GIS/Survey Intern

The City of La Crosse Engineering & Public Works Department is looking for a GIS/Survey Intern to gather field data, update and create records and mapping within the City’s Geographic Information System (GIS), and help manage databases for sidewalk, streetlighting, traffic signal, and fiber optic infrastructure. Potential to work part-time or full-time, with pay determined by year of school (up to $15/hr).

The Engineering & Public Works Department is charged with designing, installing, and managing various infrastructure throughout the City of La Crosse. Staff gather data in the field using land surveying equipment and methods, compile and analyze in CAD, and manage the information in GIS. The Department inspects and maintains approximately three hundred miles of sidewalk, two thousand street light and signal poles, and one hundred miles of electrical and/or fiber optic lines in the public Right-of-Way.