

• Review GPS tablet data for quality.
• Maintain GIS data, metadata, web-services and web-maps.
• Collect data using imagery of assets such as guardrail, attenuators.
• Assist with development of ArcGIS Pro desktop training materials and webinars.
• Develop and maintain paper map series for DOT staff.
• Create new databases and enter information from paper documents.
• Prepare new geodatabases for ESRI FieldMaps, Survey123, QuickCapture.
• Document and maintain records on data processing procedures.
• Conduct digital and paper document research.
• Collect field data using Survey123, FieldMaps, QuickCapture on an iPad.
• Develop ArcGIS Dashboards, StoryMaps, Experience Builder applications.
• Evaluate new tools for field data collection, analysis.
• Leverage Python or Arcade to support data processing and customization.

Skills

GIS data management

Data quality review

Python scripting

Data analysis

Documentation

Education

Enrolled student in a degree program

Tools

ArcGIS Pro

ArcGIS Dashboards

StoryMaps

Experience Builder

Survey123

FieldMaps

QuickCapture

Job description

The State of Iowa - Executive Branch is seeking a GIS Intern to support Iowa DOT GIS staff in central Iowa, Ames. The student will be onsite most of the time and actively enrolled in a 2- or 4-year program. Tasks include data collection, GIS data maintenance, and creating maps and dashboards.

Primary activities cover GPS data review, ArcGIS Pro training material development, and experimentation with FieldMaps, Survey123, and QuickCapture on iPad devices.