Title: Advisor Geomatics Data Location: United States-Texas-The Woodlands Other Locations:

Description

Oxy is an international energy company with assets primarily in the United States, the Middle East and North Africa. We are one of the largest oil and gas producers in the U.S., including a leading producer in the Permian and DJ basins, and offshore Gulf of Mexico. Our midstream and marketing segment provides flow assurance and maximizes the value of our oil and gas. Our chemical subsidiary OxyChem manufactures the building blocks for life-enhancing products. Our Oxy Low Carbon Ventures subsidiary is advancing leading-edge technologies and business solutions that economically grow our business while reducing emissions. We are committed to using our global leadership in carbon management to advance a lower-carbon world. Visit oxy.com for more information.

Occidental strives to attract and retain talented employees by investing in their professional development and providing rewarding opportunities for personal growth. Our goal is to meet the highest employer standards by ensuring the health and safety of our employees, protecting the environment, and positively impacting communities where we do business.

We are looking for an experienced and motivated individual to fill the position of Advisor Geomatics Data within our IT Geospatial Ops, Geomatics & Remote Sensing group based in The Woodlands, TEXAS.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as subject matter expert for geomatics data within IT Geo Tech & Data (GTD) team.
• Create innovative solutions to improve processes, workflow, best practices, and service delivery.
• Definition, implementation, and maintenance of policies, standards (application, acquisition, and delivery), procedures, and guidelines relating to survey data.
• Promoting naming conventions, industry-standard acronyms, codes, units of measure & symbols.
• Coordinate activities with survey companies and monitor progress to ensure survey results are delivered on time and within budget.
• Coordinates the transfer of survey data to the GTD team for interface into SDE.
• Create and maintain ETL to integrate spatial and non-spatial data from various sources, including Oxy's SoRs.
• Ensures accurate and timely communication of daily operational and project-related updates to stakeholders.
• Reviews survey data for completeness and accuracy and provides clarification and/or interpretation for resolution to any questions or discrepancies found.
• Recognizing and fixing errors & inconsistencies in geospatial data and fundamental workflows while managing implications of moving data and maps to avoid data connection issues in managing geospatial data.
• Know how and when to apply datum transformations, recognize, troubleshoot, and repair coordinate reference issues in existing datasets, and determine which projection was likely used for a historical dataset.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree Geodesy, Geomatics, Geospatial Engineering, or equivalent discipline.
• Minimum ten (10) years of experience working in upstream oil & gas industry.
• Minimum ten (10) years of experience in geodetic control and ground deformation projects.
• Strong understanding of Geosciences, Geophysical and Geological Data.
• Proficiency in Geodetic Datums, Coordinate Reference Systems, Conversions and Transformations.
• Proficiency in raster operations, conversions, corrections, analysis, appearance, distance operators, raster math, statistical, surface.
• Proficiency in processing: LiDAR, SAR, DInSAR, and Radargrammetry.
• Proficiency in processing: GNSS, PPP, RTK, VRS, SLAM, BIM data.
• Proficiency in ArcGIS Pro, FME Desktop, Geographic Calculator, Global Mapper.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to understand customer requests which are frequently in non-technical terms.

Desired Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Geodesy, Geomatics or Remote Sensing.
• InSAR and LiDAR certification.
• Geographic Information System Professional certification (GISP).
• Functional knowledge in Python, Jupyter Notebook, RStudio.
• Functional knowledge in in AI, Deep Learning, Machine Learning based on raster data.
• Excellent people skills with ability to engage at all levels of the organization.
• Excellent problem-solving skills with ability to troubleshoot geospatial data related issues.
• Creative and critical thinker with focus on process improvement and efficiencies.
• Ability to prioritize work with low levels of supervision.
• Self-driven with a positive attitude and open to new ideas and methodologies.

Relocation  will not be provided.

Occidental does not offer sponsorship of employment-based nonimmigrant visa petitions for this role.

Occidental is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, political preference, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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