Field Data Surveyor / Data Manager? - Military veterans preferred

Title:

Field Data Surveyor / Data Manager?

KBR is seeking a? Field Data Surveyor / Data Manager ?to join its talented team in? Sioux Falls, South Dakota .?? KBR, headquartered in Houston, Texas, is the primary contractor to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for performing work at the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center ( http://eros.usgs.gov/ ) near Sioux Falls, SD ( http://www.siouxfalls.org ).?

The Field Data Surveyor/Data Manager for Landsat Calibration Validation (CalVal) activities is responsible for designing and operating field plans for a wide variety of scientific data acquisitions designed for calibration/validation of airborne and/or satellite systems along with scientific analysis of temporal environmental changes.

Core Responsibilities

• Performon-site field surveysusing a variety of instruments and tools
• Prepareacquisitionproposalsforpossible field data collections to present to USGSProject Management
• Requestsite access from a variety of differentland management officeslikenational parkservices, Bureauof Land Management,to private property
• Coordinate field staff, vehicles, and equipment fordeployment and during operations/acquisitions
• Interfacewithand report to USGSProjectManagementover field campaignstatus and results
• Processfielddata for USGS Project Management
• Verifyground survey data for accuracyand projectioninformation
• Researchprevious results and compare withnewly acquired data
• Perform maintenanceand upkeep on a wide variety of field collection instruments
• Support characterization of satellite and other imagery as needed

Other Responsibilities

• Participate in peer reviews
• Prepare and present results toUSGS Project Management and/or other groups as needed
• Perform other duties as assigned by the LandsatCalValTeam Lead
• Write and publish white papers and journal articles as needed

Experience

• Minimum of 5 yearsinperformingground and/or bathymetricfieldsurveys orrelated experience in afield data acquisitionrole
• Preference will be given to anyone with experience in satellite ground systems, remote sensing data capture,terrestrial/mobilelidar acquisition/processing,data management anddistribution,bathymetric data acquisition/analysis(sonar or bathymetric lidar),ground controlacquisition/processing (base station,rovers, RTK, totalstation, etc.), or relevantexperience

Education

• Bachelor of Scienceor equivalent(accredited)degree inSurveying,Civil Engineering, Forestry,System Characterization,and/orPhotogrammetry
• Preferencewill be givento applicants thathave majored in surveying, or havein-field experiencein performing ground control and/orbathymetric data acquisitions

Required Skills

• Knowledge ofground control surveysand processingof control data
• Ability tooperate survey equipmentand tools
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing
• Ability to thinkand operateindependentlyin the field
• Ability to conduct themselves in a manner thatreflects professionalism when dealing within-housecolleagues andout-in-the-field connections
• Ability to handle complex multitask environments

Desired Skills

• Experience inlidar (preferably RIEGL)airborne,terrestrial and/or mobile systems
• Experience performing ground control surveys forvalidation against airborne/mobiledata
• Experience withmaintainingfield equipmentranging from a base station and rovers, total stations, unmanned aerialsystems (UAS), lidar systems, ground targets,ATV/UTVs, camera systems, etc.
• Familiarity with configuration management principles and procedures
• Knowledge ofremote sensingdata, projection systems, data truthing,point cloud data,image manipulation, and/or signal processing
• Thorough understanding ofairborne UAS systems,inertial measuring units (IMU), GPS/GNSSsystems,airborne/mobile camera systems,and/orReal Time Kinematic (RTK) systems
• Familiarity and basicfunctionality with GISand otherand spatial data viewingsoftware such as ArcGIS, ENVI, etc.

The candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a national agency check and background investigation after hire to obtain a badge for facility access and user accounts.?

This position will be posted to the career opportunities listing on the KBR website ( http://www.sgt-inc.com ). This position may be filled by a KBR teammate on the TSSC Contract.? Please apply on line.

?KBR is an equal opportunity employer.? EOE/m/f/disabled/veteran. ? ??

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