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EMERGENCY APPOINTMENT

Geographic Information Systems Specialist

Solid Resources Support Services Division, (SRSSD) One (1) position and

Wastewater Engineering Services Division, (WESD) One (1) position

OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE (1) EMERGENCY Geographic Information System Specialist IN THE SOLID RESOURCES SUPPORT SERVICES DIVISION. This position will support the implementation of city-wide refuse collection fleet routing and the integration of IoT systems in the tracking of refuse collection vehicles between a telematics platform and an ESRI GeoEvent system. The assignment location is at the Public Works Building, 5^th floor. It will also include site visits at the different LA Sanitation facilities.

OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE (1) EMERGENCY Geographic Information System Specialist IN THE WASTEWATER ENGINEERING SERVICES DIVISION. This position will support Clean Water planning and operations as well as the implementation of a new Enterprise Asset Management System across the LA Sanitation & Environment organization. The assignment location is at Media Center Dr. It will also include site visits at the different LA Sanitation facilities.

 APPLICATION DEADLINE:    07/29/26, 5:00 pm

 WORK SCHEDULE: 9/80 with telecommuting option

LOCATION:  

(SRSSD) Public Works Building

1149 S Broadway, 5th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90015

(WESD) Media Training Center

2714 Media Training Center Drive

Los Angeles, CA 90065 

    MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

1. A bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university with a major in geographic information systems,  geography, environmental science, earth science, computer science, or in a closely related field; and completion of 12 semester or 18 quarter units in geographic information systems; or

2. Two years of full-time paid experience utilizing any level of ESRI’s ArcGIS Product suite software, or other GIS software utilizing a geospatially enabled Relational Data Base Management System (RDBMS).

NOTICE REGARDING EMERGENCY APPOINTMENT:

When a civil service eligible list does not exist for a class, a Department can fill the vacancy by “Emergency Appointment.” A candidate selected for emergency appointment will not gain civil service status rights to the class or position. An emergency appointment is not a regular appointment. It is a temporary appointment, which does not require that you successfully compete in the Civil Service examination process. Emergency appointments are subject to the approval of the Personnel Department. The length of an emergency appointment is a maximum of one year, or until the establishment of an eligible list, whichever comes first, and shall be terminated immediately when a regular appointment can be made (City Charter Section 1013). Once the civil service announcement is made, all employees interested in the position, including the individual selected for the emergency appointment, must compete for the position. An emergency appointment does not guarantee selection to fill a permanent/regular position.