April 6, 2026
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Mapping and GIS Specialist - Site C

Organization:
BC Hydro
Region:
Canada, British Columbia, Lower Mainland
End of contest:
December 7, 2018
  This job posting has expired
Type:
Full time
Category:
Gis
Description
JOB DESCRIPTION

 

Duties:

* Performs a variety of GIS tasks to complete mapping/geospatial projects, including: researching, selecting and evaluating map source data for use in the preparation or revision of maps or analysis; preparing and revising maps, charts or drawings; georeferencing airphotos and non- digital map media; digitizing aerial photographs; applying GIS tools and scripts to manipulate vector and raster datasets; editing and cleaning geospatial datasets based on topological rules; developing scripts and macros to improve efficiency of GIS tasks; following corporate filing conventions and departmental archiving system to organize both digital and hard; copying files and tracking changes/revisions to drawings and data.

* Liaises with internal BC Hydro staff (engineers, project managers, technologists etc.) and external team members to determine their mapping and GIS requirements, advising on options for data and type of analysis to best meet their objectives. Responds to email, telephone and in- person requests for mapping and geospatial information from BC Hydro clients by determining which mapping products will best suit the clients' needs (paper or digital map, large or small scale, coarse or fine detail, etc.), and discussing timelines for delivery.

* Performs spatial analyses and queries by: researching, selecting and evaluating source data; confirming a solid understanding of the input data's architecture to ensure that any decisions made during analysis are applied appropriately; applying combinations of scripts and GIS tools to input data in order execute spatial analyses and generate new information; calculating volumes of water within a reservoir; determining the spatial relationships between datasets by performing extraction, overlay and proximity analyses; reclassifying data to demonstrate a spatial function; applying mathematical and statistical functions to datasets to model geographic relationships.

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Contact

BC Hydro

6911 Southpoint Drive

Burnaby

Colombie-Britannique Canada

www.bchydro.com


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