GIS Analyst - Planning

• Job Description

  Job Summary
  
  We are looking for a GIS Analyst to join our Planning Team!
  
  The purpose of this position is to assist the Planning Division by assigning addresses and maintaining the address point GIS layer, maintaining, and updating Planning's GIS layers, and creating maps and conducting spatial analysis as needed for current planning and long-range planning.
  
  Essential Job Functions
  
  

  • Addressing: Assigns addresses and maintains the address point GIS layer, communicates address assignments with internal and external customers, reviews proposed street names and oversees street name change requests, assists internal and external customers with addressing issues or questions. Conducts an address review for all development requests. Assigns addresses, assigns suite numbers, and verifies addresses for any requests outside of the development review process. Updates external agencies such as the post office, TC-911, and appraisal districts with assigned addresses. Creates and maintains documentation for address assignments and addressing policies.
    
    
  • GIS Layers: Maintains and updates Planning's GIS layers, including subdivisions, site plans, specific use permits, zoning, zoning planned developments, and corridor overlay districts, while adhering to organizational quality standards. Interprets and transfers data from source documents including digital and/or printed plats, record drawings, plans, and legal descriptions.
    
    
  • Special Requests: creates maps and conducts analysis for special area plans or studies and creates maps depicting opposition to current planning cases.
    
    
  • All other duties as assigned by a supervisor/manager within your department/division.

  
  
  Minimum Qualifications
  
  Any combination equivalent to experience and training that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities may qualify. A typical way to obtain the knowledge, skills and abilities would be:
  
  

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Geographic Information Systems or City or Urban Planning with a Certificate in Geographic Information Systems
    
    
  • Experience: 1 year of directly related experience.
    
    
  • Licenses: Valid Driver's License required
    
    
  • Certifications Required: Certificate of Geographic Information Systems

  
  
  The City offers a full range of benefits for full time employees, including, but not limited to the plans as defined in the Benefits Guide. Summary of Benefits
  
  Closing Date/Time: 10/11/2024 5:00 PM Central

• Special Instructions

  10/11/2024 5:00 PM Central

• ABOUT THE COMPANY

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  • City of Grand Prairie

   

  Welcome to the City of Grand Prairie!  We Live Life Grand here – about 200,640 residents call Grand Prairie home, and we’re still growing.  Grand Prairie is the 16th largest city in Texas and the 125th largest city in the United States, but we still have small town values.  We are rated the #1 Best Place to Retire in the U.S., 2nd Happiest City in Texas, 5th Best City for First-Time Home Buyers in Texas, 7th Safest Large City in Texas, and in the Top 50 U.S. Best Place to
  Raise a Family!

  We have attractions that draw almost 10 million visitors a year to: 

  • Epic Waters Indoor Water Park showcasing 80,000 square feet of year-round water fun referred to as a “cruise ship on land”
  • The Summit Active Adult Center with state-of-the-art fitness training, indoor infinity edge pool with lap lanes and exercise vortex, theater, game room, sauna
  • PlayGrand Adventures (10-acre, all-accessible playground) is an exciting opportunity to provide a safe and fun playground experience for all ages and abilities (open late 2019)
  • Firehouse Gastro Park restaurant downtown (conversion of historic Firehouse #1)
  • Lone Star Park Thoroughbred Horse Race Track
  • The Theatre at Grand Prairie concert venue
  • Historic Uptown Theater in downtown
  • IKEA, Living Spaces and the Premium Outlet Mall
  • Traders Village
  • Lake Joe Pool
  • Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! And Palace of Wax
  • Epic Central Park, a 172-acre park with five lakes, a Grand Lawn amphitheater, trails and a water and light show
  • Chicken N’ Pickle
  • Bolder Adventure Park
  • The Epic Arts, Fitness and Entertainment Center with $1 million in cardio and strength training equipment, indoor walking/jogging track, group fitness and more

  Grand Prairie recently welcomed more than 50 new restaurants and retail stores along SH 161, and development continues at a brisk pace. The city offers a vibrant lifestyle, with the best parks in the nation, more amenities than most, affordable to affluent housing and friendly neighbors.

  City employees work hard to ensure Grand Prairie is known as an organization that creates Raving Fans by delivering world-class service.  Our employee family and elected officials constantly live our values, aggressively move toward our vision and are always looking for ways to make the business of running a city even better.The hard work, positive input and optimism of all our city employees all play a key role in our success.  We look forward to you joining our
  team!

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