GIS Specialist

The Ray’s Vision: Zero Carbon. Zero Waste. Zero Deaths.

The Ray’s Mission: To reimagine how we connect our communities, our lives and the world in a way that is safer, more responsive to the climate, more regenerative to the environment, and more capable of creating economic opportunity through innovative ideas and technologies that will transform transportation infrastructure.

Background: Ray C. Anderson, the founder of flooring company Interface, ignited a global movement towards sustainable business practice when he had the courage to ask, “What if?” Founded in 2015 by Ray’s daughter, Harriet Langford, The Ray is the next leap in that journey, born of the same question: “what if we reimagine transportation in a way that’s safer, more responsive to the climate, more regenerative to the environment, and more capable of creating economic opportunity—today and for generations?” Our work begins at the world’s first sustainable highway, an 18-mile stretch of Interstate 85 in West Georgia where we test and demonstrate the evolving ideas and technologies that will transform transportation infrastructure. We then partner with public, private and philanthropic partners (P4) to facilitate similar projects with transportation agencies at the local, state and federal level, and enable the scaling of new technologies and innovations in transportation. Working together to create a regenerative transportation ecosystem, we are leading the way with some of the world’s boldest thinking and most promising innovation, with the aim of building a zero carbon, zero waste, zero death transportation system.

The Ray offers a competitive benefits package including a generous paid leave policy, 401k employer match, healthcare, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits.

The Ray is pursuing partnership opportunities with transportation agencies across the US to scale the innovative technologies and methodologies successfully demonstrated on The Ray. To support this scaling effort, The Ray is developing GIS-based resources and tools to provide specific and actionable data that our partner organizations can use to build sustainable transportation projects.

The GIS specialist will report directly to the GIS Manager and will:

• Support the development and management of GIS maps and applications
• Perform geospatial data development and analysis
• Efficiently manage geospatial databases and aerial photography
• Accurately maintain geospatial database information by interpreting data from a variety of sources and creating, verifying, and updating information in the geospatial database through the use of GIS software and technologies
• Acquire, process, integrate, visualize, and analyze geospatial data provided by The Ray’s partners into existing GIS datasets, and GIS products
• Attend meetings as requested by The Ray staff.

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree in a related field
• Proficient in ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Online
• Problem-solving, critical thinking, and analytical thinking skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Individual and team-based GIS project experiences
• Detail-oriented, self-motivated, eager to learn, flexible team player with a positive attitude
• Commitment and passion for the environment

This is a hybrid position. The office is located in Midtown Atlanta, GA. Please send your resume and cover letter to Jessie Hong-Dwyer at jessie@theray.org by Feb. 9th, 2024.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $50,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Atlanta, GA 30309 (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Atlanta, GA 30309