GIS Intern

Salary: $27.82 Hourly
Location : Tacoma, WA
Job Type: Classified
Job Number: 4608-25
Department: Water
Opening Date: 04/12/2025
Closing Date: 4/28/2025 5:00 PM Pacific

Position Description
Tacoma Water is offering three internship opportunities to work in an environment where their GIS skills can be applied, receive hands-on experience, and work side-by-side with experienced professionals in Tacoma Water's GIS group or hydraulic modeling team

Each position will provide technical support for a variety of GIS projects, assisting in data acquisition, conversion, and creation. Work will include analysis, reporting, tracking, and resolution of data quality issues and enhancement of the water network to better serve the business and operational needs of Tacoma Water. There may be opportunities to assist with coding and development of GIS environment for candidates with programming experience or Esri Web environment experience.

Hours and Terms:
The approved hours for this position are up to 40 hours per week. The amount of hours and schedule are negotiable. A partial telework schedule may be available; however, a minimum of three days of in-office work per week is expected.
Qualifications

An equivalent combination to:

• Graduation from high school or GED
• Typically the applicant should be enrolled in college or study programs related to information technology or possess equivalent experience

Desired Qualifications:

• Coursework and/or experience in geographic information systems
• Familiarity with Esri ArcGIS desktop and/or web environment and Microsoft office suite (Excel, Word)

Selection Process & Supplemental Information
City of Tacoma Commitment to Diversity and InclusionTacoma's diversity is its greatest asset. Tacoma embraces its multi-cultural and multi-ethnic character. Communities of color and immigrant communities are fundamental to Tacoma's entrepreneurial spirit, workforce, and long-term success. In Tacoma, equity and empowerment are top priorities, meaning that all Tacoma residents must have equitable opportunities to reach their full potential and share in the benefits of community progress. One of our goals is for the City of Tacoma workforce to reflect the community it serves. We actively work to eliminate racial and other disparities and welcome candidates with diverse backgrounds and/or multicultural skill sets and experiences. Our goal is for Tacoma to be an inclusive and equitable place to live, work, and play.

The City of Tacoma is an Equal Opportunity Employer and values diversity in its workplace. Applicants are considered for positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, marital or veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, and local laws.

ApplyInterested individuals shouldapply online and attach a detailed resume and cover letter. Applicants who have the strongest backgrounds related to the responsibilities of this opening may be invited to participate in an interview.
Reference checks will be conducted on final candidates and appointment is subject to passing a background check. This position is covered by a Labor Agreement between the City of Tacoma and local 120.

Communication from the City of Tacoma:
We primarily communicate via e-mail during the application process. E-mails from cityoftacoma.org and/or must be placed on your safe domain list to ensure that you receive notifications in a timely manner. As a precaution, you may also want to check your junk e-mail folders.

If you have any additional questions regarding this position, please contact the Human Resources Department at before 4pm on the closing date of this posting.
The City of Tacoma provides excellent medical, dental and vision plans for the whole family; paid holidays and paid leave; participation in the Tacoma Employees' Retirement System (alternate plan for Police/Fire); continuing education and advancement opportunities and a growing variety of City-sponsored health and wellness opportunities and incentives.

Medical Coverage: For eligible employees and their families, including domestic partners and dependent children age 26 or younger.

Dental Coverage: For eligible employees and their families, including domestic partners and dependent children age 26 or younger.

Vision Coverage: For eligible employees and their eligible dependents.

Paid Leave: City employees are entitled to received paid holidays, sick/vacation leave or personal time off (PTO), depending upon union affiliation and appointment type.

Insurance Plans: Employees are covered by a long-term disability plan. Short-term and expanded long-term disability insurance plans are also available to employees. The State Industrial Insurance Act also covers employees.

Deferred Compensation: Income can be set aside on a pretax basis and invested for supplementation of normal retirement income.

Retirement: All employees of the City, except members of the Police and Fire services, Tacoma Rail and certain project employees, are included in the Tacoma Employees' Retirement System. Information on the Tacoma Employees' Retirement System can be found at or by calling .

Other Employment Information

Direct Deposit: Employees are paid on a bi-weekly schedule by direct deposit.

Salary Increases: Based on satisfactory job performance, the City provides for a regular progression of salary increases for most classifications according to the salary schedule.

Union Affiliation: Many job classifications are covered by union security provisions which require union membership, dues, or payment of equivalent service fees.

Note: The provisions of this job announcement do not constitute an expressed or implied contract. Any provision contained herein may be modified and/or revoked without notice.
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Responses to supplemental questions must be original content created by the applicant using their own words. The use of online tools or resources to create responses, such as Artificial Intelligence (ChatGPT, etc.), Google, Bing, etc., or plagiarism in any form, is considered cheating and falsification of the application.I understand that any form of cheating or falsification will disqualify my application for further consideration.

• Yes
• No

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Have you graduated from high school or obtained your GED?

• Yes
• No

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Are you currently enrolled in one of the following that is related to information technology:

• Vocational school
• Community college
• Four year college or university - Undergraduate
• Graduate Program
• A recent graduate who has completed a degree from an accredited college/university within the last year
• No, I possess equivalent experience in information technology
• None of the above

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What is your major course of study/degree in?
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Describe your experience with Esri software; include total number of months, extension(s) used, and latest software version. Please list all versions of Esri Desktop software experience and/or Esri web environments. Also list any programming experience and associated programming languages. If you do not have any experience, please state "N/A".
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Describe your experience creating and maintaining geographical and tabular data. Include total number of months of experience, along with details on how you gathered, improved, and used quality control methods. Also include any experience with Esri Modelbuilder, data management practices, or spatial analysis. Explain your role if done as part of a team. If you do not have any experience, please state "N/A".
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One of the City's Principles that guides us is Equity. Describe what equity means to you and describe an experience you have working with diverse groups of people.
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