GIS Intern

Overview

POSITION SUMMARY : As a Bartlett & West intern you’ll work in a stimulating and collaborative environment where you’ll gain practical experience and exposure to diverse perspectives.

You will also be introduced to the Purpose & Core Values that drive the employee owners each day along with the opportunity to understand the benefits of an employee-owned firm.

Interns will be encouraged to network with other employee owners and to build relationships across disciplines as well as with other interns and co-ops.

We will provide organized social and networking opportunities throughout the summer where you will have the opportunity to connect with other graduates that have recently joined Bartlett & West as well as meet with our senior leadership team.

This position would focus in rail / GIS.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions & Responsibilities :

• Data conversion, migration, and map production.
• Understanding and following mapping standards.
• Preparation of GIS data, including analysis support.
• Creation of thematic maps using available datasets.
• Setup coordinate system information.
• Setup applicable attribute information.
• Draw,digitize map features from hard copy source material.
• Edit and create new feature classes within the map environment.
• Import features from a variety of sources into GIS environment.
• Create and edit annotation and labelling.
• Occasional development and support of geographic database schema.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities :

• Basic map production skills or relevant coursework
• Analytical thinker
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Good problem-solving skills
• Detail oriented
• Proficiency in MS Office and ArcGIS software
• Exhibits initiative, responsibility, and flexibility
• Desire and ability to learn new technology and processes
• Developed organizational and time management skills
• Ability to work successfully independently and within a team
• Possess unquestionable integrity, ethics, and the values appropriate to the company’s culture; and actively models those values internally and externally

Education :

Enrollment in a Technical School or currently enrolled student majoring in an engineering discipline and (1) one year completed in a Bachelor’s Degree program.

Civil engineering majors preferred.

Experience :

0-6 months experience. Experience in MS Office Suite required. Experience or exposure with GIS preferred.

Travel Expectations :

Must be able to travel in-state and out-of-state on occasion, which usually would consist of field work on construction projects, visiting other company locations, attending business meetings.

Engineer Intern travels in company vehicle or personal vehicle. Minimum travel is 10% of the time depending on projects.

Valid driver’s license with good driving record required.

Bartlett & West is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran or status as a qualified individual with disability.

An offer is contingent upon successfully passing the pre-employment drug screen. Drug screen will need to complete within 48 hours of being contacted.

Nearly all positions at Bartlett & West can require employee-owners to operate a motor vehicle on public roads in the course of their duties.

Accordingly, all employees may be required to have acceptable driving records and to provide an authorization to the Company to periodically obtain MVR reports .

Bartlett & West partners with businesses and communities to build smarter, stronger, more connected infrastructure. From railroad GIS to industrial parks and city planning, we provide innovative technology and engineering solutions to clients worldwide.

With deep industry knowledge and a passion for creative problem solving, we engineer better tomorrows.

Bartlett & West is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran or status as a qualified individual with disability.