Solid Waste - GIS Intern

Solid Waste

Solid Waste – GIS Intern

Temp 6: Starting Hourly Rate: $18.68

Work Schedule: 32 – 40 hours per week, flexible hours available between Monday – Friday 8am – 5pm.

(This is a temporary position and can work 3-4 consecutive months)

The Solid Waste (GIS) Intern reports to GIS Specialist in the Public Works Unit at the City of Ann Arbor.

Nature of Work:

Collect field data with handheld GPS or tablet and camera for location and count of recycling carts for various commercial and multi-family locations with the City of Ann Arbor.

Data entry and quality control of information for recycle carts, customer information and other infrastructure sources into the City’s GIS.

Create maps and generate reports from the GIS, databases and spreadsheets.

The City will provide hands-on training and software training for any hardware or software (outside of standard ArcGIS desktop software) used to manage recycle cart information and assets.

Required Qualifications:


* GIS coursework and one year of experience with ESRI GIS software use.


* Valid driver’s license


* Ability to work independently and capture relevant field data via GIS, GPS technologies for input and geocoding of assets and asset attributes with direction from senior staff.


* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:


* Experience using ESRI’s suite of GIS applications and Microsoft Office products.


* Particularly with MS SQL Server (i.e., Geodatabases) or similar database and Excel.


* Geography or related background.

Work Schedule/Duration of Assignment: This position will work up to 40 hours a week, for an approximately 3-month assignment.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties of this job.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

Positions in this class typically require: driving, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.

Duties entail the ability to work at a computer keyboard and on the telephone for extended periods of time.

Operating standard office equipment requiring continuous or repetitive hand/arm movements.

Move and lift objects up to 20 lbs.

such as mail, files and supplies.

Move and drag objects up to 50 lbs.

such as concrete handhole lids.

Walk for extended distances up to 5 miles, with intermittent kneeling and crouching.

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