Environmental Data & GIS Specialist

4d4 days ago

Parsons Corporation

Calgary, CA · Full-time · C$55,000 – C$75,000

About this role

Parsons Corporation is seeking an Environmental Data & GIS Specialist to join our Calgary team. In this role, you will leverage your environmental data management, database, and Geographic Information Systems skills to directly support environmental project work as it relates to site assessment, risk assessment, risk management, and remediation of impacted sites.

Under the supervision of the Database and GIS Team Lead, you will help implement, administer, maintain, and provide technical support for Parsons Canada’s environmental data management systems and GIS products. Your day-to-day work includes using GIS to produce, display, and analyze geographic information, loading environmental data into databases, and performing quality assurance and quality control on GIS and environmental data.

You will support the team in developing enterprise environmental information solutions, including designing and automating digital workflows for project initiation, mobile data collection, database management, data analysis, visualization, and data exchanges with client systems. The role also involves supporting digital data collection programs and structured environmental datasets such as laboratory, field, groundwater, soil, and air monitoring data.

This position offers the opportunity to work on diverse environmental projects while developing your skills in data visualization and dashboard tools like Power BI. Parsons provides hybrid work options from both our Calgary office or a remote location, giving you the flexibility to do your best work.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Data Science, Computer Science, Information Systems, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), or a directly related discipline
1 or more years of experience in data management, database support, GIS, or a similar role
Experience in the environmental sector is strongly preferred
Strong sense of self-motivation toward assigned projects and ability to balance work on multiple tasks
Proven ability as a team player
Excellent written and oral communication skills

Responsibilities

Use GIS and associated software to produce, display, and analyze geographic information to support environmental projects
Create, organize, manipulate, and retrieve geospatially and environmentally relevant data for reporting, analysis, and presentation
Load environmental data into Parsons’ databases and validate data for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with project and contractual requirements
Identify, troubleshoot, and correct data issues, including rolling back or restoring data as required
Extract and transform data from Parsons’ databases for delivery to client systems and prepare and load data into secondary/client databases
Perform quality assurance and quality control on GIS and environmental data
Design workflows, automation, and templates to support environmental data and GIS analysis, reporting, and presentation
Support data queries, reporting, dashboards, and ad hoc data requests, including development of data visualizations and dashboards using Power BI or similar tools