Job Description

The AECOM Remediation Practice is seeking an entry-level GIS Specialist to join our team based in one of our New York, New York or Clifton, New Jersey offices. The successful candidate will work with a diverse team of technical leaders across a broad range of practice areas delivering professional consulting services to our key clients. This is a hybrid work model requiring 2-3 days per week in the office.

The successful candidate will join a large established team conducting environmental assessment and remediation projects across New York and New Jersey. This position requires excellent written and spoken communication skills, organizational and time management skills, flexibility to work on a range of projects, and a positive attitude. The successful candidate will have the ability to communicate effectively with members of the project team, clients, site personnel, and office management, and have the ability to work both independently and as a part of a project team.

The job responsibilities for the position include, but will not be limited to:

• Support the GIS element of major projects in a multi-disciplinary environment.
• Provide consultancy to internal and external clients to understand their needs and provide solutions.
• Perform multiple tasks concurrently within strict timeframes, scope/budget/schedule expectations, and ensure quality standards on project deliverables.
• Actively interact with multidisciplinary teams.
• Development and implement GIS Standards and best practices.
• Provide support and guidance on spatial data management.
• Design and manage geodatabases.
• Carry out geoprocessing/analysis tasks.
• Produce maps/drawings, as well as support webGIS (AGOL/ArcGIS Enterprise/apps) with setting up map viewers and data collection applications & dashboards.
• Developing and using Esri mobile apps such as Survey123, Field Maps, QuickCapture, and Workforce.
• Take responsibility for the spatial data review process and the application of quality standards.
• Potentially coordinate GIS work with other colleagues.
• Actively support developing digital tools applied to environmental and engineering services.
• You should be innovative and creative with strong interpersonal communication skills and be comfortable working independently as well as in an interdisciplinary, multi-cultural team.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in GIS/Geospatial services, Geography, Computer Science, or a related technical field with emphasis on Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
• Due to the nature of work, US Citizenship is required.
• Valid U.S. Driver’s License required to visit project sites, clients, and other AECOM offices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in GIS/Geospatial Services, Geography, Computer Science, or a related technical field with emphasis on Geographic Information Systems.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Ability to multi-task, maintain flexibility, travel, and work independently.
• Able to communicate well with a project team based in multiple locations.
• Ability to communicate ideas clearly and confidently and develop solutions.
• Good team player, proactive, strong self-motivation, and willing to learn.
• Professional competence in GIS, including the following:
  • Compile geographic information from public data sources.
  • Develop and maintain databases, reports, and mapping.
  • Create, organize, manipulate, and retrieve GIS data for reporting, analysis, and presentation purposes.
  • Perform quality assurance of GIS data and associated graphic components.
  • Knowledge of various data types such as CAD, GPS, LiDAR, and flat-file databases and the ability to convert and work with them in a GIS environment.
  • Conduct spatial analysis and spatial operations.
  • Ability to work with ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online/Enterprise Portal.
  • Ability to work with CAD and to understand BIM/GIS interfaces, as well as basic programming skills.
• Additional experience in the following areas will be a strong advantage:
  • Software development experience with using Esri products, preferably ArcGIS REST API, ArcGIS API for JavaScript, and Portal for ArcGIS.
  • Experience in the use of ModelBuilder, ArcPy, and geoprocessing tools as well as developing scripts in Visual Basic, Python, and/or JavaScript to automate tasks would be desirable, but not essential.
  • Engineering or CAD/BIM-related software.
  • Knowledge in applying SQL statements for data manipulations.
  • Processing photogrammetry or point cloud data.
  • Database knowledge (ArcGIS for Server, EQuIS, MS Access, and/or SQL Server).

Additional Information

• Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
• This position requires a hybrid work schedule which includes in office work in Clifton, NJ. The selected candidate must be available to work in Clifton, NJ on a scheduled basis.
• Sponsorship for US employment authorization is not available now or in the future for this position.

About AECOM

AECOM is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits program to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absence, voluntary benefits, perks, U.S. and global well-being programs, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan.

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.