GHGSat offers greenhouse gas detection, measurement, and monitoring services to industrial and government customers around the world. We use our own satellites and aircraft sensors, combined with third-party data, to help industrial emitters better understand, control, and reduce their emissions.

We are seeking an Operations Technician to join our Operations team. Reporting to our Customer Operations & Mission Planning Team Lead, you will process data collected using our Earth observation instruments and facilitate the delivery of products to our customers.

The Operations team has a flexible work environment with the option for remote work (including at any of our offices across the world).

Responsibilities:

• Process data of greenhouse gas measurements from our satellites and aircraft on a daily basis. You must be capable of understanding the input variables, converting data files and formats, executing code, and interpreting results;
• Perform quality checks on automatically generated data;
• Prepare, validate, and deliver data products and reports to customers, supporting the Sales team as needed in understanding the data products;
• Understand and execute customer purchase orders;
• Work with the Operations team to identify inefficiencies in our operational processes and provide and implement recommendations for improvements.

Requirements

• Interest in processing remote sensing data and working in an operations environment;
• Ability to listen to and have effective discussions with a multi-disciplinary team (customers, engineers, scientists, program managers, etc.);
• Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively within the team, with minimal direction;
• Strong analytical, decision-making, and organizational skills with an eye for detail and a drive for taking ownership of tasks and the resolution of problems;
• Ability to work effectively in a time-critical environment with Agile system development;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
• Ability to focus on details in routine day-to-day tasks.
• College or university degree in geospatial information system (GIS), physical geography, environmental sciences, or equivalent;
• At least 2-5 years of experience working in an operations environment or in data processing;
• Must be able to obtain Canadian government security clearance;
• Willingness to work in an on-call rotation during off-hours (including weekends).
• GHGSat has international customers and partners therefore bilingualism (English & French) is essential.

Nice-to-Have:

• Knowledge of command lines and working in the terminal;
• Knowledge of QGIS, ESRI enterprise, ESRI online, and/or ArcGIS Pro;
• Knowledge of Salesforce;
• Knowledge of remote sensing and space;
• Experience liaising with internal and external stakeholders;
• Experience in project management;
• Competence with databases.
• Proficiency with programming in Linux, Python, or SQL;
• Knowledge of Geographical Information Systems (GIS), or mapping;
• Interest in atmospheric sciences and remote sensing systems.

Benefits

• Competitive salary + stock options for all full-time employees

• Health/Dental benefits

• Paid Time Off + floating statutory holidays

• Flexible work environment