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Geospatial Data Coordinator

Posting Details

Position Information

Fiscal Year 2024-2025
Position Title Geospatial Data Coordinator
Classification Title Assistant Facilities Program Coordinator
Department Campus Planning
Posting Number P240280
Posting Link https://www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/52085
Employer State
Position Type
Professional Appointment Term Term
Salary Grade SL3
Posting Detail Information

Position Summary
The Office of Campus Planning, a part of University Facilities, seeks a dedicated geographic and architectural minded professional to maintain the constantly evolving spatial information required to meet the university’s needs. The university maintains a large inventory of architectural floor plans which directly support UB’s physical space inventory, architectural design efforts, and various planning processes. This position will ensure the University maintains this critical set of information used for planning and reporting across all levels of the institution. In addition, this position will oversee the maintenance of campus-wide datasets including the official campus basemap, underground utilities, and various other datasets native to GIS. Accurate data is key for the University’s overall mission as a flagship SUNY research institution.

Duties of the position will include:

  • Work with Campus Planning staff and perform construction field audits to continually improve the accuracy of the University’s spatial information.
  • Maintain architectural drawings of all university facilities in AutoCAD and assure they are compliant with our space inventory system.
  • Coordinate with internal and external entities on renovations, capital construction, departmental updates, or operational work orders to get the information required to update UB’s spatial data systems.
  • Review all construction projects to extract data needed to update various information systems such as room numbers and geometry, greenspace, sidewalks, accessible routes, utility pathways and attributes, door locations, tree inventory. etc.
  • Develop and implement the transition of the University’s architectural drawing inventory from 2D AutoCAD to Revit.
  • Enhance and foster a culture of collaboration within Campus Planning, University Facilities and the university community to promote data quality as a fundamental aspect for good decision making.
  • Develop strategies, to support UB’s Top 25 goal through operational excellence, delivery of cutting-edge facilities, services and spaces that support the ongoing work of the university, attract world-class faculty & staff, and increase student retention.


Outstanding Benefits Package
Working at UB comes with benefits that exceed salary alone. There are personal rewards including comprehensive health and retirement plan options. We also focus on creating and sustaining a healthy mix of work, personal and academic pursuit – all in an effort to support your work-life effectiveness. We support your growth and development through our career coaching and training department and we qualify as a public service loan forgiveness organization. Learn more about our benefit packages.

About The University at Buffalo
The University at Buffalo (UB) #ubuffalo is one of America’s leading public research universities and a flagship of the State University of New York system, recognized for our excellence and our impact. UB is a premier, research-intensive public university dedicated to academic excellence. Our research, creative activity and people positively impact the world. Like the city we call home, UB is distinguished by a culture of resilient optimism, resourceful thinking and pragmatic dreaming that enables us to reach others every day. Visit our website to learn more about the University at Buffalo.

University at Buffalo is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and, in keeping with our commitment, welcomes all to apply including veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree in Geography, Geographic Information Systems, Urban Planning, or Architecture with 2 years of relevant experience.
  • Demonstrated experience managing, maintaining, and troubleshooting within ESRI ArcGIS Pro software.
  • Demonstrated experience using AutoDesk AutoCAD.
  • Demonstrated experience managing large datasets while assuring consistency and accuracy.
  • Excellent organizational, and interpersonal skills are required.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Master’s degree in Geography, Geographic Information Systems, Urban Planning, or Architecture with 3 years of experience in higher education or institutional campus planning
  • Experience with AutoDesk Revit, GIS programming, developing SQL queries.
  • Demonstrate ability to work across a large and complex organization.
Physical Demands
  • Complete field and construction site visits.
Salary Range $65,000 - $75,000
Additional Salary Information The salary range reflects our good faith and reasonable estimate of the possible compensation at the time of posting, the role and associated responsibilities, and the experience, education, and training of the selected candidate.
Job Type Full-Time
Campus All Campuses
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Additional Information
Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.
Is a background check required for this posting? Yes
Background Check Notification For non-internal applicants: a selected candidate will have to complete and pass a background check prior to appointment.
Contact Information

Contact's Name Ashley Goolsby
Contact's Pronouns
Contact's Title Administrative Staff Assistant
Contact's Email agoolsby@buffalo.edu
Contact's Phone 716-645-8977
Posting Dates

Posted 08/13/2024
Deadline for Internal Applicants 08/27/2024
Deadline for External Applicants Open Until Filled
Date to be filled
References

Number of References Required 3
Reference Cutoff Date
Instructions to Applicant

Supplemental Questions

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  1. * Please indicate your current employment affiliation with the University at Buffalo.
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    • No Current Employment Affiliation
  2. * How did you first hear about this employment opportunity?
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  3. * Are you a SUNY employee eligible for special consideration as a result of retrenchment?
    • Yes
    • No

Documents Needed To Apply

Required Documents
  1. Cover Letter
  2. Resume
Optional Documents