Kim Burrows
Mob: 0498217743
Email: kim.burrows1242@gmail.com
Technical Skills:
Experience in ESRI suite, MapInfo Professional, Munsys,
Enlighten, Smallworld, Toad, Global Mapper, Metropolis, Building Reconstruction,
ERDAS Imagine, Ultra Edit, Dekho, SAP, Microstation/Terrascan, AutoCAD,
Microsoft Access, Excel, Word, Outlook and Google applications.
Personal Statement
I am a
hard-working and enthusiastic person. The role I am looking for would be to
utilize my current skills and experience working within GIS. I have been
working within GIS teams for the past six and a half years and I really enjoy
it, it’s an area that I strive on learning more about. I have been self-motivated
and enthusiastic throughout my career, I have proven myself to be an adaptable
efficient professional with excellent communications skills, and I am capable
of working on my own initiative or within a team. I show the initiative to take ownership of my
work with forward set goals. I will show respect and Integrity at all times. I
also have a CAN DO attitude towards
getting in and getting the job done. I am motivated at all times and I believe
this reflects on my colleagues and helps us as a team to move forward.
Experience:
GIS
Support Administrator
Open
Spatial (Australia)
April
2012 – July 2012
·
Dealing
with incoming problems from clients via email, phone and ‘Goto Meetings’.
·
Problem
solving and then training the client how to fix the issue at hand.
·
Training
clients how to use the software.
·
‘Creating
Writing’ when writing new Guidelines for the software upgrades.
·
QA
new software upgrades.
·
Keeping
a good relationship with all stakeholders.
My
role with Open spatial was to act as a member of the Support team. The company
sold Enlighten and Munsys to stakeholders Australia wide, we then trained them
how to use it and kept a support site for the clients to use whenever they were
having problems. The problems would range from issues with the software,
development or programming problems or the client would just not know how to do
something and my job would be to show them how. The final problem would be a
request they to have something included in the next upgrade.
My
role was to deal with these problems and delegate them to certain members of
the team to deal with, this may be the developers or programmers or it would be
up to me to teach the client how to solve their problem. I would be the
communicator between the client and our staff, and I would manage the workload
and keep ownership at all times.
To
be able to do my job I had to learn these softwares and systems myself, and so
the role was challenging to be learning and teaching at the same time. During
the end of my role with Open Spatial, I was involved in the QA of the new software
upgrade. I was testing it all and writing the Guidelines, which would be
forwarded on to all our Stakeholders later in the year when it was released,
this helped me gain a skill in ‘Creative Writing’.
GIS
& Spatial Systems Specialist
AECOM
(Australia)
September
2011 – April 2012
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Undertake a range
of project work within the GIS & Spatial Systems Team, including:
Ø
Data acquisition
activities
Ø
Spatial data
management
Ø
Data editing
Ø
Data analysis
Ø
Preparation of
graphical output
Ø
Hardcopy maps and
plans
Ø
Digital maps and
plans
Ø
External data
supply
·
Work independently
on a number of projects.
·
Knowledge of and
commitment to maintain the accuracy and integrity of data within the AECOM
Corporate Spatial Data.
·
Maintaining the
data with AECOMS systems.
·
Build and maintain
relationships to internal and external clients, and actively engage with
internal staff from the various business lines
·
Be actively
involved in the Bid process for new work and projects, and be able to offer and
provide timely and accurate technical advice and cost estimates to Bid Teams
My role at AECOM
(as detailed above) was to provide a commitment to the GIS team in undertaking
many different tasks within the company, keeping our systems up to date and
adhering to formats and standards within the company. I worked in Water
Infrastructure Services team, this means working on projects and bids that come
in, but I also work with Environment, Ecology, Mining, Rail and many other
parts of the company, Proving my GIS assistance to them in a timely and accurate
matter. My role involved skills such as time management, prioritisation,
problem solving skills, excellent verbal and written communication skills, high
experience of interpersonal skills, a strong work ethic, I’m enthusiastic and
proactive and lastly a great team player but I have also have a high amount of
experience in working independently for AECOM.
GIS Analyst
NSW Government (Australia)
June
2011 – September 2011
·
Adding new data
including speed zones, crashes and sites where a speed has been monitored.
·
Creating
cartographic maps
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Filing data so it
can be easily used and found.
Currently my role is to add data that shows all the
speed zones in NSW. It also includes adding detailed attributes about the
deaths in that area and deciding if a site selection needs to be put in the vicinity.
Another element of my role involves adding points that show where a car has
been placed to measure the speed of people on that road. I also have helped in
setting up a system to file the photos and dates we collect for this project
and also to create cartographic maps on a regular basis.
GIS
Specialist
KBR
(Australia)
December
2010 – April 2011
·
Creating
cartographic maps for analysis on an Environmental project.
·
Creating and
manipulating data for both Mapinfo and ESRI.
·
Generating risk
assessment maps for a mining project.
·
Merged GPS points
with photos to create map showing location and pictures at each point in
different file types.
·
Digitising dredge
pipelines, and managing all maps for environmental use in that area.
·
Creating mapbooks
in ESRI for Gas pipelines.
·
Editing and
creating many different types of maps for analysis in both MapInfo and ArcGIS
for different engineering projects across QLD.
·
Liaising with
Environmental Scientists, Engineers and project managers to create accurate GIS
data.
My position was to liaise with Environmental
Scientists, Engineers, Project managers and the GIS team on a daily basis to
create an excellent and accurate GIS database. I got requests from across the company daily
for different projects to create cartographic maps, digitise pipes and/or
assets into areas and also to show risk assessment maps for re-growth and
remnant areas across QLD. Another element of my role was to create and
manipulate data for mining projects, I had to manage and keep up to date all
incoming data and current/old data. We work with so many different companies
that the data can sometimes get mixed up or lost; my job is to keep it orderly
and to know where absolutely everything is.
An experience I can remember is when my colleagues
were away or working in different offices and for one month, I handled the GIS
for the entire floor on my own. This was a daunting task but an excellent one,
where I was able to prove my time management and prioritisation skills. Another
skill I’ve excelled in is my communication. I have to make sure I communicate
with all my stakeholders and negotiate on when their project will be
completed. I was working 60-hour weeks,
but I was able to finish each and every job on the date that I said I would,
and keep everybody happy. My team leader was extremely happy with me, and I
felt it really proved my skills as a GIS Specialist to work alone or within a
team.
GIS Smallworld Administrator
Jemena Ltd (Australia)
July 2010 – December 2010
·
Editing electricity
data in Smallworld and changing to solar.
·
Creating any new
geography.
·
Editing/adding
street names and numbers throughout Melbourne that have changed in the last
three years.
·
Digitising new
households joining Jemena.
·
Adding the Inverter
rating, model/make and Installation company details to each household.
·
Editing or adding
new Public lighting throughout the city.
My role at Jemena was to keep all the information
we have in Smallworld up-to-date. I also cleared all backlog for the team, this
included check and adding details to our electricity data on our live system.
So the main aspects of my role was to change any households to Solar, add any
new models or makers to the systems, making sure the Installed Capacity is
correct, correcting all street addresses and house numbers.
Also a part of my job is to use paper plans drawn
by engineers and to confirm that the pylon is digitised in the correct place.
On a day-to-day basis I was using my cartographic
skills to create maps for the team.
GIS Specialist
Queensland Government (Australia)
The Department Of Communities
April 2010 – July 2010
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Spatial data entry and maintenance
·
Map production
·
Spatial analysis (e.g. how some stocks are affected
by a certain boundary etc)
·
Consulting (mainly for map production like how to
visualise items internal officers want to see on their maps).
·
Creating new DCDB’s, SHP’s, MXD’s and DXF’s and
editing current data.
·
Helping out with the development of a new web based
map called Dekho.
This was a contract role covering for the GIS
manager whilst he was away. It was very enjoyable and the team were fantastic
to work with. I was happy to work in a role where I could use my current skills
and give ideas. I left, as my visa is required to live in a regional area and
work in agricultural work for three months, so I had to go and pursue this.
January 2010 – March 2010
GIS Officer (Australia)
Link Water
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Digitization of assets onto
Link Water’s spatial dataset.
·
Use of SQL expressions and VB data.
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Analysing the data and liaising with Operations to make sure more
information is accurate and verified.
·
Assist in the continuing development of The Corporate Spatial
Information in GIS Link Water.
·
The analysis, manipulation and management of spatial datasets using ESRI
ArcGIS suite.
·
Creating cartographic maps for the CEO and board of Directors with
regards to HSE and Land Manager.
My role with Link Water was
the management of Spatial Information, utilising ArcGIS & Mapinfo. I carry
out map-based tasks and help with the management of the Spatial System
Structure and Operations & Maintenance. Creating cartographic Maps, Cartographic principles involved colour theory,
map-user theory; figure-ground, line weights, textural use and font use. I handled all Mapping queries;
this involved creating A4 to A0 Maps regularly for the Directors and other
management onto a Link Water Template that I also created so if we had more
queries and were busy then it wouldn’t take too much time. Within these maps
the details would show layers of Link Waters Assets including Land & Coast,
Major Roads, Pipelines and facilities.
Also I worked with the
engineers and surveyors to add new assets and edit current ones in ArcMap. This
required a high attention to detail.
I also helped manage the
Spatial Data we receive send out and update in Arc Catalogue, this requires
adding Metadata.
February 2009-December
2009
Infoterra (United Kingdom)
(I worked in two roles with Infoterra).
Lidar Analyst
·
Systems used in this role: GIS, Desktop Maps, AutoCAD, ArcGIS, ERDAS Imagine, Arc, Microstation V8,
Terrasolid and Global Mapper.
Regular
involvement in production meetings improved my skills in addressing groups and
furthered my understanding of the methods we can implement to improve
production flow both individually and as part of a team.
As a Lidar Analyst I received Lidar
maps of different areas in England.
Using AutoCAD I would create the
project and then the primary
datasets that were collected was found in DGN (Microstation file) or scanned drawings.
Converting CAD to GIS and geo-referencing was required before extracting data.
In most cases, defining a projection or reprojecting the data, clipping and
merging would be necessary.
I would export the data to be used on
ERDAS Imagine. It would then be edited and digitized.
After this I used various systems
finalizing the work before it was sent to a company in Hungary to be used for a
different source of GIS.
This wouldn’t require any liaising with
other parts of the company but it required a lot of communication between our
own team, otherwise information could get lost, or if one small data was edited
incorrectly it would result in complications further down the line.
GIS
Mapping Analyst (United Kingdom)
·
Separating occupiers on Arc Map.
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Digitising buildings in Arc Engine and other ESRI systems.
·
Editing current data.
·
Creating the buildings into exact 3D models in Brec.
· Working in small production teams further developed my
communication skills leading to the achievement of common goals.
·
Working to strict deadlines on multiple projects
requiring a high level of organisation.
·
Use of all Microsoft packages.
·
Attending and holding meetings.
As a
GIS Mapping Analyst I was employed along with five other contractors to create
a brand new system for Google and for Architects uses.
It
was a 3D spatial system of all the major cities in England.
Firstly
we would use spatial data to measure the Lidar for each building; and then
divided each structure up into different parts showing where the roof erected;
after this was done we would export it out and add it into a new German 3D
system called BRec.
BRec
would elevate each building to its actual height and make it 3D, we would then
edit the height to its exact stature, and also each building would have a different
roof type which was also edited.
Then
using LandXplorer we would use the satellite images and the mxd from BRec and
add them onto the 3D map, which then created a 3D city.
Using
high attention to detail we’d edit these over a period of a week until it was
faultless.
This
required a lot of observation, long hours, co-operation between teams and teamwork
to create in 8 months, and it was a new project that we were all proud to be
on.
In
this role I had to liaise closely with the surveyors on the area in which I
worked, as some images and information wasn’t at the standard we wanted and it
would have to be retaken. We also worked closely with the Managers as a lot of
money was ploughed into the project and we had to do weekly presentations to
update everyone on the progress.
March 2006-November 2008
National Grid (United Kingdom)
Digital Cartographer
Extraction, identification and attribution of digital feature analysis
data and digital terrain elevation data from remotely sensed imagery.
· Scrutinizing all pipe information on the paper plans is correct in TEAR. This would mainly include the
pipe’s diameter, laid length, pressure and start/end location, also if the pipe
is a service or a main.
·
Liaising and corresponding with customers on a regular basis, this would
be mainly by email and phone; this has helped me to create a working
relationship between the team and internal and external customers. This will
give me a greater understanding of the way they work and problems they face, as
I am always looking at ways to continuously improve.
· An additional target I have to meet is the D+42 compliance, in which I
have an active role in trying to reduce the amount of time it takes to add new
assets and pipes onto the digital system from the date they were commissioned.
As a Digital Cartographer I worked in the Gas
Distribution for Engineering Services. This role requires great responsibility
and ownership to ensure the project is completed from commission date within 42
days for connections. I work to targets each week; these targets consist of a
target of 95% Quality and a target of 100% performance, we also work constantly
on the phones and keep up a good working relationship with our stakeholders. My
motivation towards my work and my enthusiasm helps me achieve these performance
levels, which I have on numerous
occasions.
Education:
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Subject/Training
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Grades/qualifications
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Date
Obtained
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English Literature GCSE
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C
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Aug-03
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English Language GCSE
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C
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Aug-03
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Speaking and Listening GCSE
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B
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Aug-03
|
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Math’s GCSE
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C
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Aug-03
|
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Sociology AS
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C
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Aug-03
|
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Drama GCSE
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B
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Aug-03
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Expressive Arts GCSE
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C
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Aug-03
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NGS training
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PASSED
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13/04/2007
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Gas Appreciation course
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PASSED
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01/11/2008
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Stepping up
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PASSED
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13/08/2007
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DSE Assessors course
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PASSED
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14/08/2007
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Advanced GIS for mapping users
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100%
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03/08/2007
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Introduction to TEAR for mapping hub users
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100%
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26/07/2007
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Skills
- Time management, which I used
to ensure my work, was and prioritized to keep within set standards.
- Creative Writing.
- Acted as a support to other members of the
team.
- Adaptable to new roles.
- Ability to meet targets.
- Excellent communication and skills through
liaising with team members, external contractors and senior management.
- I am able to work on my own or as a team player.
Experience:
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Experience in working to deadlines.
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Proven literacy with the ability to use Microsoft packages.
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Excellent team worker with a customer focus and
able to work under pressure.
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Experience of working within a highly performance
driven environment.
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I have now gained experience in integrity; by this I have learnt that I
can be honest and open. This is also ensures that I can understand others
points of view and respect them.
