The City of Friendswood is currently accepting applications for a summer GIS Intern. This position supports the GIS Division by assisting with GIS projects, spatial data maintenance, and digitizing activities. The internship provides hands-on experience in a professional municipal government environment, allowing students to apply classroom knowledge, develop technical GIS skills, and gain exposure to local government GIS practices and workflows.

Work Performed:

• Aid in managing the city's GIS program, with supervision, by following established procedures and schedules for routine maintenance of data.
• Coordinate with GIS Manager to assist in data collection.
• Import, integrate, update, clean and validate data from multiple sources.
• Digitize paper maps and filing them in the City's document filling system.
• Occasional field collection work accompanied by the City's GIS Field Technician.
• Create, import, edit and maintain data in the City's GIS geodatabase. Perform data analysis, map and application production.
• Develop knowledge of internal structures, maintenance procedures, process customization, external interfaces, and GIS mapping development trends.
• Understand the principles and practices of cartography, automated mapping, map projections, coordinate systems, and coordinate geometry.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

• Completion of at least one year of college coursework in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Geography, Landscape Architecture, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Urban Planning, Drafting, Computer-Aided Drafting and Design (CADD), or a related field.
• Previous experience following or applying routine procedures, policies, and/or methods learned in a classroom setting.
• Valid driver's license with acceptable driving record.