Phoenix, AZ 85024
2022-01-12
INTERN - Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
$20 an hour
3.7
Responsive Employer
Overview & Purpose
PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIP: $20.00/Hour
Target 11-week Internship Dates: 5/23/22 - 8/4/22
(4-10 work schedule M-Th 6am - 4:30pm)
Position Responsibilities
Work collaboratively with the CAP GIS Coordinator to gain hands-on experience in various aspects of GIS that CAP utilizes to support a complex water delivery system.
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Work with various CAP departments to create maps for meetings and presentations.
- Update maps and routes for the CAP Maintenance Field Guide Book.
- Perform edits to a variety of Water Resource layers.
- Organize and publish layers to CAP's enterprise spatial database with appropriate metadata.
- Assist with organizing and publishing map services to AGOL\Portal.
- Help employees with CAP's web and mobile GIS applications.
- Provide spatial analysis for a variety of requests.
- May be involved in some remote sensing and Lidar projects.
At end of the 11-week engagement, intern will prepare and deliver a report which includes:
- A summary of the work including map and data samples
- What they learned
- An evaluation of the intern experience at CAP and recommendations for the future
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS:
- Junior or higher level student (or recent grad) working toward a degree in GIS or related field. May be an undergrad or grad student.
- Applicant must possess some ArcGIS software experience. At a minimum, ability to create general maps, edit data layers and perform simple data queries and overlays is required.
- Clear oral communication skills.
- Excellent problem solving ability.
- Must submit a one-page essay and transcripts (unofficial or official) with the online application.
- Applicant must have their own transportation to CAP headquarters in North Phoenix.
- Must be legally authorized to work a paid internship in the United States.
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Job Type: Internship
Pay: $20.00 per hour