GIS Technologist

Requires a

GIS Technologist

Start Date: October 2020

Brantford Power Inc. (BPI) is seeking a qualified GIS Technologist with excellent communication skills, a collaborative attitude and a strong commitment to safety to join our Engineering team. Reporting to the Manager of Engineering, the GIS Technologist will be responsible for providing GIS services related to the preparation, updating, and analysis of our digital mapping system and associated databases.  

BPI is progressive utility that distributes electricity to approximately 40,600 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in the City of Brantford. Our service area is exclusively urban with no rural sections and encompasses approximately 74 square kilometers. 

Responsibilities:

• Prepare, maintain, update and manipulate and analyze the digital mapping and associated databases related to BPI’s GIS
• Perform quality assurance/quality control tasks to ensure GIS data integrity
• Liaise with BPI departments to provide spatial data and analysis functions
• Provide content administration, data dissemination, documentation, spatial analysis, map productions, user training and support to the business areas
• Analyze data requirements, design logical and physical data models
• Work collaboratively with other team members across BPI
• Respond to application issues from the user community, troubleshoot problems and work with vendors as required to resolve issues
• Monitor and assess problem situations to identify root cause, gather and process relevant information, generate solutions and resolutions
• Programming, coding and implementation of third party applications will be required
• Preparing electrical distribution drawings and designs
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Post-Secondary Degree or Diploma in GIS, Geography, Computer Science, or equivalent
• 3 years of experience and knowledge with developing GIS databases and maintaining GIS data with ESRI and/or Intergraph/Hexagon software
• Advanced knowledge of GIS tools and methodologies for administration of corporate GIS databases
• Advanced knowledge of SQL and Oracle database
• Advanced knowledge of iOS and Android operating systems
• Experience with AutoCAD software
• Experience with presentation and graphic design tools for the production of professional quality mapping output products
• Strong organizational, time management and interpersonal skills
• Proven analytical and problem solving abilities; including experience creating analytical based reports
• Strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills 

Qualified candidates must send a detailed resume and cover letter no later than October 9, 2020 to the attention of Human Resources, bpresumes@brantford.ca. 

Information gathered relative to this position will only be used for candidate selection.

We thank each applicant for taking the time and effort to submit your resume, however, only candidates to be interviewed will be contacted. 

Our organization is committed to promoting the independence, dignity, integration, and equality of opportunity of persons with disabilities by ensuring the accessibility of our facilities and services. Accommodations are available for all parts of the recruitment and selection process. Applicants need to make their required accommodations known in advance.

 September 25, 2020