Environmental/Gis Technician Jobs

Tier: 1

Department: Planning and Environmental Protection

Supervisor: Lead Environmental Technician

Location: 15498 K Road

Pay Range: $17.60-$25.04

• Benefits for Full-Time: Weekly pay periods, Holiday pay, paid Birthday leave, Weekly accruals for Vacation & Sick leave, Administrative, Bereavement, and Educational Leave available, Low-Cost & Low-Deductible Benefits Plans & Generous 401(k) matching program.
• Preference in employment actions exercised in accordance with applicable law. Applicants must provide proof of eligibility for preference.
• Offering rate will vary within the listed hourly range above. *Supported by the Department budget & related experience/education*

Questions before applying? 785-966-3060 or [email protected]

Summary

The Environmental GIS Technician coordinates the Clean Water Act Section 319 and Wetland programs. Coordination of programs include grant development, implementation, and reporting. In addition, this position is responsible for providing GIS support to environmental programs.

Minimum Requirements

Driving: Must have a valid Kansas driver's license and be insurable with the Nation's insurance

Experience: Two years to five years of similar or related experience, a record of satisfactory attendance and performance

Education: A two-year College degree or completion of a specialized course of study at a business or trade school in Environmental Science, Biology, Chemistry, Ecology, Geography, or related discipline

Interpersonal Skills: A significant level of trust and diplomacy is required, in addition to normal courtesy and tact. Work involves extensive personal contact with others and/or can be of a personal or sensitive nature. Work may involve motivating or influencing others. Outside contacts become important and fostering sound relationships with other entities (companies and/or individuals) becomes necessary and often requires the ability to influence and/or sell ideas or services to others.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of laws, legal codes, business and management, and public safety and security
• General knowledge of Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology, and the using scientific rules and methods to problem solve.
• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, grammar and media production.
• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services

Skills

• Active listening
• Instructing other and coordination of duties
• Critical Thinking
• Reading Comprehension
• Complex Problem Solving and Decision Making, system analysis and operations monitoring
• Time Management

Abilities

• Problem solving, deductive and inductive reasoning, and mathematical reasoning.
• The ability to see details at close and far range, keep arms and hands steady, match or detect differences between colors
• Oral and written comprehension and expression of self and others, and the ability to speak clearly and confidently, and to focus on a task for an extended period of time and to arrange things per specific rule or set of rules
• Ability to identify or detect a known pattern
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly
• The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among like or different items.

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