Updating Emergency Management's Building Footprint GIS Dataset

Wake County, NC - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 3 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Agency

Dept of Administration

Division

Youth Advocacy Involvement Office

Job Classification Title

S-Education & Training (S)

Position Number

Grade

About Us

The NC Department of Administration is the business manager for North Carolina state government. The department oversees Government Operations such as building construction purchasing and contracting for goods and services maintaining facilities managing state vehicles acquiring and disposing of real property and operating auxiliary services such as courier mail delivery and the sale of state and federal surplus property. Additionally the department manages many of the states advocacy programs that provide assistance and services to diverse segments of the states population that have been traditionally underserved.

Description of Work

Knowledge Skills and Abilities/Management Preferences

Agency:Public Safety

Division: Emergency Management

Job Duties:

This project will give the intern a better understanding of how the N.C. Department of Public Safety N.C. Emergency Management (NCEM) and state government utilize geographic information systems (GIS) to track spatial data for the locations of buildings and structures in NC.

NCEMs original building footprint dataset was created in 2010 but almost a million buildings have been created modified or removed since. NCEM has a composite building footprint dataset for the 2023 region that has over a million polygons that we need to Quality control.

The intern(s) will assist the GIS section with the collection creation deletion and quality control of geospatial date using ArcGIS Pro. The focus area for this project will be 23 counties in the southwest part of NC that have 2023 aerial photography. The resulting information will be used by NCEM to mitigate and respond to natural disasters like floods. It will also be shown on the website to help citizens make accurate flood determinations.

Major Task to be Performed:

Duties include reviewing aerial imagery and confirming the mapping of building footprints. Editing the NC Statewide building footprint dataset is the main focus of this project. Utilize orthophotography and reference data to create/edit/modify spatial building footprint polygons for new structures. Work with EMs GIS section to improve building data analysis and attribution within the existing Risk database schema.

Final Product or Outcome Anticipated: The interns will gain around 400 hours of hands on experience editing data and features in ArcGIS Pro Desktop (Geographic Information System) software. They will also learn to run python scripts that automatically populate database attributes.

Academic Majors Desired: GIS Geographic Information Systems Natural Resources Geography Urban Planning Design Data Analytics Emergency Management anything IT or computers Environmental Science Computer Science or related field.

2026 State of North Carolina Internship Period: Monday May 18 Friday July 24 2026

Knowledge Skills and Abilities / Competencies:

GIS Geographic Information Systems Natural Resources Geography Urban Planning Design Data Analytics Emergency Management anything IT or computers Environmental Science Computer Science or related field.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

An applicant must be a permanent North Carolina resident attending a college university law school community college or technical institute in North Carolina or a North Carolina resident attending an equivalent institution out of state.
Applicants must carry a 2.5 or greater overall grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
Applicant must be a high school graduate and at least 18 years old by January 1 2026.
Applicants must be continuing their education in the fall following their participation in the program.
To qualify for a law internship applicants must have completed at least one year of law school before the beginning of the internship unless other majors are listed.
Students having previously held paid internships with this program are not eligible to apply.
Applicants must be willing and able to work full-time for the entire 10-week internship. Applicants must be able to provide legal proof of identity and work authorization within three working days of employment.

This position will close at 11:59 p.m. the night before the end date.

Minimum Education and Experience

Some state job postings say you can qualify by an equivalent combination of education and experience. If that language appears below then you may qualify through EITHER years of education OR years of directly related experience OR a combination of both. See the Education and Experience Equivalency Guide for details.

EEO Statement

The State of North Carolina is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and dedicated to providing employees with a work environment free from all forms of unlawful employment discrimination harassment or retaliation. The state provides reasonable accommodation to employees and applicants with disabilities; known limitations related to pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions; and for religious beliefs observances and practices.

Recruiter:

Jeanene McBride

Recruiter Email:

AgencyDept of AdministrationDivisionYouth Advocacy Involvement OfficeJob Classification TitleS-Education & Training (S)Position NumberGradeTSAbout UsThe NC Department of Administration is the business manager for North Carolina state government. The department oversees Government Operations such as...