Technical Specialist, Geographic Information System

Who Can Apply?: **Internal (DCC Employees) and External (General Public)** - Salary Range: **$79,067 - $102,788** - Employment status: **Continuing** - Term Length: - Security Level: **Secret** - Language Requirement: **Bilingual Preferred** - Closing Date: **22/08/2025** - Country: **Canada** The Technical Specialist, Geographic Information System (GIS), analyzes, develops and delivers GIS information products, data and services. The incumbent acts as a technical specialist, carrying out database design and maintenance, data collection and reformatting, system enhancements, spatial analysis for projects, cartographic product development, and quality assurance and control activities. **KEY AND PERIODIC ACTIVITIES** **The duties and responsibilities listed below are representative but not all-inclusive**: **Primary** - Perform database design and maintenance activities - Perform quality assurance and control activities - Perform spatial analysis for projects - Program system enhancements - Develop and maintain effective relationships within DCC, and with industry, the Client-Partners and/or stakeholders - Ensure quality standards are met, in line with corporate and Client-Partner expectations **Other** - Assist in the drafting of statements of work for real property and environmental projects - Update corporate geospatial data standards - Collect and reformat data - Author cartographic products - Support and/or lead business development activities - Manage risk - Other duties as assigned **SKILLS** **General and Specific Knowledge** - Best practices, methods, trends and legislation in GIS - GIS software and tools - Spatial-analysis technologies and techniques - Project and risk management principles **Formal Education and/or Certification(s) and Experience** - **Minimum**: college diploma in environmental science or related field with four years’ relevant experience, or the equivalent - **Preferred**:university degree in environmental science or related field **Abilities** - Use applicable computer software and operating systems **DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP** - Provide functional advice and guidance to employees and the Client-Partners **WORKING CONDITIONS** - Typical office environment with occasional travel - Some work may be located on construction sites; incumbent may occasionally be required to wear basic safety equipment **Check out the benefits** Working with DCC offers excellent opportunities for growth - and entitles you to one of the job market’s best benefits packages. In your role as Technical Specialist, GIS, your package is valued at 25% to 30% of your salary. Your package will include: - Public service pension - 100% employer-paid annual sick leave, health and dental premiums, and life, accidental death, and short - and long-term disability insurance - $400 Wellness Allowance (e.g., gym membership) - $1,500 for mental health services on top of regular $1,500 paramedical coverage - $750 Health Care Spending Account (for some medical expenses that aren’t covered under provincial plans or our standard insurance plan) - Telus Virtual Health Care - Maternity and parental leave top-up plan to 93% of regular gross earnings for a maximum of 37 weeks - Hybrid workplace options including $400 allowance every two years to support work-from-home options - Enhanced inConfidence employee and family assistance program - Deluxe travel benefit plans - Comprehensive vacation and other paid leave plans To begin a career with Defence Construction Canada (DCC), you must be a Canadian Citizen or a permanent resident of Canada. As a condition of employment with DCC, a minimum reliability security status clearance is required and some roles may require secret security status clearance. - DCC is responsible for the Personnel Security Clearance process_. Typically to be eligible for a "Reliability" clearance, you must have five years of verifiable background information and to be eligible for a "Secret" clearance, you must have 10 years of verifiable background information. The process usually involves reference inquiries, verification of qualifications, criminal records checks, and credit checks (as required) and may require fingerprints. For more information about obtaining a security clearance, please review the Standard on Security Screening. - criminal record checks - reference checks - previous employment - open source checks - credit/financial status Be part of a diverse and inclusive workplace