GIS Specialist II

Job Summary:

The mission of the USGS Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center (GEMSC) is to assess the nation’s and the world’s undiscovered energy resources and to investigate the environmental effects of resource extraction. To achieve this mission, the Center’s research program includes long-term and geographically extensive efforts to address large problems through a series of conceptually linked studies. This includes work in a variety of energy basins, and fundamental research related to energy resources and energy-related environmental issues.

Akima Systems Engineering is look for a GIS Specialist II to provide GIS services for Carbon and Energy Storage, Emissions, and Economics (CESEE) project. The request is to 1. Work with CESEE project members, contractors, and other GIS specialists from related USGS projects, to assimilate gathered data and GIS files to create maps of mafic and ultramafic rock bodies for a CO2 mineralization assessment, 2. Integrate thickness data to calculate rock volumes for the rock body shape files, 3. Incorporate chemical characterization data to create maps of suitability of rock bodies for CO2 mineralization, and 4. Work with CESEE project members on other GIS products; to craft maps and other products for publication; and produce metadata for all data products created during the course of the contractor’s work.

Job Responsibilities:

• Task 1. Draft maps of mafic and ultramafic (as well as other geologic sources of alkalinity) rock bodies.

  • Work with USGS scientists to create maps of rock bodies that can be used for CO2 mineralization.

  • Work with CESEE project members and contractors to create maps of the location and extent of these rock bodies, as well as their depth from the surface.

  • Ensure that metadata is created for all data sources and map products.

• Task 2. Integrate thickness data and determine rock volumes.

  • Work with USGS scientists to gather sources of rock body thickness data. These data may come from existing USGS publicly available or proprietary sources, as well as newly gathered geophysical data from other USGS projects.

  • Work with CESEE project scientists to create map products that can be used to support probabilistic assessment methods.

  • Ensure that metadata is created for all data sources and map products.

• Task 3. Incorporate chemical characterization data into map products.

  • Work with USGS scientists in general and CESEE staff specifically to incorporate existing publicly available and proprietary chemical can compositional data into map products to determine the relative availability of suitable rocks for CO2 mineralization.

  • Ensure that metadata is created for all data sources and map products.

• Task 4. Craft maps, related data products, and metadata for publication and data releases.

  • Work with CESEE staff and other USGS employees to craft maps, related data products, and metadata for publication and data releases.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Use GIS techniques to provide better understanding of certain variables in a given geographic location.

• Ability to extract data from GIS software and analyze methods to arrive at results.

• Provides maps and data sets to clients for supplemental analysis.

• Bachelor’s degree and 2-3 years of experience in field.

• Knowledge of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures with GIS.