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ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN I (GIS- GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS)

City of Torrance

Torrance, CA

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Torrance, CA
POSTED
14 days ago
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The City of Torrance recognizes the principles of diversity and inclusion, and strives to ensure equal opportunities for its workforce, applicants and community members. If you are a person who wants to make a difference, give back to your community, and be a voice for change, apply to the City of Torrance today.

The City of Torrance is recruiting for Engineering Technician Ito be part of the Community Development Team! 

The Department
The Community Development Departmentdelivers a wide variety of programs and services related to planning, building and safety, code enforcement, affordable housing, neighborhood improvement, and historic preservation to help create and maintain more safe, sustainable, and livable neighborhoods.

The Division
The Engineering Services Division provides plan checking and permitting services for construction work proposed in the public right of way to ensure high quality public improvements (specifically non-capital improvement related work).  Land development services and information are also available from the Engineering Division. The division is supported by the GIS team which provides infrastructure information, aerial imagery and geographic information.

The Position
As the entry level class in the technical series, the Engineering Technician I (GIS) works under immediate supervision, performing variety of routine technical duties in maintaining and supporting City and departmental geographic information systems (GIS) and GIS databases; uses standard GIS tools and generates standard GIS products.
 
The Engineering Technician I (GIS) performs duties primarily focused on GIS data creation and maintenance to support departmental and City-wide geographic information systems capabilities. Incumbents utilize standard GIS tools and utilities to enter and correct data in GIS databases, researching a variety of source documents to verify data accuracy and completeness, and to generate standard GIS products including maps. Work assigned involves proficiency in the use of basic to standard GIS software, tools and utilities to carry out assignments ranging from basic to routine and is performed following specific and detailed instructions as to methods, procedures and guidelines.

For more information about the duties of the position, click here.  
Job Type: Permanent Full-time
Agency: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Location: Torrance

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