GIS Technician (IT, Computers & GIS)

Full Time

  Maple Leaf Forestry Ltd

  Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada

Maple Leaf Forestry Ltd. is a well established forestry consulting firm providing a diversity of professional and technical environmental / forestry / GIS services to government and industry clients throughout British Columbia. Our head office is located in Cranbrook, BC and we have recently opened a satellite division in Fort St. John, BC. To learn more about us, please visit: www.mapleleafforestry.ca 

We have an exciting career opportunity for a GIS Technician working out of our Cranbrook office. 

The qualified candidate will demonstrate: 

  • Proficiency with MS Office Suite – particularly Excel and its interaction with ArcGIS 
  • Strong competency with ArcGIS (10.x) software. Familiarity with editing tools & procedures, geoprocessing, georeferencing, data-driven pages etc. 
  • Cartography and map design/layout knowledge including coordinate systems, projections, feature symbolization, display order, definition queries, labelling etc. 
  • Familiarity with computers/tablets including software installation/use & operating system navigation 
  • Experience with .kml, shapefile and ArcGIS geodatabase file formats, including data entry/population/modification/export
  • Ability to convert data between various formats using the necessary software
  • Organizational skills with regard to data archiving, structure, naming conventions and other management standards 

The successful candidate will assist the current GIS team with day-to-day generation of mapping products for various clients. This is a high-production environment . A background in environmental / forest resource management will be considered an asset. 

The position is Full-time Monday through Friday and is available immediately. 

We invite you to apply today!