Responsible for assisting the Engineering Department with maintaining and updating GIS datasets related to the City’s water, sanitary, storm, and transportation networks and supporting work translating data sets to a new GIS Platform.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Manager of Engineering & Infrastructure, you will be assisting the Engineering Department with various Geographic Information System (GIS) tasks related to spatial data management.

The successful candidate will support the transition to a new GIS platform and assist with mapping, data management, and field data collection while ensuring accuracy and consistency in GIS records.

The student will also perform general office duties to assist with engineering and operational activities.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will be enrolled in a full-time postsecondary Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Geomatics, Geography, or related program (diploma or degree) with completion of the first year of the program or the minimum courses required to be considered for Co-op experience.

An hourly rate of $23.05 + 10% in lieu of benefits in accordance with the Collective Agreement with CUPE Local 2262.

Please visit our website at www.castlegar.ca for a full job description as well as additional background information on our community.

Qualified applicants are invited to submit their detailed resume via email by 9:00 a.m. on March 24, 2025 to hr@castlegar.ca with the subject GIS Co-Op/Career Path Student.

We wish to express our appreciation to all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position and advise that only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Applicants must be legally able to work in Canada.

About Castlegar

Live more at one-third the average housing price of metro Vancouver and two-thirds the B.C. average. Be an outdoors action hero in the West Kootenay wild, in British Columbia’s interior, where the Columbia and Kootenay rivers meet and endless adventures are right in your backyard.

Work for a City going places – with an ambitious vision, a dynamic municipal government, and a track record of doing cool things – including Millennium Ponds, Sculpturewalk, and an ongoing refresh of Columbia Avenue, our main artery. The City of Castlegar is growing and we’re looking for the perfect person to get in on the action.

To view all available job positions or learn about applying for a City position, please visit castlegar.ca/careers