Gis Analyst (Fema Risk Map & Hazard Mitigation)

Who We Are

At WSP, we are driven by inspiring future-ready pioneers to innovate. We’re looking to grow our teams with people who are ready to collaborate in building communities and expanding our skylines. To do this, we hire candidates of all experiences, skillsets, backgrounds and walks of life. We actively foster a work environment and culture where inclusion and diversity is part of our fundamental structure. This is delivered behaviorally, through our policies, trainings, local partnerships with professional diverse organizations, internal networks and most importantly with the support and sponsorship of our leaders who help drive our commitment to an inclusive, diverse, welcoming and equitable work environment. Anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!

This Opportunity

WSP has a career opportunity for a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Analyst to perform flood risk analysis, mapping, and related services on FEMA RiskMAP projects in our Denver, CO office. Ideal candidates will have a BS degree in GIS, Geography, Environmental Science, Computer Science, or equivalent, around 1 - 3 years’ experience, or any equivalent education and experience. Programming and relational database experience is also a plus. We are looking for someone who is genuinely excited and enthusiastic about learning and pushing technical limits/ finding innovative solutions for our engineering (technology) related projects and clients. We’d love you to join our team of friendly, hard-working, dedicated and collaborative professionals. Our ideal candidate is seeking challenging work and is committed to quality.

Your Impact

• Will create high quality maps, GIS analysis, and data for reports to support a variety of Engineering and Homeland Security and Emergency Management projects including FEMA floodplain mapping, dam breach analysis, levee certifications, municipal Stormwater, remote sensing, Hazard Mitigation plans, and others using ESRI suite of products
• Will perform both geographic and non-geographic data manipulation, management and analysis, cartography, and develop/use automated GIS processes using a variety of software environments
• Will work on multiple projects simultaneously, with a commitment to keeping projects on time and within budget
• Will work in a production-oriented environment as part of a team
• Revise existing GIS layers and create new layers following established standards and procedures
• Correct geospatial location of features based on aerial photography or topography
• Maintain metadata and best practices to support systems and data
• Perform regular quality control checks of spatial and non-spatial datasets to ensure data integrity
• Support FEMA RiskMAP program community outreach

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Will create high quality maps, GIS analysis, and data for reports to support a variety of Engineering and Homeland Security and Emergency Management projects including FEMA floodplain mapping, dam breach analysis, levee certifications, municipal Stormwater, remote sensing, Hazard Mitigation plans, and others using ESRI suite of products
• Will perform both geographic and non-geographic data manipulation, management and analysis, cartography, and develop/use automated GIS processes using a variety of software environments
• Will work on multiple projects simultaneously, with a commitment to keeping projects on time and within budget
• Will work in a production-oriented environment as part of a team
• Revise existing GIS layers and create new layers following established standards and procedures
• Correct geospatial location of features based on aerial photography or topography
• Maintain metadata and best practices to support systems and data
• Perform regular quality control checks of spatial and non-spatial datasets to ensure data integrity
• Support FEMA RiskMAP program community outreach

Preferred Qualifications:

• Basic familiarity with programming languages (Python / Visual Basic / C+)
• Experience with development of applications for data collection using laptops, smartphones and tablets
• Working knowledge of FEMA RISKMAP program
• Experience of processing LiDAR/ LiDAR derived products

WSP Benefits
WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation
Expected Salary (Colorado only): $66,000 - $78,000

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

Additional Requirements

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Additional Details

• Travel Required: 10%
• Job Status: Regular
• Employee Type: Full
• Primary Location: DENVER - S COLORADO BLVD
• All locations: US-CO-Denver

About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper. www.wsp.com

WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

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