- Salary: $33.13 – $48.66 Hourly
- Location: Lansing, MI
- Job Type: Permanent Full Time
- Job Number: 7601-25-GRMD-014
- Department: Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE)
- Opening Date: 09/12/2025
- Closing Date: 9/26/2025 11:59 PM Eastern
- Bargaining Unit: SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING (SEIU)
Job Description
This position serves as the Statewide specialist and technical lead for groundwater modeling within the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s (EGLE) Geologic Resource Management Division (GRMD), specializing in groundwater modeling, hydrogeologic interpretation methods both deterministic and stochastic, and technical outreach and communication for GRMD and collaboration with Geologists in multiple EGLE divisions. This position is solely responsible for creating, managing, and overseeing the development of the most complex groundwater models. This position uses coding-based productivity tools, analytic solutions, and finite difference-based modeling solutions, ensuring groundwater modeling is done correctly. This position is responsible for reviewing all groundwater models created by Groundwater Data Unit (GDU) staff, ensuring their accuracy and regulatory compliance, and provides technical support to other EGLE ground water modelers outside GRMD upon request. This position is responsible for developing, supporting, and training technical staff through guidance and professional growth and/or training opportunities. The position must collaborate with external stakeholders to align modeling efforts with industry standards and regulatory requirements. The role includes overseeing complex projects or project teams, providing advisement to management on modeling progress, and ensuring alignment with broader departmental goals. This position facilitates training and communication on multiple technically complex areas of expertise and integrates that knowledge to better support the science needed to make regulatory decisions. This person is responsible for advising unit, section, and division leadership on projects and best practices in each of the specialty areas described.
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Required Education and Experience
Education
Possession of a bachelor’s degree in geology, or in geological, petroleum, mining, engineering, or earth science.
Experience
Four years of professional experience equivalent to a Geologist, including two years equivalent to a Geologist P11 or one year equivalent to a Geologist 12.
Additional Requirements and Information
ABOUT EGLE
The Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy’s mission is to protect Michigan’s environment and public health by managing air, water, land, and energy resources.
NOTE: Equivalent combinations of education and experience that provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities will be evaluated on an individual basis.
View the entire job specification at: https://www.michigan.gov/mdcs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdcs/JOBSPECS/G/GeologySpecialist.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.
Employer: State of Michigan
Department: Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE)
Address: 525 West Allegan Street, Lansing, Michigan, 48909Phone517-284-5014
