Subject: Three intern positions are posted on CPS energy website
All,
If you know of a student in the GIS field, please encourage them to apply for internship position that GIS
Services has posted.
http://www.cpsenergy.com/About_CPS_Energy/Careers
02007105-Intern College <60
Job ID #: 787
Location: San Antonio, TX
Functional Area: Technology
Department: GIS Services-77001299
Position Type: Intern or Other Job Types
Education Required: GED/High School Diploma
Experience Required: Less than 1 year
Relocation Provided: No
Posting End Date: February 25, 2011
Position Description
The responsibilities of the GIS Services' Intern include, but are not limited to:
1. Assist in providing accurate gas and electric facility maps of CPS Energy's service area.
2. General knowledge of Geography, Cartography, GIS technology, and various digital data formats such as DGN,
World, or Raster files.
3. General knowledge of ArcGIS software, related data, metadata, and data modeling.
4. Update and maintain electric and gas distribution facilities in CPS Energy's Geographic Database while ensuring
data integrity.
5. Coordinate with various GIS Services' Technicians to resolve field changes and/or field-to-map discrepancies.
6. Accompany a GIS Services' Technician in conducting field research and GPS data collection of electric and gas
facilities.
7. Perform Quality Control and Quality Assurance on all data entered into GIS Database to ensure data integrity.
8. Organize, maintain, and archive computer data, drawings, maps and files.
9. Proficient in analytical problem solving skills.
Position Requirements
A GIS Services' Intern candidate must possess:
1. A minimum of 30 college credit hours with 12 college hours in GIS preferably in the ESRI software.
2. One year experience in Geography/Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, data editing in ArcGIS/ArcFM.
3. General knowledge of updating and maintaining a GIS Database.
4. General knowledge of GIS technology, cartography and various digital data formats such as but not limited to
DGN, World, or Raster files.
5. Ability to produce mapping products for internal and external use.
6. Ability to travel to conduct field surveys.
7. Ability to interpret and implement data from as-built, job construction sketches into standard symbology utilizing
ArcGIS.
8. Ability to follow maintenance procedures and work flow processes
9. General knowledge of Projections and Coordinate Systems such as Texas State Plane Coordinate System (NAD
83).
10. PC experience in a Windows environment utilizing Microsoft Office application software such as Word, Excel,
Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Microsoft Internet Explorer.
11. Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
12. Effective customer service skills.
13. Ability to complete assignments with minimal direct supervision.
14. Strong organizational skills.
15. Strong oral and written communication skills.