Gis Specialist

**Division**: Corporate Services

**Job Status**: Full Time

**Number of Positions**: 1

**Hours of Work**: 35 hours per week

**Wage**:$41.59 - $49.52 per hour

**Posting Date**: Monday, October 20, 2025

**Closing Date**: Sunday, November 2, 2025

**Company Biography**

The County of Lambton is an urban-rural area in southwestern Ontario that is home to over 126,000 residents. The Corporation's seven divisions operate programs and services for the residents of Lambton County such as land ambulance, provincial offences court, three Long-Term Care Homes, 25 library branches, two museums, an art gallery, archives, local roadways, public health services, housing services, social services, building services and planning and development services. Lambton County is a community dedicated to economic growth, environmental stewardship and an enhanced quality of life through the provision of responsive and efficient services and collaborative efforts with its municipal and community partners.

**Position Summary**

**Job Duties and Responsibilities**

GIS Software Development/Implementation/Customization:

- Automate GIS processes through data manipulation and scripting of routine maintenance processes

Internal/External Communication:

- Training and presentations to specific users and groups
- Presentations to Manager groups and responds to requests from management, department and end users
- Communications with consultants, engineering firms; bridge the technical gap between various internal and external users by communicating at a level of understanding that addresses both the general and technical details

Planning:

- Database modelling - model real-world features and interactions through relationships, associations, and topological relationships to most accurately model real world situations for accurate analysis, cartographic representation, and presentation
- Plan for GIS hardware/software upgrades with mínimal disruption
- Planning for scheduled and unscheduled training sessions, presentations, needs assessments and associated outcomes
- Prioritize and plan work activities to maximize efficiencies and economies of scale

Analysis:

- Provides GIS analysis of spatial and non-spatial data as requested for internal and other departments, local municipalities and external partner agencies

Production:

- Production of high-quality digital or hardcopy cartographic products, tables, charts, graphs, and reports based on analysis and internal and external requests
- Custom or standard GIS products developed for desktop or web presentation
- Production of documentation, presentation material, and packages for data requests

Maintenance:

- Data maintenance includes regular updates to databases to ensure quality control and accuracy, compression of the database to maximize response time and performance
- Maintenance of metadata to ensure consistent documentation of changes and updates to data

Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

- Requires expert knowledge of applied geography, projections, coordinate systems, datums, surveying principles, primary and secondary data, satellite and aerial imagery, cartographic principles
- Knowledge of MS SQL database management and T-SQL
- Thorough knowledge of the ESRI suite of software, including ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Pro, Enterprise, AGOL and associated apps and extensions
- Experience with VertiGIS Studio and custom workflow development using Workflow Designer and Report Designer
- Strong knowledge of programming fundamentals, particularly Python and JavaScript (nodejs)
- Expert in geomatics concepts including data formats, geodatabase management, geoprocessing, cartography and geodesy
- Web Development (HTML, JavaScript)
- Thorough knowledge and proficiency with Office 365 suite of software

General:

- Incumbents must keep up to date on all relevant legislation, County Policies and Procedures, etc. ensuring that these are implemented as prescribed
- Incumbents must possess the physical ability to meet the duties and responsibilities of the job description and/or the requirements identified within the position's Physical Demands Analysis

These describe the general nature and level of work being performed by incumbents in this classification. They are not an exhaustive list of all job duties in the classification. Other duties may be assigned.

**Supervision Requirements**

Direct Supervision: None

Indirect Supervision: None

Functional Authority: None

**Credentials Required**

Minimum Formal Education
- A diploma in Geographic Information Systems with a focus on Programming, Web Development or related field or equivalent experience is required

Experience
- Thorough knowledge of the ESRI suite of software, including ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Pro, Enterprise, AGOL and associated apps and extensions
- Strong knowledge of programming fundamentals, particularly Python and JavaScript (nodejs)

Experience with VertiGIS Studio and custom workflow development using Workflow De