GIS / CAD Specialist

Job Description

Take Your Environmental Career to the Next Level 

Kleinfelder, a Forbes' Top Employer for Engineers in North America, is committed to a people-first culture, technical excellence, and creating opportunities where employees can thrive!

Are you ready to be challenged, make a difference, and experience professional growth in your career? Kleinfelder's Environmental team is looking for you! From environmental planning, permitting, remediation, and site characterization to chemical data management and hydrogeology, Kleinfelder offers a variety of services designed to provide technically appropriate and cost-effective solutions.  

Step Into Your New Role

Kleinfelder is looking to add a GIS / CAD Specialist to support environmental, engineering, and construction-related projects. This work may include environmental assessment and remediation, industrial facility management and redevelopment, water and stormwater management, civil planning, and field-data collection.  This position may be based in Houston, Kingsville, or another Kleinfelder office, depending on the qualifications and location of the selected candidate.

The successful candidate will support day-to-day GIS and CAD activities, including data development, spatial analysis, map production, GPS data processing, data visualization, and quality control. The candidate will transform existing information, field-collected data, survey information, CAD files, and other data resources into accurate working documents and client-ready deliverables.

Job responsibilities

• Develop GIS maps, figures, dashboards, and other visual products for environmental, engineering, and construction projects.
• Compile, edit, organize, and maintain geospatial data from field, laboratory, survey, CAD, and historical sources.
• Perform spatial analysis, geoprocessing, geocoding, coordinate transformation, and data conversion.
• Convert information between GIS and CAD formats while preserving coordinate systems, attributes, and project standards.
• Process mapping-grade GPS data and support mobile field-data collection.
• Review maps, drawings, and datasets for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with established specifications.
• Support map automation and repeatable workflows using Python, ArcGIS ModelBuilder, or similar tools.
• Assist with the publication and configuration of web maps, hosted feature layers, and field applications.
• Coordinate with project managers, technical staff, field personnel, data managers, and other GIS professionals.
• Organize project files and document data sources, processing steps, assumptions, and quality-control reviews.
• Manage multiple assignments and respond to changing project priorities.

Position requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in geography, environmental science, geographic information systems, civil engineering technology, or a related field that includes GIS coursework.
• Zero to three years of relevant GIS, CAD, mapping, or geospatial data experience.
• Working knowledge of Esri ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, or comparable GIS applications.
• Familiarity with AutoCAD and GIS-to-CAD data conversion.
• Understanding of coordinate systems, projections, cartographic principles, geoprocessing tools, raster and vector data, and map composition.
• Ability to work with large and varied datasets.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accurate documentation.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while coordinating with multidisciplinary teams.

Preferred skills and experience

• Experience with ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Field Maps, Survey123, Experience Builder, Dashboards, or other Esri field and web applications.
• Experience with Python, ArcPy, ModelBuilder, SQL, or other workflow-automation tools.
• Familiarity with enterprise geodatabases, hosted feature services, versioned data, or multi-editor environments.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, Mapbox, Leaflet, JavaScript, HTML, or CSS.
• Experience supporting environmental, remediation, industrial, water, stormwater, or civil infrastructure projects.
• Familiarity with environmental databases, including EQuIS, is a plus.

Following an offer, candidates will be required to satisfactorily complete employment reference checks, verification of professional licensure and/or educational credentials, a motor vehicle report (MVR), and a comprehensive background check.

Move Forward with Kleinfelder: Kleinfelder and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, has been connecting great people to the best work since 1961. We are engineers, scientists, and construction professionals providing solutions that improve our clients’ transportation, water, energy, and other private infrastructure. As a responsive, cross-disciplinary team of bright, curious, and innovative problem-solvers, we are dedicated to doing the right thing, every day, on every project from over 110 offices in the US, Canada, and Australia. Connecting great people to the best work is our purpose – together, we deliver.  

Progress with an Employer that Values You 

Kleinfelder, and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, is an inclusive organization free from discrimination. We are a stronger organization when we are a diverse workforce and believe that through diversity, equity, and inclusion comes creativity, innovation, and unity. We are proud to offer the following:  

Benefits:Kleinfelder, and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, offers an excellent compensation and benefits package, including: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) plan, and paid holidays.  

Career Development:We are committed to investing in the professional development of our staff, offering each employee every opportunity to grow, develop, and take control of their career paths. We support these efforts through reimbursements for continuing education as well as many of the expenses associated with trainings and certifications, and opportunities for career development through our internal Mentoring Program.  

Equal Opportunity:Kleinfelder, and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans. (Compliant with the new VEVRAA and Section 503 rules)  

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES  

Please note that Kleinfelder, and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, Kleinfelder, and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, will not consider or agree to payment for any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Kleinfelder, and its’ subsidiaries and affiliates, explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resume, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Kleinfelder.