Esri

Consultant - Water Utilities

Esri$82K — $138K *
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience with Esri's ArcGIS technology in the water utilities sector.
  • Proficient in ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, and ArcGIS Utility Network.
  • Skilled in proposal writing including scope of work and pricing.
  • Experience with enterprise project designs, budgets, and schedules.
  • Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
  • Bachelor's degree in GIS, geography, or related field.

Responsibilities

  • Translate client needs into GIS technology solutions using ArcGIS.
  • Develop multi-year GIS implementation strategies with clients.
  • Organize and present client workflows for geospatial strategies.
  • Analyze technical problems in water utilities and deliver solutions.
  • Advise clients on GIS strategies and product selection.
  • Lead project management for GIS initiatives in water utilities.
  • Track project performance and client relationship management.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) and profit-sharing programs.
  • 80 hours minimum vacation leave annually.
  • Twelve paid holidays each year.
  • Opportunities for personal and professional growth.
Full Job Description
Overview

In this position, you will leverage your experience in water utilities and project management to collaborate closely with clients, delivering solutions that enhance their operational efficiency and success. You will utilize your expertise across all components of ArcGIS Enterprise, including ArcGIS Utility Network, to broaden the impact of GIS technology within the water utilities sector. Your understanding of water utilities workflows (operations, asset management, data management, field operations, and customer engagement) will help shape the evolution of our platform by identifying and implementing innovative patterns tailored to the industry's unique challenges.

You will provide strategic solutions and thought leadership, promoting the adoption of Esri technology-particularly ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Utility Network-to enable customer success and support development and expansion into new domains. Working alongside industry experts throughout Esri, you will help utilities modernize their geospatial infrastructure and optimize data management practices.

This team is dedicated to supporting our Utilities clients, with a strong emphasis on water utilities. As a member of a talented, cross-functional team of dynamic and passionate Consultants and Project Managers, you will deliver solutions that empower customers to improve water distribution, sewer and stormwater collection, asset management practices, and service reliability in communities around the world. You will play a key role in delivering GIS as an enterprise technology that enhances the quality, reliability, and accessibility of utility data and geospatial capabilities.

The Professional Services division serves as Esri's consulting and implementation arm, breaking ground in new markets and pushing the technology envelope, especially within the water utilities domain. Our organization comprises nearly 1,000 skilled business and technical professionals who strive daily to ensure our users achieve measurable success. Your project management experience will be vital in leading complex initiatives, coordinating cross-functional teams, and ensuring successful delivery of transformational solutions to high-profile water utility clients.

Esri offers a Relocation Assistance Program and can provide support with relocating to the San Antonio, TX area for this position.

Responsibilities
  • Help clients translate real-world needs into practical, state-of-the-art GIS technology-driven solutions, with a focus on implementing ArcGIS Enterprise and ArcGIS Utility Network
  • Collaborate with clients to prepare multi-year GIS implementation and migration strategies
  • Collect, organize, and present client requirements, objectives, and business workflows to develop actionable geospatial strategies and technical work plans
  • Analyze and interpret business and technical problems specific to water utilities, distilling them into manageable and practical solutions or tasks using ArcGIS technologies
  • Advise customers on relevant GIS strategies, architectures, product selection, and release planning, with an emphasis on ArcGIS Utility Network and enterprise solutions for water utilities
  • Lead project management activities, including planning, execution, and delivery of water utilities GIS projects, ensuring alignment with client goals and industry best practices
  • Create and manage the scope, cost, schedule, and contractual deliverables through planning, tracking, quality assurance, change control, and risk management
  • Manage small to large scale projects and lead project teams during requirements, analysis, design, build, and rollout
  • Track project performance and report on status
  • Work with Esri's marketing and sales teams to grow and support our practice through business development, expansion into new application areas, and delivery of products and services to new and existing customers
  • Manage client relationships and expectations

Requirements
  • 5+ years of significant, proven experience applying Esri's ArcGIS technology within the water utilities industry (water/wastewater/stormwater) in support of daily operations, asset management, data management, field operations, and customer engagement
  • Experience using and configuring Esri products to solve water utilities business problems including ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise (including Portal and its components), ArcGIS Utility Network, ArcGIS Field Maps, and ArcGIS Solutions
  • Proven experience with proposal writing including preparing executive summaries, solution design, scope of work, staffing, and pricing
  • Ability to develop enterprise level project designs, work plans, budgets, and schedules
  • Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work independently
  • Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication, presentation, and leadership skills
  • Ability to work on multiple activities/projects in parallel
  • Bachelor's degree in information systems, GIS, geography, or relevant field
  • Visa sponsorship is not available for this posting. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.

Recommended Qualifications
  • Experience in integrating business systems with ArcGIS to support work management, asset management, SCADA, customer information, and document management
  • Knowledge of RDBMS and geodatabase design, with best practices in data management
  • Familiarity with mobile applications for data collection of water utilities assets

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Total Rewards

Esri's competitive total rewards strategy includes industry-leading health and welfare benefits: medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance for employees (and their families), 401(k) and profit-sharing programs, minimum accrual of 80 hours of vacation leave, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year, and opportunities for personal and professional growth. Base salary is one component of our total rewards strategy. Compensation decisions and the base range for this role take into account many factors including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

A reasonable estimate of the base salary range is

$82,160-$138,320 USD

About Esri

Esri is a global leader in geographic information system (GIS) software, location intelligence, and mapping. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Redlands, California. Esri's software is used by governments, businesses, and non-profit organizations worldwide to analyze and visualize data in order to make better decisions. The company's flagship product, ArcGIS, is a powerful mapping and analytics platform that allows users to create, manage, and share geographic information. Esri has a strong commitment to sustainability and social responsibility, and works to promote environmental stewardship and social equity through its products and services.
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Size
11,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1969

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