GIS Analyst I

Aqua, an Essential Utilities company, employs people in a variety of roles within our eight-state footprint, ranging from field workers and customer service representatives who are on the front lines working with customers, to scientists and engineers who help ensure we're delivering reliable water and wastewater services to our communities. If you're looking for a rewarding career helping improve our environment and protect our natural resources, we encourage you to join our team!

About Essential Utilities

Essential Utilities, Inc. delivers safe, clean, reliable services that improve quality of life for individuals, families, and entire communities.

Operating as the Aqua (water and wastewater services) and the Peoples and Delta (natural gas) brands, Essential serves approximately 5.5 million people across 10 states. We are committed to sustainable growth, operational excellence, a superior customer experience, and premier employer status - including a competitive and comprehensive benefits package as well as a commitment to career growth opportunities.

We are advocates for the communities we serve and are dedicated stewards of natural lands, protecting more than 7,600 acres of forests and other habitats throughout our footprint.

Our company is one of the most significant publicly traded water, wastewater service and natural gas providers in the U.S.

Are you looking for a fantastic career at Aqua America? We are seeking an experienced, motivated individual to join Aqua as a Geographic
Information System (GIS) Analyst 1 in the Bryn Mawr, PA area!

As part of the Aqua team, you work alongside other geospatial professionals to server our customer and state companies of Aqua. Managing GIS databases to support as-built information, integration with other systems (SAP, etc.), and using the tools in ESRI software to their full potential. Understanding and mastery of the ESRI suite of software is required. Data analysis and management using the Microsoft Office suite and Microsoft SQL Server is preferred. The successful candidate will have prior experience in these areas and demonstrate a problem-solving mindset.

Must be capable of working independently and managing multiple projects. Frequent communication with, and occasional travel to other

states is required.

DUTIES:

• Communicate regularly with operations and engineering staff throughout all Aqua states to understand specific business requirements and needs in those states. Occasional travel to those states will be required.
• Identify and recommend GIS solutions that can be implemented to meet business requirements.
• Work with Aqua GIS staff and/or contractors to implement and support GIS solutions.
• Fully understand GIS data model and be capable of querying the database to produce data in response to requests from the business.
• Be able to "merge" data from multiple information systems in order to solve problems.
• Attend meetings with various levels of operations and management.
• Provide training support for GIS users.
• Support hydraulic modeling. This includes using GIS to generate hydraulic models as well as using the hydraulic models to analyze problems and recommend solutions.
• Work with GIS Administrator to support GIS operations.
• Monitor and respond to e-mail inquiries to the GIS e-mail inbox.
• Assists with other tasks or projects as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• College graduate with B.S. in engineering or other technical major.
• Must be familiar with Esri GIS software products including ArcGIS Desktop 10.0 or later.
• At least two (2) years experience with GIS applications including hands-on experience with digital mapping, digitization, scanning, data entry and data conversion issues.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills; communicate effectively (clearly, concisely and professionally) with internal customers.
• Ability to work well under pressure.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• A team player able to work effectively in a team fostered multi-tasking environment.

Aqua, an Essential Utilities company is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. Equal employment opportunity is provided to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to the following legally protected characteristics: race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions, including medical conditions related to lactation), physical or mental disability, covered-veteran status, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state or federal law.
Aqua is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you have a condition that may prevent you from applying for a job online or need to request an accommodation during the interview process, please call (1-877-271-9012).
To maintain the integrity of the recruitment process and to avoid real or perceived conflicts of interest due to employment and/or assignment of family members and personal referrals, specific guidelines apply to the hiring and assignment of these individuals including, but not limited to:

• Family members cannot result in a supervisor/subordinate reporting relationship
• Family members cannot work in the same department.