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Kansas City, Missouri Area

Complete engineering designs and cost estimates using GIS for all types of main and service work.Editing of map features and its correlating attribute data in GIS. Represent Engineering Department at internal and external project meetings as required. Field visits to jobsites to determine requirements for service and main work. Performs a preliminary review of development plans and interfaces with the customer. Implement and train Engineering staff on new work processes for the GIS mapping system. Distribute and update the maps for other departments of the company as requested. Distribute and approve the requests for the acquisition and release of easements as well as the vacation of rights-of-way. Perform pipeline safety compliance related GIS analysis as directed by Manager.

Lenexa, Ks

Work with various departments gathering information to define and compile asset management activities into the city’s computer maintenance management system. Participate in the development of standard procedures to collect and maintain data records. Read plans, performs field data collection, and spatially enable documents in order to maintain GIS datasets. Generate reports and data runs, analyzes work records, asset inventories and inspections, and similar information for accuracy and completeness and make corrections as necessary to assure data quality.

Kansas City, Missouri

Permit and design for underground installation of 1,200 miles of new fiber optic network.Preliminary design of the proposed alignment within dense urban conditions, verification of potential conflicts with existing utilities using available GIS and as-built information.Prepare city permit application documents including detailed plan and profile drawings of proposed underground fiber conduit installations.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Perform Quality Control and oversee Design Engineers designs to meet the clients expectations.Design Fiber Optic Network for a major company that is rolling out Fiber to the Home.Train new/existing employees on the specific criteria for fiber optics design and usage of Network Express which is a web based GIS platform.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Manage a group of field technicians that install onboard computers and tracking systems for several hauling fleets - Companies like Sysco Foods, Old Dominion Freight Lines, Heartland Express, Wal-Mart, and Swift Transportation.Communicate with site contacts to schedule upcoming installs.Compile daily data and inform the client of the daily progress.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Create maps, figures and presentation materials to support various environmental contracts.Review mapping products produced to assure the highest quality product is being delivered to clients.Projects supported include historical research, radiation and munitions surveys, multimedia sampling for contaminants of concern.Lead GIS Specialist.Support the entire office in graphics needs.Create and maintain all spatial data using either Geodatabases, and Shapefiles.Assist in field activities that include, groundwater monitoring, soil sampling, and various other activities that are associated with environmental monitoring.

Birmingham, Alabama Area

Contribute to all phases of SDSFIE compliant geodatabase development.Create and maintain Local Government and Federal DoD geodatabases: Specializing in developing features for Navy Installations and Army Ranges.Experience with tools utilizing 3-D analysis and animation.Lead analyst for developing utility geometric networks: tasks include correcting topological relationships, assigning roles to features to replicate real world commodity flows.QA/QC of aerial photography and planimetric features.Data editing, data creation, and attribute population.FGDC metadata development.Development of data processing procedures and methods.

San Francisco Bay Area And Kansas City

Field Lead conducting a Storm Drain System Inventory for the California Transportation Department using Global Positioning Systems.Inventoried power distribution system for Sumter Electric Corporation in Central Florida using Global Positioning Systems.Field Lead overseeing 12 college interns while they inventoried over 7,000 At-grade Rail Road crossings for the Kansas Department of Transportation, utilizing Windows CE and Global Positioning Systems.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Review and update Arcs, Nodes and Polygons for maps that are used in Personal Global Positioning Systems devices.Fulfilled other miscellaneous clerical duties.

Bachelor Of Science, Geography

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Geography