GIS Professional - CDR Companies

CDR Maguire, Inc., a national engineering and emergency management firm, is seeking a skilled GIS Professional to support data analysis, mapping, and spatial information management for our projects. The GIS Professional will work closely with project teams to manage geographic data, create high-quality maps, and provide critical insights using geospatial analysis tools. This role requires a detail-oriented professional with experience in GIS applications, preferably in disaster management, environmental projects, or infrastructure planning.

Essential Functions

• Develop, analyze, and maintain geographic data using GIS software, including but not limited to ArcGIS, QGIS, and other mapping tools.
• Create and update high-quality maps, visualizations, and reports to support project teams, including spatial analysis of key features relevant to project needs.
• Manage data layers, geodatabases, and spatial information to ensure data integrity and usability.
• Perform spatial analysis, modeling, and data quality assurance to provide insights and solutions for project challenges.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify data needs, design solutions, and ensure spatial data supports project objectives.
• Support data collection, transformation, and integration efforts, including field data when necessary.
• Maintain documentation of GIS workflows, methodologies, and data management practices for future reference and continuity.
• Assist with GIS technical support, troubleshooting, and user training for team members unfamiliar with GIS tools.

Requirements

• Physically able to work under disaster conditions.

• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.

• Ability to work professionally, effectively, and efficiently in a team environment with various stakeholders.
• Must submit to and pass a drug test.
• Must submit to and pass a background check.
• Provide Form I-9 supporting documentation that proves your identity and eligibility to work in the United States.
• Have experience using ArcGIS Enterprise, Fieldmaps, and Survey123 in a professional setting.
• Functioned in this position during an operational incident, planned event, exercise, drill, or simulation within the past 3 years.
• Understanding of uses common location reference systems, including United States National Grid (USNG), latitude/longitude, and other appropriate location languages in support of disaster operations.
• Ability to acquire data for GIS software, including coordinating Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) for event imagery and other local data.
• Ability to acquire and evaluate different map types and data sources to understand limitations and present the most useful information.
• Knowledge to provide oversight, guidance, and direction for the use of predictive models such as Hazus Multi-Hazards, chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN), and Wildland Fire Behavior Modeling in producing maps, analysis, and reports for situational awareness and decision-making.
• Current knowledge and skills regarding the use and application of the latest GIS technology and certifications used in the industry.
• Experience in a management position in public safety, emergency management, or a GIS team, including familiarity with GIS industry-standard methods and processes to manage GIS resources and produce GIS products and services.
• Successful experience as a Type 1 GIS Analyst on a deployment, incident, or training exercise, including tabletops with previous experience.
• Completion of the following is preferred:
• IS-100: Introduction to the Incident Command System, ICS-100.
• IS-200: Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response, ICS-200.
• ICS-300: Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents.
• IS-700: National Incident Management System, An Introduction.
• IS-800: National Response Framework, An Introduction.
• IS-922: Applications of GIS for Emergency ManagementIS-2900: National Disaster Recovery Framework (NDRF) Overview.
• E/L 0964: National Incident Management System Incident Command System All-Hazards Situation Unit Leader Course, or equivalent.
• E/G/L 0191: Emergency Operations Center/Incident Command System Interface.
• Successful completion of the National Qualification System (NQS) Position Task Book (PTB) for the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Geographic Information Systems Supervisor, or equivalent AHJ documentation.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 90% or the time.
• Occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
• Constantly operate a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, or printer.
• Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
• Ability to observe details at close range (within a few inches/feet of the observer).

CDR Maguire is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V and EO/AAN/D. Must be able to work in the United States to apply.