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Our Organization and Mission: The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is the state’s lead agency for environmental management and stewardship - protecting our air, water and land. The vision of DEP is to create strong community partnerships, safeguard Florida’s natural resources and enhance its ecosystem.
The Work You Will Do: As an Engineering Specialist II you will be tasked on the use, management, and creation of usable GIS products to be used by the RCP program staff.
The Difference You Will Make: The tasks performed as an Engineering Specialist will allow RCP program staff to access the necessary geospatial data, mobile apps, and web apps to efficiently complete their regulatory or reporting mission.
How You Will Grow: DEP encourages its leaders to constantly innovate and seek efficiencies. We believe in supporting and encouraging you as you take on important and often complex projects while offering you the opportunity to gain valuable experience quickly.
Where You Will Work: Tallahassee, Florida’s Capital City, lined with rolling hills, oak trees, and canopied roads combines old world charm with a modern pace of life. Home to two major universities as well as state government, Tallahassee is a mid-sized city in the heart of Florida’s Big Bend. Boasting proximity to the coast and centrally located to popular tourist destinations, Tallahassee is a highly desirable location for both those seeking their first job or those ready to enter the next exciting chapter in their career. Also, with no state income tax, Florida is a great place to work regardless of where you find yourself on the career ladder.
The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida: Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:
- Annual and Sick Leave benefits;
- Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year;
- State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options;
- Retirement plan options, including employer contributions;
- Flexible Spending Accounts;
- Tuition waivers;
- And more!
For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.
Your Specific Responsibilities: Required tasks may include assisting with a variety of GIS requests, prepare maps, rectify aerial imagery, perform analysis and calculations, digitize legal descriptions, plot maps, publish layers to our Enterprise GIS Library, troubleshoot GIS software, and provide one-on-one training to program staff.
Responsible for assisting in the coordination, planning, development, maintenance and archival of policies, procedures, practices, and methods for the utilization of the Geographic Information System (GIS) technology for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection.
Prepare required documentation for the implementation of new GIS layers, or QA/QC of spatial data. Devise efficient workflows to implement new GIS layers, assist in the upload survey forms and aerials images to mobile devices, and assist in the development, updates, and maintenance of interactive web apps and story maps.
Assist in acquisition and processing of new data including aerial photography, satellite imagery, LiDAR datasets, conventional topographic and bathymetric data, biological and physical monitoring data, acquisition and delivery systems, presentation of existing data.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Knowledge of concepts, terminology, and techniques related to surveying, mapping and cartography, geodesy, and engineering support as it applies to coastal systems.
- Knowledge of and skills in ESRI GIS-related software including but not limited to ArcGIS Pro, Survey123 Connect, Field Maps, ArcGIS AppStudio, ERDAS.
- Knowledge of the general functions for spatial analysis, 3D analysis.
- Knowledge of general geodatabase management, SQL programming, and metadata writing.
- Knowledge of and skill in ArcGIS Online applications including but not limited to web maps, hosted feature services, web apps, dashboards, story maps, ArcGIS Notebooks or Jupyter Notebooks.
- Ability to design workflow charts and/or process information logically.
- Ability to identify complex workflows that would benefit from the use of custom scripts or add-ins.
- Ability to create custom field data collection forms with the use of software.
- Ability to process, analyze and create mapping products and applications using coastal shoreline survey data, aerial photography, Lidar data, project, and permit extents data, and still and video archives.
- Ability to communicate technical information effectively, orally and in writing, to users and information technology personnel.
- Ability to work independently and in a group.
- Ability to determine work priorities, assign work and ensure proper completion of work assignments.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
Minimum Qualifications:
- A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; or any combination of post-secondary education or verifiable related experience, as described above, for a total of 4 years.
- A valid driver license.
DEP is committed to successfully recruiting and onboarding talented and skilled individuals into its workforce. We recognize the extensive training, experience, and transferrable skills that veterans and individuals with disabilities bring to the workforce. Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to contact our recruiter for guidance and answers to questions through the following email addresses:
HR_VeteransPreference@dep.state.fl.us
HR_ER@dep.state.fl.us
Contact Information:
Richard Sanborn, HR Liaison
Office of Resilience and Coastal Protection
Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Richard.Sanborn@FloridaDEP.gov
