GIS Technician

Description

To update and maintain the NextGeneration 9-1-1 data for Douglas County.  To assist the public and other county personnel and departments with their mapping analysis, location and land information needs. To assist with various technical GIS and software questions. To maintain all GIS mapping data to keep it accurate and up to date.  To produce the hard copy mapping products that are sold over the counter.

Essential Duties

• Edit and maintain all data related to NextGeneration 9-1-1 system.
• Assists the public with map, land, parcel and survey information requests.
• Assists other County Departments requests such as addresses, Clerks office maps and Zoning committee maps.
• Maintains geospatial data such as addresses, road centerlines, zoning data, municipal boundaries, school district boundaries, voting and ward district boundaries and PLSS data.
• Scan and index survey documents and upload the images to the survey image website.
• Assists various Douglas County Municipalities with address sign projects.
• Prepares and updates ward boundary data and submits data to Legislative Technology Services Bureau.
• Prepares the Plat Book on a 2-3 year cycle.
• Performs other duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Geography or equivalent and/or GIS Certificate, Cartography, Spatial analysis, imaging, graphic arts, preferred as well as Microsoft office.  Customer service and 2+ years experience preferred.

Supplemental Information
Working conditions:

This job operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment, such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

Physical requirements:

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.  Tasks involve the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling of objects weighting five to ten pounds.  Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation.  Must be able to sit for long periods of time and work on a computer.

Testing requirements:

Testing may be administered to assess skills and abilities necessary to perform the essential duties of this position.   Structured interview, references and/or background investigation.