Seasonal Positions

• Perform activities to control mosquitoes 

• Collect field data regarding mosquitoes

  • Mobile GIS Data Workflow

• Day Shift treats for mosquito larvae or pupae in

  • Pools, woodlots, flooded fields, ditches, sewage lagoons, drains etc.

  • Performs activities that control mosquitoes in unique habitats

• Night Shift treats for adult mosquitoes through

  • Yard & catch basin treatments

  • Countywide road treatment

• Undergraduate degree (achieved or in‐process) with experience and/or coursework in data analysis, GIS, geography, spatial analysis, cartography, and/or programming

• Valid State of Michigan driver's license - no more than 5 points on record and no restrictions

• Proficient in reading maps and following directions

• Interact well with the public

• Pass physical and drug tests as well as a criminal background check

• Monitor mosquito populations and mosquito-borne disease 

• Trap and collect mosquitoes around the county

• Identify and sort mosquitoes

• Collect and sample dead corvids (crows and blue jays)

• Test the efficacy of products

• Answer phones

• Assist residents that visit Mosquito Control

• Schedule treatments

• Register requests or complaints

• Data entry

Requires technology skills such as word processing and effective public communication.

This department educates county residents on all SCMAC's operations as well as their own responsibilities via social media and by attending local events. It also films and photographs all operations for educative and training purposes.

Skills in photography, filming and graphics design are beneficial but an opportunity to learn or grow skills are provided. Photos and videos are edited and new content is created for training, display or public distribution.