Geographic Information Systems Technician

Pay: 23.50/hr to start - opportunity for raises and promotions! Field role - will be traveling around the Richmond area. Some overnight stays will be required. Travel is fully paid for! Job Responsibilities: Insight Global is looking for a GIS Field Technician role for one of our large engineering clients. Position job will be a great first step into electric distribution and will provide a valuable foundation for a career in the power delivery industry. Please see some of the job responsibilities below Work as member of Joint USE/Fiber Make Ready Team to do in-field GIS data collection and make education in-field design suggestions based on field data. Work environment will be 80% - 90% in-field. This individual will use a hasting stick to measure Joint Use attachment heights & utility-owned distribution lines/attachments. Field data will be collected using Leidos proprietary software to update utilities GIS and make design determinations. Travel typically will be limited to specific client region where candidate is located (Richmond, VA and Surrounding Areas) but will occasionally require travel to other regions throughout Virginia with multiple overnight stays Must Haves: Engineering Tech. Degree or Bachelor's degree in a GIS, scientific or equivalent discipline Esri's ArcGIS suite or other GIS software Plusses: In-field experience Utilities experience JETS Excel experience Work Management Software Experience Previous distribution knowledge Insight Global