Northcentral Electric Cooperative (Olive Branch, MS) is seeking a GIS Technician to provide GIS and computer-aided drafting skills in the Engineering Department. The GIS Technician's responsibilities will be to:
1. Update Northcentral’s geographically accurate, electrically connected database and mapping product, for new map coverage, highway relocations, subdivision plats, and cooperative work orders through ArcMap and ArcPro, and supply these updates to both internal and external systems, various platforms, and users.
2. Through field inspection, utilize GPS collection device(s) to accurately gather completed work order structure location and confirm material used prior to map and database posting.
3. Assist in troubleshooting GIS software functionality with integrated and GIS dependent software systems.
4. Use Microsoft SQL Server and CAD programs to perform imports, exports, and advanced GIS administration duties in the software tables and catalogs.
5. Utilize AutoCAD (or similar platforms) to perform importations, edits, updates, file transfers, and plotting.
6. Import aerial photography, images, and other shapefiles to improve usability of all platforms.
7. Use mapping software and be able to assist in the training of other employees and user support during regular and after hours and during major restoration events.
8. Utilize internal and external training opportunities plus user groups conferences to improve knowledge for all GIS based and dependent systems.
9. Learn cooperative construction material and unit descriptions and be able to perform field inventories for updating of GIS and its databases.
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