GIS Technician
Job Description
About this role:
- Update the enterprise GIS Data including data format translation, topology building and verification to maintain Company Industrial Cities GIS Geodatabase which includes urban, industrial planning, environment, port and marine services, facilities management, fire and safety, and infrastructure data (land allocation plots, buildings, roads, utilities such as electrical, telecommunication, sewage and water).
- Create standard, custom, and special ad-hoc GIS maps either in printed or soft copies for the CEO, Directors, managers, engineers, and urban and industrial planners for meeting or presentation purposes, including the GIS poster creation for department applications and visual queries.
- Extract vector and image GIS data for the staff in Company Industrial Cities. The vector data can be from topographic, cadastral, and CAD drawings of urban development plan, land lease plots, buildings, roads, piping, routing, utilities such as electricity, telecommunications, water, sewage, drainages, new well locations or seismic data. The image data can be from the aerial or satellite images from the Company corporate image server.
- Responsible in providing the necessary GIS technical support to Company Industrial Cities departments:
- Issue a PIN (Parcel Identification Number) to propose plots as per the Industrial Cities Master Plan for plot identification in the building permit process.
- Data conversion and manipulation of various files (AutoCAD
- Drawings, JPEG, TIFF, PDF, Shapefiles, etc.) including the coordinate conversion of surveyed data from WGS84 or Nahrwan Datum to QND and vice versa.
- Collate documents from various agencies/utilities related to buildings, planning, roads, drainage, utilities, and environment and associate them with the GIS data.
- Perform data entry in the GIS tables associated with the Business table so that retrieval of related information is accessible for the users in Company Industrial Cities.
- Scanning of drawings or maps and georeferencing them for data extraction, photo mosaic of the needed satellite image or aerial image to incorporate into the GIS data for planning, review, or presentation purposes.
- Follow the standard principles to support various request such as routine GIS Spatial information data queries of Company Industrial Cities assets to meet the user requirements or specifications.
- Assist and support the GIS Analyst in the required GIS tasks assigned such as:
- Reviewing the integrity of the GIS Database.
- Updating the 2D/3D GIS Data of the Industrial Cities, whether data was collected from the in-house survey team, from a third-party consultant, or from the contractor.
- Conduct the necessary field verification for quality checking of Industrial Cities GIS data within the industrial boundaries to resolve conflicting information for the topographic, cadastral, navigation data, existing facilities, and satellite image quality enhancements purposes.
What you need to bring:
- Certificate or diploma in computer software/computer applications with extensive knowledge and understanding of GIS principles, cartography, and mapping systems. Professional work experience in using ESRI's GIS Software such as ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS for Desktop, ArcGIS extensions (Spatial Analyst, Network Analyst & 3D Analyst), and ArcGIS Online. Graduate degree is an advantage, but additional qualifying work experience may substitute for formal education.
- Minimum of 5-year work experience in an oil and gas industry with solid GIS editing exposure in an enterprise GIS Database, and other related tasks associated with input of GIS data (digitizing and data manipulation procedures, creating cartographic quality maps and reports, creating spatial attribute queries and joins for geographic information systems).
- Work experience of design techniques, tools, and GIS principles in GIS enterprise data production, reading and interpreting maps, manipulate and understand digital land data, and manage data entered a GIS database, data conversion (AutoCAD drawing manipulation and conversion into GIS).
- Proficient in using AutoCAD, AutoCAD Map 3D and Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access). Knowledgeable in other computer applications (Autodesk Suite, QGIS, MapInfo, Adobe CS Suite, Blue marble Geographic's Calculator, Global Mapper, and other GIS Industry Standard Application) is an advantage.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and documentation skills.
Job Details
Employment Types:
Full time
Industry:
Other
Function:
IT , Manufacturing / Engineering / R&D , Architecture / Interior Design
Roles:
Software Engineer / Programmer
