Senior GIS Analyst

The Route
Boise, ID, United States
about 2 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Compensation
$90,000.0 - $115,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Geographic Information Systems ArcGIS (Software) Data Validation Data Conversion Data Governance Data Sharing GPS EXchange Format Metadata Information Technology Database Backup Mobile Data

Job description

  • Develop, maintain, manage, and analyze GIS databases, layers, and spatial datasets for planning, engineering, environmental, infrastructure, and public-sector projects
  • Perform advanced spatial analysis to support land use planning, growth policy, zoning, transportation planning, infrastructure planning, asset management, environmental review, and public decision-making
  • Prepare maps, figures, exhibits, dashboards, web maps, story maps, and graphics for reports, plans, grant applications, presentations, public meetings, and client deliverables
  • Support planning projects through parcel analysis, demographic analysis, suitability analysis, service area analysis, land use mapping, infrastructure mapping, and other geospatial planning applications
  • Develop and maintain GIS workflows, templates, data standards, quality control procedures, and best practices to improve consistency and efficiency across projects
  • Support ArcGIS Online, web mapping applications, mobile data collection applications, dashboards, and data-sharing platforms
  • Assist with field data collection workflows, GPS data integration, mobile mapping, and quality assurance/quality control of field-collected data
  • Perform data conversion, georeferencing, coordinate system management, spatial joins, database updates, metadata development, and data validation
  • Coordinate with planners, engineers, surveyors, scientists, project managers, clients, and agencies regarding GIS needs, deliverables, schedules, and data requests
  • Provide technical leadership, guidance, training, and support to GIS staff and project teams
  • May supervise, mentor, assign work to, review work of, and support professional development of GIS staff
  • Assist project managers with GIS task scoping, level-of-effort estimates, schedules, budgets, and quality control for GIS-related project work
  • Review GIS deliverables for accuracy, completeness, cartographic quality, consistency with project requirements, and compliance with applicable standards
  • Support integration of GIS data with planning documents, engineering design workflows, asset management systems, public engagement tools, and other project platforms
  • Communicate technical GIS concepts clearly to non-technical audiences, including clients, elected officials, agency staff, stakeholders, and the public
  • Stay current with GIS technology, AEC industry practices, geospatial tools, data sources, and emerging methods applicable to planning and infrastructure projects
  • Perform other related duties as assigned

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in GIS, Geography, Geospatial Science, Planning, Engineering, Computer Science, Environmental Science, or related field required
  • Minimum of 15+ years of progressively responsible GIS-related experience required
  • Master’s degree in GIS, Geography, Planning, Geospatial Science, or related field preferred
  • GIS Professional (GISP) certification preferred
  • Equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant professional experience may be considered where appropriate

Benefits & conditions

Pulled from the full job description

  • Loan repayment program
  • Parental leave
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) matching
  • Vision insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Life insurance, * Competitive Salary
  • Bonus Time for Billable Overtime Hours
  • Bonus Opportunities
  • Traditional & Roth 401k plans with Immediate Company Match
  • Paid Health Insurance for Employee (Medical, Dental, Vision)
  • Paid Life Insurance
  • Paid Short & Long-term Disability Insurance
  • Paid Holidays
  • Paid Sick & Vacation Time
  • Family-Oriented Environment
  • Student Loan Repayment Program
  • First-time Home Buyers Program
  • Parental Leave

About the company

RNG Group is partnering with a well-established Northwest engineering and infrastructure firm to find their next Senior GIS Analyst. This is a direct-hire, full-time opportunity with a team that genuinely invests in the people who join them.

If you’re a senior-level GIS professional who wants to do meaningful work, grow alongside talented engineers and planners, and make a real impact in the communities where you live and work - keep reading.

About Our Client

Our client has spent more than 40 years creating infrastructure solutions for public agencies and private industry across the region. They’re not just building roads and utilities - they’re building communities, and they take that responsibility seriously.

What sets them apart is how they treat their people. Employees aren’t a resource to be managed - they’re the reason this firm has stayed at the top of its field for decades. Every team member’s input is not only solicited but genuinely valued. They work as a cooperative team on every project, invest in professional development, and aim to build long-lasting careers alongside long-lasting client relationships.

Their GIS team supports a wide variety of infrastructure and community development projects, collaborating with engineers, surveyors, planners, and environmental professionals to deliver innovative mapping and spatial data solutions. This is a team doing real, varied, important work.

Their Purpose

Provide a better quality of life by improving the world in which we work and live and creating a sense of community for our staff.

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