Nueces County, TX - Corpus Christi, TX
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Full-time - Entry Level
Corpus Christi, TX
Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
About the position
The position involves performing advanced engineering work, application support, development, and maintenance of GIS System and Auto CAD. The role requires planning, organizing, and coordinating information technology programs, activities, and projects with minimal supervision. The employee must be available for emergency call-outs after hours, weekends, and holidays, and is required to be on duty before, during, and after natural disasters and emergencies as directed by the supervisor.
Responsibilities
- Assist the general public and other agencies in obtaining information on floodplain, drainage, and engineering projects.
- Use computer software to develop engineering analysis of design problems in hydraulics, hydrology, drainage, and control facilities, street and road design.
- Support geographic information system (GIS) functions.
- Incorporate various County mapping functions, including paved/non-paved roadway mapping inventory, bridge mapping inventory, and sign mapping inventory.
- Perform data analysis and generate management reports.
- Work with external partners to expand GIS database features and develop new feature layers to enhance county operations and forecasting.
- Prepare specifications and estimates for projects.
- Draw plans for paving and grading of roads, drainage improvements, bridges, plats, parking lots, landfill areas, septic systems, and right of way maps.
- Review platting and subdivisions.
- Revise and maintain county road maps, Constable and Justice of the Peace maps, and city and county voting precinct maps.
- Maintain the drafting room drawing files.
- Conduct field work with Surveyors, including recording field notes and calculating survey results.
- Prepare calculations on survey closures, material cost estimates, and road construction and drainage projects.
- Conduct research on deed records for data needed for county-related projects.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in geographic information systems (GIS), Auto CAD, engineering, geography, computer science, or a related field plus a minimum of 2 years of professional experience; or an Associate's degree in the same fields plus a minimum of 4 years of professional experience.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals.
- Ability to respond to inquiries or complaints from customers and partner agencies.
- Ability to write speeches and articles for publication and present technical material effectively.
- Thorough knowledge of application software development methodology and database design.
- Thorough knowledge of GIS applications technologies including ESRI ArcView and ArcGIS.
- Thorough knowledge of mapping, datum, and projection techniques, and structured query language (SQL).
- Knowledge of programming languages and developer environments including Visual Basic, Microsoft Access, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), and Microsoft .NET.
- Valid Texas motor vehicle operator's license.
Nice-to-haves
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with county employees and the public.
- Ability to prepare engineering plans and specifications independently using a wide range of drafting tools and equipment.
- Ability to use a programmable calculator.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering plans, working drawings, and notes.
- Ability to perform engineering calculations.
- Ability to obtain certification to operate a Drone.
