GIS Intern

Date Opened: Friday, May 01, 2026 12:00 AM

Close Date: Friday, May 15, 2026 12:00 AM

Department: Charlotte Water Department

Salary: $0.00 - $0.00 Commensurate with Experience

Welcome to the City of Charlotte

Charlotte is America’s Queen City, opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents, businesses and visitors alike. Here you will find a safe, family-oriented city where people work together to help everyone thrive. The mission of the City of Charlotte is to deliver quality public services and promote the safety, health, and quality of life for all residents.

Our guiding principles include:

• Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce

• Valuing teamwork, openness, accountability, productivity, and employee development

• Providing all customers with courteous, responsive, accessible, and seamless quality services

• Taking initiative to identify, analyze, and solve problems

• Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions

SUMMARY

Charlotte Water’s GIS Group is seeking a four-year undergraduate student for the GIS Intern position. The GIS Group provides full-scale GIS solutions and support to the entire Utility utilizing web, mobile, and desktop applications. CLT Water is one of the largest public water and sewer service providers in the Southeast. We value competent, skilled candidates with a service focus and a desire to work in a team environment.

Salary - $20/hr.

Essential Job Functions

• Assist GIS team members with the development, maintenance, and updating of our GIS databases
• Contribute to the GIS team through fulfilling customer requests and editing live data
• Read and interpret preliminary drawings, record drawings, and as-built drawings
• Perform field survey and/or field investigations (frequency will vary based on workload)
• Seek data integrity and quality control in all tasks

Minimum Requirements

• Must have completed at least two years of study in Geography, Earth Science, Engineering, or related field
• Must be currently enrolled in a college or university in one of these fields
• Must have experience using ESRI's ArcGIS Pro 3.x with some knowledge of importing, editing, exporting, and creating data

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience making maps, editing data, and/or querying data in an ESRI geodatabase environment
• Exposure to or experience with water/wastewater utilities as an industry

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Basic working knowledge of ESRI’s ArcGIS Pro 3.x desktop software and general GIS principles and concepts
• Basic cartographic and map-making skills
• Basic knowledge of ArcGIS editing tools and familiarity with shapefiles, geodatabases, and other general GIS nomenclature
• Possess the technical agility, focus, flexibility, enthusiasm, vision, and detail orientation to enhance both the GIS team and Charlotte Water as a whole
• Ability to plan, prioritize, and organize work and complete assignments with supervision
• Skill in communication, both verbally and in writing
• Skill in Microsoft Office Suite products and outputs
• Ability to work well with others in a team environment
• Ability to interact courteously and cooperatively in teams

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

The City’s Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes, but is not limited to: reference checks, social security verification, education verification, criminal conviction record check, and, if applicable, a credit history check, sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.

Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes, such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The checks must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by these laws requiring organizations to obtain a candidate’s written authorization before obtaining a criminal background report, motor vehicle records check or credit report; and to properly store and dispose of information derived from such reports.

Final candidates must pass a pre-employment drug-screening test and physical examination. During the selection process, candidates may be asked to take a skills test, and/or participate in other assessments.

The City of Charlotte is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, political affiliation or on the basis of actual or perceived gender as expressed through dress, appearance, or behavior.

Our culture is to serve the community honorably.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply online.

Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job.

You are welcome to visit the City of Charlotte Human Resources Department lobby, where self-service application kiosks are available. They are located in our office at 700 East 4th Street, Suite 200, Charlotte, NC 28202. We are open Monday through Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EST), excluding official City holidays.

For questions about your application or the hiring process, please email Careers@ci.charlotte.nc.us

The City of Charlotte is committed to making our services and programs accessible to all. Upon request, auxiliary aids, written materials in alternate formats, language access, and other reasonable accommodations or modifications will be provided. To make a request, please fill out the Innovation & Technology ADA request form or call 704.336.4120.

BENEEFITS

The City of Charlotte provides a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees.

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The City of Charlotte is a drug and alcohol-free workplace.