Pay Range: $15.00hr.
Job Posting Closing on: Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Workdays & Hours: Monday - Friday 15-19 hours a week.
The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.
A GIS Intern job is available with the City of Fort Worth Transportation and Public Works. /Business Support Services. The Geographic Information Systems (GIS)/Asset Management Team in the Transportation Public Works Business Support group is responsible for maintaining the GIS data for all infrastructure assets and the asset management system. This position will provide hands on work experience with seasoned GIS professionals and offers an opportunity to put GIS knowledge from the classroom to practical use in the real world. The capacity to learn new processes is critical, as well as having good verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to work well in a team environment.
Minimum Qualifications: - A college student that is currently enrolled in an accredited college or university with major focus in Computer Science, Information Systems or other GIS related field such as Geographic Information Systems, Geography, Computer Science or Environmental Science.
- 6-12 hours of classroom experience with GIS principles and practices in a classroom setting.
- Proficient with basic GIS concepts for data review, editing, map production and analysis.
Preferred Qualifications: - Experience with the ESRI software suite of software products, 10.x
- Knowledge of editing in ESRI software suite (Arc GIS Pro)
- Adobe Illustrator for the creation of mapping products
The GIS Internjob responsibilities include: - Assist with construction plan research and updating stormwater GIS data
- Assist with quality control and quality assurance of stormwater GIS data
- Assist GIS staff with creating mapping products
- Assist GIS staff with basic GIS analysis
Conditions of Employment The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.
The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.
Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.
