General Description: Arora Engineers, LLC provides geospatial data and asset management, and design and construction services for MEP, fire protection and alarms, and low voltage/special systems for aviation, transportation, educational, and commercial and institutional facilities.
Overall Responsibility: We are seeking an experienced Sr. GIS Specialist responsible for the production and maintenance of geographic data and applications.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Produces and maintains geographic data and graphics for airport-related GIS, CAD, and/or BIM projects.
- Develops and manages scripts for data analysis and systems integration
- Reviews the adequacy and quality of geospatial data and makes recommendations for specific types of improvement
- Develops GIS databases following standards.
- Produces metadata.
- Performs basic data maintenance to correct data issues.
- Compiles and updates mapping/cartographic data to determine land use, elevation, and general relationships of existing physical features.
- Produces maps
- Collects, valuates, and processes GPS data.
- Participates in ongoing training and career development activities.
- Stays current with GIS, CAD, and BIM software trends.
- Experience with Esri focused GIS architecture design and implementation (i.e., installation, patching, and upgrading, migration, etc.).
- Manages geospatial projects and/or assists other GIS project managers.
Secondary Responsibilities:
- Continuously learns about GIS, CAD, and BIM technologies.
- Ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues
- Represents Arora at industry events.
Desired Skills:
- Knowledge of FAA's Airport GIS Program.
- Knowledge of FAA Advisory Circulars (ACs) 150/5300-13, 16, 17, and 18 and FARs (Federal Aviation Regulations) Part 139
- Experience with GIS software systems specifically ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Pro , Enterprise Geodatabases, Space Planner, Experience Builder, Dashboards, and other ESRI extensions.
- Experience developing custom scripts for geospatial data management and analysis
- Experience working with data and applications for a commercial airport.
- Experience customizing web maps and applications using ArcGIS Online for Organizations and/or Portal for ArcGIS
- Experience with Extraction, Translation, and Load (ETL) methods and software
- Experience with GIS/Esri Architecture planning and implementation
- Experience with advanced editing techniques utilizing enterprise geodatabases with branch versioning
- Knowledge of planning, design, maintenance and production of geographic data in an airport environment.
- Familiarity with CAD data and software and the conversion process to GIS.
- Familiarity with BIM data and software and the conversion process to GIS.
- Familiarity with Safe Software’s Feature Manipulation Engine software is a plus.
- Experience managing spatial data concepts, projections systems, geo-databases, topology and relational databases.
- FAA IDLE Certification in Airport GIS is a plus.
- Experience with ArcGIS Indoors implementation and data management
- Ability to create high-quality graphic products.
- Organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently within a team environment.
- Ability to create and maintain productive relationships with employees, clients and vendors.
- Possesses appropriate paperwork to demonstrate legal right to work in United States as a full-time, regular employee.
Education/Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in geography, urban planning, geographic information systems, or related field.
- 7 years or more experience in utilizing GIS, CAD, and/or BIM systems software.
- GISP certification preferred
- OR equivalent combination of education and experience
- Ability to communicate complex technical information to non-technical audiences using strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in geography, urban planning, GIS, or related field.
- Seven years or more experience utilizing GIS, CAD, and/or BIM systems software.
- Ability to communicate complex technical information to non-technical audiences (strong written, verbal, presentation skills).
- Possess appropriate paperwork to demonstrate legal right to work in the United States as a full-time, regular employee.
- Experience with Esri-focused GIS architecture design and implementation (installation, patching, upgrading, migration).
- Experience with ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Pro, Enterprise Geodatabases, Space Planner, Experience Builder, Dashboards, and other Esri extensions.
- Experience customizing web maps and applications using ArcGIS Online for Organizations and/or Portal for ArcGIS.
- Experience developing custom scripts for geospatial data management and analysis.
- Experience with Extraction, Translation, and Load (ETL) methods and software.
- Experience with advanced editing techniques utilizing enterprise geodatabases with branch versioning.
- Familiarity with CAD data and software and the conversion process to GIS.
- Familiarity with BIM data and software and the conversion process to GIS.
- Experience managing spatial data concepts, projection systems, geodatabases, topology, and relational databases.
- Knowledge of FAA Airport GIS Program, FAA Advisory Circulars (ACs) 150/5300-13, -16, -17, -18 and FARs Part 139.
- Experience working with data and applications for a commercial airport.
- Experience with ArcGIS Indoors implementation and data management.
- Ability to create high-quality graphic products; organizational and problem-solving skills; ability to work independently and within a team.
- GISP certification.
- FAA IDLE Certification in Airport GIS.
- Familiarity with Safe Software's Feature Manipulation Engine (FME).
What We Do
For over 35 years, Arora’s solid mix of industry knowledge and expertise allows the firm to offer a broad spectrum of engineering services, including oversight, project management, and design of new and existing mechanical, electrical, plumbing, electrical aeronautical, fire protection, and IT building and airfield systems. Arora also provides construction management and facilities maintenance management. Arora’s multidisciplinary approach offers clients comprehensive, cost-effective solutions to their most challenging situations. The firm’s technical staff has both the understanding of and experience in engineering and integration to enable the successful programming, design, and implementation of specialized building systems. From the initial design process, bid services, and cost estimation to construction and ongoing facility maintenance and management, Arora’s team of professionals is equipped to address any problem, and most importantly, to find the right solution. Arora understands the critical nature of responsiveness and quality control. By coupling highly educated and experienced engineers with leading-edge engineering practices and technologies, Arora’s efforts are more streamlined and efficient. This is the perfect complement to the firm’s personal, hands-on approach.
