GIS Support for PHESD
The EPA National Student Services Contract has an immediate opening for a full-time contractor position; GIS Support for PHESD with the Office of Research and Development at the EPA facility in Research Triangle Park, NC.
Salary: $30.76 per hour.
Travel: Occasional overnight travel may be required.
Required Skills:
- Scientific background in the following: data analysis, statistical methods, and climate change effects on the water cycle;
- Demonstrated education and/or experience in GIS (geographic information systems), geospatial data compilation and analysis;
- Experience with manipulating large data sets (i.e., terabytes) in standard formats;
- Experience with remote sensing and image processing;
- Experience programming in Python or R;
- Experience with scientific units used in Earth sciences and unit conversions; and
- Strong written, oral and electronic communication skills.
Desired Skills:
- Experience with netCDF files; and
- Experience with Unix/Linux-based systems.
Qualifications
- Be at least 18 years of age and
- Have earned at least a Master’s Degree in the fields of geospatial science, environmental science, environmental management, geosciences, hydrology, climatology, or a related field of study from an accredited university or college within the last 24 months and
- Be a citizen of the United States of America or a Legal Permanent Resident.
EPA ORD employees, their spouses, and children are not eligible to participate in this program.
What the EPA project is about
The Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment (CPHEA) provides the science needed to understand the complex interrelationship between people and nature in support of assessments and policy to protect human health and ecological integrity. Within CPHEA, the Public Health and Environmental Systems Division (PHESD) focuses on the interrelationships between people and their environment, promotes human health and well-being, and fosters healthy and safe communities.
As part of their mission, PHESD supports EPA’s mission to protect human health and the environment by developing and applying innovations in exposure science. Exposure science sets the context for understanding and solving real-world problems. A major component of the organization’s research portfolio is the EnviroAtlas (www.epa.gov/enviroatlas). EnviroAtlas provides interactive tools and resources for exploring the benefits people receive from nature or "ecosystem goods and services". Ecosystem goods and services are critically important to human health and well-being, but they are often overlooked due to lack of information. Using EnviroAtlas, many types of users can access, view, and analyze diverse information to better understand the potential impacts of various decisions.
This is an excellent opportunity for a recent Master’s graduate to collaborate with EPA’s research team. Research experience includes:
- Collecting, modeling, and visualizing geospatial data, using Python, R, or other EPA-approved data science tools;
- GIS (Geographic Information System) processing of data layers;
- Creation of metadata and fact sheets supporting the data products; and
- Networking and exploring many career paths at EPA.
Interested in this research opportunity? If so, follow the link below to apply. Questions? Email EPANSSC@ORAU.org