GIS Intern

Job Description

GIS Intern | Fisher Associates

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Fisher Associates, located in Buffalo, NY. Fisher Associates supports a broad range of infrastructure, municipal, transportation, utility, environmental, and civil/site projects. This role is crucial for establishing and maintaining GIS production in the Buffalo area, ensuring accurate mapping, clean data, and client-ready deliverables that enable better decision-making for internal teams and clients alike.

The TL;DR
• Role: GIS Intern
• Type: Full-time role
• Location: In-person, Buffalo, NY
• Pay: $23 hourly
• Team: Land Survey + Data Solutions and other Fisher sectors
• Mission: Launch Buffalo-area GIS production to provide accurate mapping, clean data, and client-ready deliverables for various infrastructure and civil projects.
• Tech Stack: ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise, GPS/mobile collection, ArcGIS Field Maps, Survey123, Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel

What You’ll Actually Do
• Data Management: Enter, edit, manipulate, convert, migrate, and automate GIS data in support of active project work, internal teams, and client deliverables.
• Map Creation: Create maps, GIS layers, and exhibits using field-collected data, GPS/mobile data, survey information, and inputs from Fisher project teams.
• Cartographic Standards: Maintain consistent cartographic standards while tailoring maps and geospatial outputs to each project’s technical, client, and presentation needs.
• Quality Control: Help identify and resolve missing, conflicting, or incomplete information through careful review, communication, and quality-control practices.
• Workflow Adherence: Work across Land Survey + Data Solutions and other Fisher sectors while following established procedures, data standards, naming conventions, and QA/QC expectations.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in process for GIS, Geography, Computer Science, or a related degree with extensive GIS coursework required or in progress.
• Experience: Hands-on familiarity with ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, and/or ArcGIS Enterprise environments. Experience collecting GPS data in the field and using mobile data collection applications such as ArcGIS Field Maps and Survey123 is preferred.
• Skills: Strong attention to detail, critical thinking, sound judgment, professional communication, organization, and time management.
• Bonus: Coursework or early-career experience in GIS data management, cartography, geospatial analysis, mobile data collection, asset inventories, or infrastructure mapping; comfort working with Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel; ability to communicate with supervisors, GIS staff, survey teams, engineers, planners, and project managers; interest in municipal, transportation, civil/site, environmental, utility, planning, survey, and community-shaping project work.