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Job Details
Employment Type: | Contract | |
Client: | Occidental Petroleum Corporation - Houston | |
City: | The Woodlands | |
State: | TX | |
Status: | Active | |
Description: | Key Responsibilities: Serve as subject matter expert for geospatial data within IT Geo Tech & Data (GTD) team. Create innovative solutions to improve processes, workflow, best practices, and service delivery. Definition, implementation, and maintenance of policies, standards (application, acquisition, and delivery), procedures, and guidelines relating to survey data. Promoting naming conventions, industry-standard acronyms, codes, units of measure & symbols. Coordinate activities with survey companies and monitor progress to ensure survey results are delivered on time and within budget. Coordinates the transfer of survey data to the GTD team for interface into SDE. Create and maintain ETL to integrate spatial and non-spatial data from various sources, including Oxys SoRs. Ensures accurate and timely communication of daily operational and project-related updates to stakeholders. Reviews survey data for completeness and accuracy and provides clarification and/or interpretation for resolution to any questions or discrepancies found. Recognizing and fixing errors & inconsistencies in geospatial data and fundamental workflows while managing implications of moving data and maps to avoid data connection issues in managing geospatial data. Know how and when to apply datum transformations, recognize, troubleshoot, and repair coordinate reference issues in existing datasets, and determine which projection was likely used for a historical dataset. Required Qualifications: Bachelor of Science degree Geomatics, Geospatial Science, Geography, or equivalent discipline. Minimum five (5) years of experience working in upstream oil & gas industry. Minimum five (5) years of experience maintaining data within SDE databases. Proficiency in ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online and Portal, Geospatial Analysis, and Geoprocessing Tools. Proficiency in Geographic Calculator, Global Mapper, and FME Desktop. Functional knowledge of Land Surveying methods and field survey operations. Proficiency in Horizontal Reference Systems, Vertical Reference Systems, and Geoids models. Proficiency in Imagery Processing, Digital Elevation Models, LiDAR data, and UAS data. Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to understand customer requests which are frequently in non-technical terms. Desired Qualifications: Geographic Information System certification. Functional knowledge of upstream oil & gas business objectives, jargon, and data concepts. Basic knowledge of SQL Server databases and SQL queries. ArcGIS Model Builder and/or FME experience. Basic knowledge of Python scripting. Excellent people skills with ability to engage at all levels of the organization. Excellent problem-solving skills with ability to troubleshoot geospatial data related issues. Creative and critical thinker with focus on process improvement and efficiencies. Ability to prioritize work with low levels of supervision. Self-driven with a positive attitude and open to new ideas and methodologies. |
Required Skills :
Basic knowledge of SQL Server databases and SQL queries.
ArcGIS Model Builder and/or FME experience.
Basic knowledge of Python scripting. Minimum five (5) years of experience working in upstream oil & gas industry.
Minimum five (5) years of experience maintaining data within SDE databases.
Proficiency in ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online and Portal, Geospatial Analysis, and Geoprocessing Tools.
Proficiency in Geographic Calculator, Global Mapper, and FME Desktop.