GIS Technician Portland General Electric Company Location: Oregon Category: GIS

Electricenergyonline; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a GIS Technician to provide critical geographic data and analytics for business operations. This role involves creating and updating geospatial data, applying cartographic standards, and utilizing GIS technology to support sustainable energy goals. The successful candidate will have intermediate knowledge of geospatial systems and strong project management skills. Join us to make a direct impact on our infrastructure and sustainability efforts.

Qualifications

• Requires two or more years in GIS or related field.

Responsibilities

• Creates and updates geospatial data and maintains spatial relationships.
• Checks maps against field data and revises data as changes occur.
• Develops and runs spatial queries and special reports.

Skills

Customer Focus

Analysis

Problem Solving

Education

Associate's degree in Geography or Geomatics

Tools

ESRI ArcMap

ESRI ArcGIS Pro

Scheider Electric ArcFM

Job description

As a GIS Technician, you will have the unique opportunity to provide critical geographic data, information, analytics, and solutions to support PGE's business operations. You will create and update geospatial data, maintain spatial relationships, and apply cartographic standards to ensure accurate and reliable mapping of our electric system. A successful candidate will have intermediate knowledge of geospatial systems and business unit operating processes, coupled with working skills in customer focus and project management. This role offers an exciting chance to contribute to PGE's mission of providing reliable and sustainable energy, as your work will directly impact the company's ability to efficiently manage and expand its infrastructure. You'll be at the forefront of utilizing cutting-edge GIS technology to support PGE's goals in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing clean energy usage.

Key Responsibilities:

• Creates and updates geospatial data. Digitizes and compiles geographic features to maintain spatial relationships using topology. Applies appropriate cartographic standards.

• Checks maps against field data and revises data as changes occur.

• Works with field personnel and work order posters/as-built updates to assure timely and accurate spatial data is entered and maintained in MicroStation and GIS environments.

• Maintains electric system database and templates. Creates and compiles feature geometry and attributes and solves common data alignment issues.

• Responds to questions from customers or other technicians about processes and maps.

• Develops and runs spatial queries and special reports. Formats reports and data to meet user needs. Obtains data from multiple sources and combines to meet user needs.

Education, Experience, & Certifications:

• Requires an associate's degree in geography or geomatics or equivalent experience or coursework.

• Require two or more years in GIS or related field.

Competencies (Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities):

Functional Competencies

• Working knowledge of ESRI ArcMap 10.x.

• Basic understanding of Scheider Electric ArcFM.

• Working knowledge of ESRI ArcGIS Pro 3.x.

• Intermediate knowledge of geospatial systems, information and data.

• Intermediate knowledge of business unit operating processes.

• Working knowledge of data maintenance principles.

• Basic knowledge of system interface protocols, web tools and database concepts.

• Working skills in customer focus.

• Basic skills in enterprise/business awareness.

• Working skills in analysis and problem solving.

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