GIS Analyst

We are seeking a highly skilled GIS Analyst to join our team at Stantec. As a GIS Analyst, you will be responsible for providing GIS services to external and/or internal clients in a shared services environment.

• Serve as the GIS lead on both small and large-scale projects.
• Scope appropriate GIS technology and level of effort for project tasks.
• Apply GIS theories, principles, and software to efficiently meet project demands throughout the project life cycle.
• Acquire, process, and develop data for a variety of project needs.
• Complete both basic (e.g., georeferencing) and complex (e.g., suitability modeling, weights of evidence) desktop GIS tasks and analyses in support of diverse projects.
• Configure and develop mobile data collection and web-based applications.
• Create cartographic output, both dynamic and static, with a keen eye for aesthetics.
• Design and manage project-specific spatial databases in accordance with defined data management standards.
• Balance a high level of creativity with adherence to established Stantec GIS standards and best practices.
• Leverages ArcGIS Platform to create comprehensive project GIS solutions.
• Collaborates with geospatial (GIS, CAD, survey, remote sensing, etc.) staff members across the company.

• Well-established understanding of GIS theory and principles.
• Significant experience working with and applying the Esri ArcGIS suite of tools.
• Strong foundation in data acquisition, data management, data analysis, data models, and data editing.
• Deep understanding of coordinate systems, projections, and transformations.
• Advanced cartographic skills for both desktop and web-based maps.
• Familiarity with GIS/CAD data interoperability.
• Familiarity with 3-D visualization techniques within ArcGIS Pro.
• Understanding of remote sensing general principles and applications (e.g., LiDAR) and experience using derived data products (e.g., las dataset, DEM, DSM).
• Experience with Python and Arcade to automate tasks and/or strong interest in developing Python scripting skillset.
• Familiarity with risk costs, suitability assessments, hazard modeling.
• Prefer familiarity with hydrology and hydraulic modeling data input and output.
• Prefer familiarity with meteorological, climate change, and geomorphological data.
• Possess a valid driver's license with a good driving record.

• Advanced Web App Development experience.
• Intermediate to Advanced Python scripting skills.
• Advanced data management experience (Server, SDE, SQL).

Stantec offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, a wellness program, health saving accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) plan, employee stock purchase program, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid family leave.

Regular full-time and part-time employees will receive ten paid holidays in each calendar year. In addition, employees will be eligible to accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year and eligible for paid sick leave (and if more generous, in accordance with state and local law).

Temporary/casual employees have access to 401(k) plans, employee stock purchase program, and paid leave, in accordance with state and local law.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from diverse candidates. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations, or any other condition of employment.