GIS Intern

Job Description:

GIS Intern

Description

GIS Intern
at The City of Fort Worth
Transportation Public Works

Pay Range: $18.00hr.

Job Posting Closing on: Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Workdays & Hours: Monday - Friday, 15-19 hours a week.

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

A GIS Intern job is available with the City of Fort Worth, Transportation and Public Works Department. The Geographic Information Systems (GIS)/Asset Management Team in the Transportation Public Works Business Support group is responsible for maintaining the GIS data for all infrastructure assets and asset management systems. This position will provide hands on work experience with seasoned GIS professionals and offers an opportunity to put GIS knowledge from the classroom to practical use in the real world. The capacity to learn and adapt to new processes is critical. The position requires good verbal and written communication skills and proficiency in spatial analysis/GIS data development. The intern is required to work well independently and in a team environment.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Working towards a specialization in an Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's or Doctorate's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Computer Science, Information Systems or other GIS related field such as Geographic Information Systems, Geography, Computer Science or Environmental Science.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficient with basic GIS concepts for data review, editing, map production and analysis.
• Experience with the ESRI software suite of software products
• Knowledge of editing experience in ESRI software suite (ArcGIS Pro)
• 6-12 hours of classroom experience with GIS principles and practices in a classroom setting.
• Version Management in Spatial Database Engine (SDE) environment
• Cartography and map design skills
• Experience using ArcGIS Online
• Intermediate to Advanced Microsoft Office Suite

The GIS Internjob responsibilities include:

• Creating and updating geospatial data and attribute information in ArcGIS Pro Desktop environment
• Analyzing vector data and raster documents to accurately digitize the location of features: stormwater infrastructure assets, drainage easements and Stormwater Maintenance Facility Agreement extents.
• Georeference raster files for data extraction. This includes final Plats, stormwater maintenance agreements (SWFMA) and construction engineering plans.
• Streamlining existing processes and improving procedure documentation
• File storage and management in SharePoint and File Explorer

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically require touching, talking, hearing, seeing, grasping, standing, walking and repetitive motions.

Sedentary Work - Depending on assignment, positions in this class typically exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, a negligible amount of force frequently, and/or or constantly having to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Apply Now! Come be part of something special in Fort Worth.

Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.

Closing Date/Time: Tuesday, September 23, 2025

Salary:

$18.00hr.