GIS Intern

Welcome to the City of Charlotte

Charlotte is Americas Queen City opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents businesses and visitors alike. Here you will find a safe family-oriented city where people work together to help everyone thrive. The mission of the City of Charlotte is to deliver quality public services and promote the safety health and quality of life for all residents.

Our guiding principles include:

• Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce

• Valuing teamwork openness accountability productivity and employee development

• Providing all customers with courteous responsive accessible and seamless quality services

• Taking initiative to identify analyze and solve problems

• Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions

SUMMARY

Salary - $20/hr.

Essential Job Functions

• Assist GIS team members with the development maintenance and updating of our GIS databases
• Contribute to the GIS team through fulfilling customer requests and editing live data
• Read and interpret preliminary drawings record drawings and as-built drawings
• Perform field survey and/or field investigations (frequency will vary based on workload)
• Seek data integrity and quality control in all tasks

Minimum Requirements

• Must have completed at least two years of study in Geography Earth Science Engineering or related field
• Must be currently enrolled in a college or university in one of these fields
• Must have experience using ESRIs ArcGIS Pro 3.x with some knowledge of importing editing exporting and creating data

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience making maps editing data and/or querying data in an ESRI geodatabase environment
• Exposure to or experience with water/wastewater utilities as an industry

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Basic working knowledge of ESRIs ArcGIS Pro 3.x desktop software and general GIS principles and concepts
• Basic cartographic and map-making skills
• Basic knowledge of ArcGIS editing tools and familiarity with shapefiles geodatabases and other general GIS nomenclature
• Possess the technical agility focus flexibility enthusiasm vision and detail orientation to enhance both the GIS team and Charlotte Water as a whole
• Ability to plan prioritize and organize work and complete assignments with supervision
• Skill in communication both verbally and in writing
• Skill in Microsoft Office Suite products and outputs
• Ability to work well with others in a team environment
• Ability to interact courteously and cooperatively in teams

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

The Citys Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes but is not limited to: reference checks social security verification education verification criminal conviction record check and if applicable a credit history check sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.

Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The checks must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by these laws requiring organizations to obtain a candidates written authorization before obtaining a criminal background report motor vehicle records check or credit report; and to properly store and dispose of information derived from such reports.

Final candidates must pass a pre-employment drug-screening test and physical examination. During the selection process candidates may be asked to take a skills test and/or participate in other assessments.

The City of Charlotte is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race religion color sex national origin marital status age disability sexual orientation political affiliation or on the basis of actual or perceived gender as expressed through dress appearance or behavior.

Our culture is to serve the community honorably.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply online.

Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job.

You are welcome to visit the City of Charlotte Human Resources Department lobby where self-service application kiosks are available. They are located in our office at 700 East 4th Street Suite 200 Charlotte NC 28202. We are open Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EST) excluding official City holidays.

For questions about your application or the hiring process please email

The City of Charlotte is committed to making our services and programs accessible to all. Upon request auxiliary aids written materials in alternate formats language access and other reasonable accommodations or modifications will be provided. To make a request please fill out the Innovation & Technology ADA request form or call 704.336.4120.

BENEEFITS

The City of Charlotte provides a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees.

Clickhereto learn more about the City of Charlottes benefits.

The City of Charlotte is a drug and alcohol-free workplace.