Dewberry has a unique and exciting opportunity for an experienced geospatial/remote sensing professional looking to step up into an advanced technology leadership role. You will be responsible for the continued development and process improvements surrounding the creation of bathymetric data from various sources including airborne topobathymetric lidar sensors, satellite derived bathymetric data, and crewed or uncrewed surface vehicles. Position requires experience in topo-bathymetric lidar, geomatics, GIS, and remote sensing. Preferred experience in survey technology including lidar and photogrammetry. Experience in acoustic sonar technologies is also a plus.
Remote positions will be considered dependent on experience.
Dewberry is a leading, market-facing professional services firm with more than 50 locations and 2,000 professionals nationwide. What sets us apart from our competitors is our people. At Dewberry, we seek out exceptional talent and strive to deliver the highest quality of services to our clients. Whether you’re an experienced professional or a new graduate, you’ll have the chance to collaborate with the best and brightest and work on innovative and complex projects at the forefront of the industry. Our commitment to excellence stems from our personal integrity and from other defining attributes, which we call “Dewberry at Work,” that have inspired our employees to be successful for more than a half-century.
Responsibilities
- PM Support on topobathy lidar projects
- Travel to conferences, client meetings, other, as necessary to support workload of presentations, client discussions, etc.
- PM responsibilities, including but not limited to:
- Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Control, Closing
- Scope, schedule, budget, and quality
- Internal and external collaboration and communication
- Risk Management
- Project/Task Order Management
- Client communication
- Project reporting
- Subcontracts & contracts
- Quality Audits
- Business Development
- Technical responsibilities on topobathy lidar projects
- Troubleshooting Topobathy Sensor Outputs
- Support with CZML processing and guidance for parameters
- Data Validation and reflight decision making.
- Proposal and pricing support
Acquisition Team Support
- SBET reviews and guidance
- Flight planning for CZMIL
- Support for Flight Ops
- Survey
- Survey planning
- Survey QC
Required Skills & Required Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Geography, GIS, Engineering, Oceanography, or related field.
- Working knowledge of lidar classification and DEM creation
- Working knowledge of topobathy lidar sensors including the Riegl 880G II and Optech CZMIL SuperNova
- Proficiency in basic computer applications, especially MS Office (Word, Excel, and Access).
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Beneficial Skills & Experience
- Master’s degree in Geography, GIS, or related field
- Engineering background and\or understanding of lidar sensor design, troubleshooting, or repairs.
- Experience in other airborne sensors (imagery, hyperspectral, radar\InSAR\IFSAR, gravimetric\magnetic)
- Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) with remote sensing experience.
- Specific experience working with Riegl topobathymetric sensors and Optech CZMIL topobathymetric sensors.
- Working knowledge of Teledyne CARIS software suite.
- Working knowledge or Riegl RiAquire, RiProcess, and RiHydro
- Experience working with NOAA’s Coastal Mapping program.
- Ability to analyze bathymetric lidar waveforms.
- Understanding the physics of the interaction of light and water.
Don’t meet every single requirement? At Dewberry we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace for our employees. So, if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the position description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may just be the right candidate for this or other opportunities.
