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See also the supplemental listing of 15 cos. at the bottom; a helpful guide for job seekers ...
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New: A Geospatial Careers website is now available online.
See the supplemental listing below for the URL.

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RESEARCH ASSOCIATE (GIS SPECIALIST)
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY/NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
LAKEWOOD, CO

Please see attached job opening at CSU/NPS

Send responses to Jim Loftis at loftis@engr.colostate.edu as per advertisement.

Jenifer Davis
Colorado State University
Engineering Research Center
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1320
970-491-8630, Fax 970-491-7008

(posted Oct. 2)

LIDAR PROJECT COORDINATOR
SANBORN
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO

The Sanborn Map Company, Inc. (Sanborn) is in search of a Project Coordinator responsible for the internal coordination of technical project components, including compliance with quality/specifications for multiple LiDAR and mapping projects. In this role you will work with the project manager and Sanborn clients by serving as a technical resource, resolving issues, and coordinating work efforts of staff assigned to the project.

Responsibilities:
¢ Acts as liaison with Technical Representative for project development tasks to include generating LiDAR tile layout, project area, project requirements and develop LiDAR Filters
¢ Demonstrates a solid understanding of project requirements, schedule, and client expectations.
¢ Establishes and maintains production procedures.
¢ Leads the project production effort within the group for designated projects.
¢ Monitors daily project status and provides weekly project reports.
¢ Tracks hours and productivity of team members.
¢ Monitors cost performance and interacts with PM for updates and status.
¢ Ensures P3 project updates are complete and accurate.
¢ Assists LiDAR Technicians in performance of tasks.
¢ Trains team members and provides input for appraisal of department employee's productivity.
¢ Completes data processing and translations as necessary.
¢ Performs the final review of LiDAR files as needed prior to shipment.
¢ Serves as secondary point of contact with Project Managers on specification changes and project status.
¢ Ensures schedule compliance with a minimum 95%.
¢ Ensures quality products with a minimum 97% first time acceptance.
¢ Responsible for the technical execution of projects.
¢ Monitors status and quality of sub-contractors
¢ Ensures all project and department reports/status and documentation are completed in accordance with policy and ISO standards.
¢ Develop processes and procedures.
¢ Programming as required
¢ Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
Associate's degree in a related GIS field; Bachelor's degree preferred; two years' remote sensing or mapping experience may be substituted for some educational requirements. One year or more of LiDAR experience preferred.

Minimum of five years related GIS production experience; at least one year as a LiDAR Technician. Must have experience in LiDAR data production environment,. Experience in quality control and inspection. Experience in LP360, GeoCUE, Microstation, ERSI ARC 9.2 and terra solid products desirable. A good understanding of datums, projections and coordinates required.

To apply, please submit your resume via email to employment@sanborn.com and indicate "LiDAR Project Coordinator" in the subject line. Sanborn is an equal opportunity employer.

(posted Sep. 30)

GIS/CARTOGRAPHER
DENVER, CO (?)

I am now looking for a GIS/Cartographer position again and was wondering if you could put me back on the announcment list. ehu_kai62@yahoo.com
Thank you,
Susana Echevarria

(posted Sep. 21)

GIS TECHNICIAN
CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER
DENVER, CO

The City and County of Denver (CCD) is actively seeking to hire one to three GIS (Geographic Information Systems) Technicians for the Technology Service Division's DenverGIS Program. This position works at compiling, verifying, maintaining and inputting information into multiple databases and utilizes Geographic Information System (GIS) software and hardware to digitize and enter data.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
The responsibilities for this position are as follows:
Digitizes information and creates, maintains, updates, queries and views GIS data to provide easier access and retrieval of processed information on multiple databases.
Creates accurate grid references utilizing appropriate GIS software, coordinate geometry and graphics to correspond with the information and/or design drawing, legal surveys, maps and addresses needed to update information for infrastructure mapping.
Creates, updates and maintains spatial data using digitization, COGO and other scanning techniques and ensures data accuracy.
Interprets and prepares data such as field notes, plats, legal descriptions and address information for use in analyzing data and updating maps.
Converts hardcopy-engineering drawings into electronic formats.
Assists and provides interested parties with specific processed spatial data including reports, maps and charts.
Creates and updates various map types using planimetric and thematic mapping techniques and aerial and satellite data, and maintains map collections.
Utilizes vector or grid overlay techniques to generate new GIS layers from existing ones.
Assists GIS users with IT questions for retrieving GIS information.
By assignment maintains computerized inventory of electronic field equipment and specialized services for users.
Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

QUALIFICATIONS
Associate Degree in Geography, Urban Planning, Engineering, GIS, Geology, Computer Science, Information Technology, Cartography, Landscape Architecture, Remote Sensing or a directly related field.
Two years of hands on professional experience working with geographical or land information systems to input and present agency or client data.
A certificate in GIS or Land Information Systems (LIS) or 12 semester hours completed in GIS/LIS coursework may be substituted for the minimum education requirement. OR Additional appropriate experience and education may be substituted for the minimum education and experience requirement.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ***Any applicant selected for interviews should be prepared to demonstrate their GIS Technician abilities in ESRI ArcGIS 9.2 during the interview process.***
This position is open until filled.
Salary grade: 614-I
An Equal Opportunity Employer
SALARY: $36,168.00 - $44,172.00 Annually
OPENING DATE: 08/21/07
CLOSING DATE: Continuous
Applicants are STRONGLY encouraged to apply on-line.
RESUMES MAY BE FILED ONLINE AT:
http://www.denvergov.org/jobs EXAM #02259 GIS TECHNICIAN
CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER
Career Service Authority
201 W Colfax Ave, Dept 412, Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building
Denver, CO 80202
(posted Sep. 6)

GIS TECHNICAL DATA SPECIALIST
SPATIAL BUSINESS SYSTEMS, INC.
LAKEWOOD, CO

The GIS Technical Data Specialist will work as part of our Technical Services Team, based in Lakewood, Colorado. The candidate will be working closely with our customers and traveling to onsite locations up to 25% of the time. Excellent communication skills are necessary. This position offers great growth potential into other technical and project management positions at Spatial Business Systems. For more info., see http://www.directionsmag.com/careers/job/458/show.html

(posted Aug. 29)

Pixxures, Inc. continues to experience rapid growth and seeks to add self-motivated individuals to join a rapidly expanding photogrammetry division working with ADS40, Vexcel and DMC imagery.

Requirements: BS degree in geography, photogrammetry, GIS or related field or the equivalent combination of experience and training.

Experience: Minimum of five years experience with stereo compilation, collecting planimetric and topographic features on both large and small scale mapping projects. Aerotriangulation experience is strongly desired, especially with digital imagery. Experience in creating/editing DEM''s for orthophoto generations, seaming, and performing quality control/quality assurance on orthophotography is a plus.

General software experience in: OrthoVista, Adobe Photoshop, AutoCAD, Microstation, Linux, Win98/2000/NT4.0, MS Word, Excel and any other functional utilities. ORIMA, GPRO, and other Leica, BAE and Intergraph photogrammetry software experience a plus.

Salary commensurate with experience, excellent benefits including medical, dental, life insurance and 401(k).

Please forward all resumes via mail, email or fax to :
Pixxures, Inc
Attention: HR Department
15000 W. 64th Avenue
Arvada, CO 80007
Fax: 303.302.8601
E-mail: hr@pixxures.com

(posted Aug. 28)

GIS DEVELOPER
PACIFIC WESTERN TECHNOLOGIES
LAKEWOOD, CO

This position involves technical development of custom GIS applications and relational data management systems. Through cooperation with various departments, the successful candidate will develop geospatial visualization, analysis and reporting tools to support work group needs.

Essential Functions:
Designs, builds and maintains custom GIS applications and RDBMS.
Develops and maintains custom scripts for use in GIS applications using programming language development tools.
Develops summary reports using data reporting tools.
Analyzes work flow for continuous improvements.
Coordinates cyclical data updates within master GIS.
Provides training and advice to users regarding GIS applications and use of specialized software.
Works with IT to support GIS functionality.

Other Responsibilities:
Attend meetings in support of further developing effective GIS tools and methodology.
Provide knowledge and expertise in achieving Division goals and objectives.

Required Skills and Abilities:
Proficient GIS developer using ESRI ArcGIS software to include ArcMap, ArcObjects, ArcEditor, ArcCatalog, ArcToolbox.
Experienced programmer in GIS environment.
Experience with Crystal Reports, MS Office
Ability to work well with a team.
Ability to analyze problems and develop creative solutions
Proven experience with work flow improvement implementation.
Strong organizational and conceptualization skills
Excellent communication skills.
Ability to work effectively with minimal supervision.
Ability to identify opportunities that help improve product quality or productivity

Qualifications:
No less than 5 years experience developing custom GIS applications.
BS in Geography, Engineering, Computer Science, Math, or Management Information Systems, Masters Degree desired but not required.

For consideration, please send an e-mail to cjarvis@pwt.com.
PWT is an Equal Opportunity Employer. No phone calls please.
Relocation assistance is NOT available for this position.
Cherie L. Jarvis
Pacific Western Technologies, Ltd
605 Parfet Street, Suite 200
Lakewood, CO 80215
cjarvis@pwt.com

(posted Aug. 27)

LIDAR PROJECT MANAGER
RSL DATA COLLECTION TEAM LEAD
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
SANBORN, INC.
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO

LiDAR Project Manager
Responsibilities:
Provide leadership, direction, and oversight to Sanborn’s LiDAR Services projects. This role is responsible for full project lifecycle management including proposal writing; project scheduling; project deliverables; production and QC; project budgeting and controlling all aspects of projects in accordance with contract documents. The project manager reports directly to the Vice President and General Manager of LiDAR Services.

Duties:
*Reviews project proposal or plan to determine time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing project, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources for various phases of project.
*Establishes technical plan, a strategy and a work plan to accomplish a project on schedule and under the estimated cost bid.
*Confers with project staff/subcontractors to outline work-plan and to assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority during project execution.
*Coordinates with operations and subcontractors to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget.
*Reviews status reports prepared by project personnel and modifies schedules or plans as required.
*Prepares project reports for management, client, or others.
*Responsible for insuring the correct technical solutions are implemented to satisfy the client. This may require conferring with technical colleagues across the company or subcontractors to provide technical advice and to resolve problems.
*May oversee day-to-day activities of staff.
*Other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in GIS, Geography, Earth Science, Geomatics or relevant field. Extensive experience in all phases of photogrammetric mapping, including aerial collection; surveying; analytical triangulation; stereoscopic compilation; digital ortho production; cartographic editing; and GIS database design. Experience working with LiDAR systems preferred.

EXPERIENCE: A minimum of five years strong project management experience including project design and schedule performance management. Contract and proposal preparation experience required. Strong preference for experience in all phases mapping project lifecycle management. Supervisory experience preferred. Some travel required. Sanborn is an equal opportunity employer.
To apply, submit cover letter and resume with "Project Manager - LiDAR" in subject line to employment@sanborn.com.

Sarah Bass, Human Resources Director
Sanborn
1935 Jamboree Drive, Suite 100
Colorado Springs, CO 80920
719.264.5506 Phone
719.264.5559 Fax
www.sanborn.com

(posted Aug. 24)

Software Quality Engineer
Engineer with BSCS or BSEE and a minimum of five (5) years experience in software quality assurance. Knowledge of ADA and C is required. First hand experience with CMMI principles as well as experience with software development processes and process improvement. Responsibilities will include review and approval of software related documentation, customer requirements traceability and validation, software quality audits, and software configuration management. Must be able to use MS Office tools and support customer presentations.

Reliability Engineer
Engineer with five (5) plus years of Military and/or Aerospace Reliability Engineering experience. The Reliability Engineer will implement program design assurance plans including worst case analysis, stress analysis, radiation analysis, reliability analysis, safety and maintainability analysis, and failure mode and effect analysis. RF Electronic component experience a Plus, Radiation Effects experience a Plus!

Systems Engineer
Lead Electrical Engineer to develop overall initial electrical / mechanical design for spacecraft avionics and processing equipment. Ensures the logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical schedule, and cost constraints. Performs functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software proposals. Must have 10 years of technical writing experience in the military / aerospace electronics field.

Electronic Assembler , Manufacturing
SEAKR Engineering is hiring Electronic Assemblers: Responsibilities: quality fabrication of Flight, EM, and support hardware; applying solder, coatings, epoxies, connector pins and sockets, and wires; IAW applicable Flight Manufacturing Processes. Verify quality of Assembly prior to handing to Q. A. Qualifications include: 5 –10 years experience in high reliability manufacturing a must and NASA certification in soldering a plus. $12/hr & up.

Quality Control Inspector
5+ years experience in high reliability electronic and mechanical inspection. Ability to inspect soldered components using microscope a must. Military or NASA certification a plus. Experience with SMT and mixed technology workmanship standards desired. Salary based on experience.

Barry Hamilton
CEO/Founder
Red Canyon Software
SBA HUBZone / DCAA Certified
303.503.1990
Barry.Hamilton@redcanyonsoftware.com
www.redcanyonsoftware.com

(posted Aug. 23)

GIS TECHNICIANS
PREMIER DATA SERVICES
ENGLEWOOD, CO

Premier Data Services is looking to hire a few mid to upper level GIS Technicians. If interested, please send your resume to resumes@premierdata.com. You can also find out more information on Premier and the job openings at www.premierdata.com.

Dan Scheid
GIS Production Supervisor
Premier Data Services
8310 South Valley Highway, Suite 220
Englewood, CO 80112
303.316.3733
dan.scheid@premierdata.com

(posted Aug. 23)

GIS INTERNET / APPLICATION DEVELOPER
INTRASEARCH (aka MAPMART.COM)
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO

Position Description: The candidate will be responsible for developing Internet and Client/Server Geographical Information Systems (GIS) applications in a team environment.

Required Skills
* Must have programming experience in MapInfo products such as MapXtreme, Routing J server & MapMarker and/or ESRI technologies
* Advanced understanding of GIS programming, geographic concepts and GIS datasets
* Programming languages :
o ASP.Net
o Visual Basic.Net
o ASP and other scripting languages
* Programming environment: Visual Studio .Net
* Database environments SQL Server, Oracle 9i, Access, XML
* Basic knowledge of Windows 2000/2003, WIN-XP, networking, active directory, DNS, and DHCP
* Ability to work in a team environment
* Strong analytical and problem solving skills
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Exposure to open source and JAVA technologies

Education/experience
* Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in computer science or GIS related filed
* 1 to 2 years experience in GIS application development

IntraSearch, Inc. (dba MapMart.com)
5340 S. Quebec St.
Suite 300 S
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
www.mapmart.com

(reposted Aug. 27)

OTHER RESOURCES:

Geospatial Careers website is at http://www.geospatialcareers.net

This website is for students and others interested in learning about careers in geospatial technologies.
It features career information and profiles of people who use geospatial technologies.
Since people with skills in geospatial technologies are needed in a wide variety of fields,
this site was developed to encourage and assist those interested in exploring career options.
It is sponsored by the NH Space Grant Consortium in partnership with NH GRANIT and the
University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension.

Non-specific listing of employers:

The following companies frequently have openings in the aerospace, GIS, GPS, software
programming, IT, engineering, remote sensing, and related geotechnologies.
Check their web sites, listed below, for current openings and position descriptions.

BALL AEROSPACE
BOULDER, COLORADO
Visit the web site for further details: http://www.ballaerospace.com/p2car.html
Also contact Ken Turnbull at ken@kenturnbull.com for application advice.

CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER
DENVER, COLORADO
Go to http://www.denvergov.org/jump_employment.asp for a access to a variety of listings.

COOPERATIVE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (CIRES)
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
BOULDER, COLORADO
Visit http://cires.colorado.edu/jobs.html for listings (mostly research assistant positions).

DIGITALGLOBE
LONGMONT, COLORADO
Job details are at http://www.digitalglobe.com. Navigate to "About Us" and "Careers"

GEOEYE (a merger of Orbimage and Space Imaging)
THORNTON, COLORADO
Visit the web site for complete details: http://www.geoeye.com/corporate/jobs.htm

ITT VISUAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. (formerly RESEARCH SYSTEMS, INC. or RSI)
BOULDER, COLORADO
See http://www.ittvis.com/opportun/index.asp

JEPPESEN
ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO
Go to the careers section of the Jeppesen web site at http://www.jeppesen.com.

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP.
AURORA, COLORADO SPRINGS, DENVER, & LITTLETON, COLORADO
Visit http://www.lockheedmartin.com and click on "Careers"

MERRICK & COMPANY
AURORA, COLORADO
Point your web browser to http://www.merrick.com and click on "Career Center"

NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP.
AURORA, COLORADO SPRINGS, DENVER, & FT. COLLINS, COLORADO
Go to http://careers.northropgrumman.com/ExternalHorizonsWeb/getCareerHome.do

PIXXURES, INC.
ARVADA, COLORADO
Visit http://www.pixxures.com for current job listings.

PREMIER DATA SERVICES
ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO
Visit Premier Data's web site for more information on these and other openings:
http://www.premierdata.com/company/index.html

SANBORN MAP CO.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
For descriptions, go to http://www.sanborn.com/about_sanborn/careers.htm

URS CORPORATION
DENVER, COLORADO
See http://www.urscorp.com/careers/jobops/index.html for more information.

VEXCEL CORPORATION (Now owned by MICROSOFT CORPORATION)
BOULDER, COLORADO
See the web sites for job descriptions: http://www.vexcel.com, http://www.microsoft.com

(Supplemental list updated September 1, 2007)

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** Clarification of what it means to have current federal employment "status":

"Applications will be accepted from any qualified individual with current career or career-conditional status, those with reinstatement eligibility, and those eligible under special programs, including Veterans Readjustment Appointment (VRA) eligibles for GS-11/WG-11 (or equivalent), 30% or more compensable disabled veterans, handicapped authority eligibles, and Peace Corps eligibles. Veterans who are preference eligibles or who have been separated from the armed forces under honorable conditions after 3 years or more of continuous active service may apply. All applicants will receive consideration without regard to political, religious or labor organization affiliation or nonaffiliation, marital status, race, color, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, or nondisqualifying physical or mental handicap."

(Excerpted from federal employment application materials.)

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