College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Department of Forestry

Departmental Technician

Hiring Organization: State of Michigan
Employment type: Full-Time
Job Location: Marquette, MI
Application Due Date: June 6, 2025

Departmental Technician 7-E9
This position supports the Forest Resources Division’s (FRD) Incident Coordination Center for accessing, maintaining, and understanding historical records and databases for wildland fire operations under the direction of the Resource Protection Manager (RPM). Provides accounting, procurement, and budget support by standard accounting practices and the Statewide Integrated Governmental Management Applications (SIGMA) procedures for the Forest Resource Division’s Incident Coordination Center and Repair Shop. This position helps develop procedures to ensure streamlined processes for radio dispatch and the ICC payment processing.

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Departmental Technician 10 (Marquette)
This position serves as the recognized resource for the Forest Resources Division’s (FRD) Upper Peninsula Incident Coordination Center (ICC) for accessing, managing, and interpreting historical records and databases for wildland fire operations under the direction of the Resource Protection Manager (RPM). Responsible for monitoring and maintaining updates for regional/peninsula fire communications, geographical equipment records, and retaining training records for the regional fire programs within the peninsula. Serves as the technical expert for accounting, procurement, and budget support by standard accounting practices and the Statewide Integrated Governmental Management Applications (SIGMA) procedures for the Forest Resource Divisions Upper Peninsula Incident Coordination Center and Repair Shop. This position is the lead on updating procedures to ensure streamlined processes for radio dispatch and the upper peninsula ICC payment processing.

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Required Education and Experience

 

Education

Education typically acquired through completion of high school

 

Experience

Departmental Technician 7

One year of experience performing administrative support activities equivalent to the 7-level in state service. 

Departmental Technician 8

One year of experience performing administrative support activities equivalent to the 8-level in state service. 

OR 

One year of experience as a technician or paraprofessional equivalent to the entry level in state service. 

Departmental Technician E9

One year of experience as a supervisor of administrative support activities equivalent to the 9-level in state service. 

OR 

One year of experience performing administrative support activities equivalent to the 9-level in state service. 

OR 

Two years of experience as a technician or paraprofessional, including one year of experience equivalent to the intermediate level in state service.

 

 

Alternate Education and Experience

 

Departmental Technician 7 

Completion of two years of college (60 semester or 90 term credits) may be substituted for the experience requirement. 

Departmental Technician 8 

Possession of a Bachelor’s degree may be substituted for the experience requirement. 

Departmental Technician E9 

Possession of a Bachelor’s degree and one year of job-related experience may be substituted for the experience requirement.

 

Additional Requirements and Information

 

Please attach a cover letter, resume, and official college transcripts (if applicable) to your application.

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.

If applicable, you must attach an electronic and/or scanned copy of your official college/university transcripts.  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.

 

View the entire job specification at: https://www.michigan.gov/mdcs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdcs/JOBSPECS/D/DepartmentalTechnician.pdf (Download PDF reader)

 

Accommodations
If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or selection processes, please contact the ADA coordinator (Download PDF reader) for the agency that posted this position vacancy.