GIS Supervisor - Data Management

At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we haven’t stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress. We’re always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all.

GIS Supervisor – Data Management

Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced GIS Supervisor to lead the data management side of our GIS team. This role requires a forward-thinking leader who can balance technical expertise with team development to maintain and improve the integrity of our geospatial data. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in ESRI software, Schneider Electric ArcFM software, and general utility design and construction processes.  The successful candidate will be responsible for the production enterprise GIS data used by staff and integrated systems across PGE.

As the GIS Supervisor – Data Management, you will lead a dynamic team responsible for maintaining PGE's geospatial data. You will oversee a team of GIS analysts performing post-construction as-built documentation, GIS technicians handling specialized data maintenance and correction activities, and a contingent of contracted workforce executing a variety of mapping and QA/QC functions.

Your leadership will focus on measuring and enhancing process performance and data quality metrics to ensure excellence. You'll collaborate strategically with cross-functional teams to advance business objectives, optimize geospatial data management processes, and enable operational efficiencies.

Key Job Information 

Supervisor Geographical Information Services

Job code: 7276

Grade 8
Career Level: M1Supervisor, reports to GIS Manager

• Supervises the daily activities of business support, technicians and/or production teams.
• Sets priorities for the team to ensure task completion; coordinates work activities with other supervisors and team leads.
• Decisions are guided by policies, procedures and the local business plan; receives guidance and oversight from manager.
• May perform the work supervised, also creates content for internal team activities as well as increasing geospatial awareness to the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Geospatial Operations Management Supervises teams responsible for as-builting, data maintenance, and QA/QC activities; provides daily supervision of teams and prioritization of activities, ensuring that all relevant standards/procedures are followed. Responsible for leading a single major project or multiple moderate projects within team. Types include, but are not limited to, business systems or process improvement, department reorganizations and strategy implementation, training, feasibility studies, and pilots.
• Data Quality and Performance Metrics  Develops, implements, and maintains comprehensive data quality metrics and service level agreements (SLAs) for geospatial data. Establishes clear performance indicators to measure data accuracy, completeness, and timeliness. Regularly monitors these metrics to identify trends and improvement opportunities. Creates dashboards and reports to communicate data quality status to stakeholders. Implements corrective actions when metrics fall below established thresholds and works with team members to continuously enhance data quality standards.
• Strategy and Planning Coordinates with manager to implement strategy; monitors and manages production performance and other requests; responsible for intake and allocation of other requests. Gathers and documents business requirements for GIS solutions; creates project plans for GIS initiatives.
• Process Improvement  Continually evaluates and recommends processes for efficiency, guiding and acting on direction from manager. Proactively identifies areas for process improvements. Drives engagement from other business stakeholders. Leads and/or facilitates business process improvement activities; assists managers and subject matter experts to identify, understand and improve or revise processes, practices and policies; assists managers in establishing process controls to measure baseline and post-improvement performance to monitor success of improvement initiatives.
• Internal CollaborationDrives internal team collaboration; creates cross-functional opportunities; promotes and advocates for geospatial services throughout the organization; coordinates team activities with other impacted g