Fisheries Technician-E

This Limited Term (LT) Fisheries Technician position supports field and research activities on Lake Michigan and its connected waters. Primary duties include assisting the Michigan DNR and collaborating partners on multiple research projects focused on Lake Michigan ecosystem changes and species invasions in Big Bay de Noc, Good Harbor Bay, and the Saugatuck nearshore zone. Work responsibilities broadly include conducting fisheries and aquatic habitat surveys at multiple sites before and after experimental control of invasive dreissenid mussels. Specific tasks may include sampling physical characteristics and biological communities of reef ecosystems, monitoring egg deposition and larval emergence of native lithophilic reef-spawning fishes, collecting exotic egg predators, capturing and acoustically tagging adult fishes, and deploying and maintaining underwater sampling equipment and acoustic receivers. Position Description This is a two-year limited-term position with the possibility of extension. There are two vacancies for this posting.

EDUCATION

Possession of an associate's degree in science with course work emphasis in limnology, ichthyology, aquatic systems, or field biology.

EXPERIENCE

Fisheries Technician 8 No specific type or amount is required. Fisheries Technician 9 One year of experience performing technical fisheries management activities equivalent to a Fisheries Technician. Fisheries Technician E10 Two years of experience performing technical fisheries management activities equivalent to a Fisheries Technician, including one year equivalent to a Fisheries Technician 9. Fisheries Technician E10 Possession of a bachelor's degree or higher with 16 semester (24 term) credits in job specific or related course work may be substituted for the education and experience requirements. Please attach a cover letter, resume, and official college transcripts to your application. For our purposes, "Official Transcripts" must contain the college/university name and address, the degree conferred and date granted, coursework completed (especially if no degree granted), and the Registrar's signature and/or seal. Information provided in your application, resume, cover letter, transcripts, and any other documentation provided will be used to verify responses to the supplemental questions. Unsupported responses may not be considered further. Must possess a valid driver's license. Commercial Driver's License required to be obtained within 6 months of employment. Employee must possess and maintain a class A or B CDL with a Tanker endorsement and without an air brake restriction. Your application for any position does not guarantee that you will be contacted by the Department/Agency for further consideration. Only those applicants interviewed will be notified of the results.

NOTE:

Equivalent combinations of education and experience that provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities will be evaluated on an individual basis.

View the job specification at:

https://www.michigan.gov/-/media/Project/Websites/mdcs/JOBSPECS/F/FisheriesTechnician.pdf?rev=db5041a4f40d499faba9486043b5ccb3