Gis/Remote Sensing Application Specialist

Full-time remote position (Ontario/Quebec preferred) with occasional travel to company offices.

About Us

First Resource Management Group Inc.’s SkyForest division serves government and industry clients across Canada with its proprietary Earth Observation technologies to measure, monitor and map forests, to ensure their sustainability and manage wildfires. Our Forest Management division provides sustainable forest management services for industry and government on over 9 million hectares of public forests in Ontario, Canada. Our Forest Carbon division plants trees and provides professional services to sequester carbon to mitigate climate change.

Our Mission

To advance the practice of forestry with advanced geo-analytical information and innovative services to sustain the world’s forests for current and future generations, and to protect people and forests from the risks of wildfire and climate change.

Our Vision

The trusted source of information and services for sustaining the world’s forests.

The Position

To support our mission of sustaining global forests with geo-analytics and forest management services, you will produce and deliver forestry information for our industry and government clients. You will apply our advanced SkyForestTM technology to process remotely sensed data. You will assist with our on-going improvement and R&D efforts and will apply your programming knowledge and technical expertise to improve and maintain our technology.You will apply your skills in remote sensing, GIS and geo-analytics to provide spatial solutions to our clients. You are a good team worker and can present your ideas to clients.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Follow steps to solve GIS tasks and problems related to client needs.
• Resolve issues raised by clients in a responsive manner.
• Process GIS data and imagery into derivative products.
• Write scripts (e.g. Python, R, SQL) as required.
• Support our GIS and Geomatics team with client services.
• Download, analyze and process remotely sensed data to produce usable products for clients.
• Participate in project teams providing GIS support, spatial analysis, modeling and decision support.
• Create maps with a consistent visual identity as well as presentations, technical papers, or reports.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Compile project reports, metadata and proposals as required.
• Assist with R&D projects by analyzing product performance and suggesting areas of improvement
• Produce on-time, accurate high-quality products and maps for customers.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical capacity and ability to produce quality assessments of our products against reference data to drive product improvement.
• Ability to work with remotely sensed data from a variety of sensors, such as optical, SAR and lidar.
• Undergraduate, M.Sc. or equivalent work experience in GIS, Remote Sensing or Geomatics with a solid programming component.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.

Additional Information

• Retirement Provisions
• Comprehensive Extended HealthBenefits Package
• Competitive Base Salary and Performance Incentives
• Health Care and Wellness Spending Accounts
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Flexible Working Time

Diversity and Inclusion

FRMG’s Employment Policy is to hire based on competence and achievement. We believe this creates a healthy, accessible, and rewarding work environment which highlights employees’ unique contributions to our company’s success.

As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from all and from anywhere to help us build an inclusive workforce with diverse viewpoints, experiences, and backgrounds.