Local College Co-op: Infrastructure Mapping & Data Quality; Michigan Operations

At Dow, we believe in putting people first and we’re passionate about delivering integrity, respect and safety to our customers, our employees and the planet. Our people are at the heart of our solutions. They reflect the communities we live in and the world where we do business. Their diversity is our strength. We’re a community of relentless problem solvers that offers the daily opportunity to contribute with your perspective, transform industries and shape the future.

Our purpose is simple - to deliver a sustainable future for the world through science and collaboration. If you’re looking for a challenge and meaningful role, you’re in the right place.

Dow has an exciting part-time cooperative education job opportunity available in Midland, MI. This position is open to qualified and highly-committed college students enrolled in a fully accredited college or university located very close to the Midland Dow site.

Unlike a short-term internship project outside of school terms, this particular role is a long-term, year-round, undergraduate student position -- at least one full year in duration -- while the student is simultaneously taking classes toward an undergraduate degree. This opportunity offers the student valuable professional work experience in a dynamic, multi-national corporation interfacing with colleagues and leaders in many different roles.

This program is designed for academically successful students who meet ALL of the specific job and co-op program requirements listed below and who can simultaneously succeed both in school and in a professional work environment.

The position exists to support the Michigan Operations Infrastructure/EH&S/Civil teams with the migration, cleanup, and organization of infrastructure and utility information.

• Compare records in the legacy system (Fetch) with the new mapping platform (ARC Portal) to find information that is missing, incomplete, duplicated, or outdated.
• Help move priority underground utility and infrastructure records from the legacy system into the new mapping platform.
• Enter and update utility information, organize files, clean up data, and track migration progress.
• Review and organize quarter block drawings and their references so they can be added to the new mapping platform.
• Work with Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Engineering, Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S), Infrastructure, drawing owners, and other subject matter experts to answer questions and confirm information is accurate.
• Maintain a tracker showing where the information came from, where it is going, its current status, who owns it, what still needs to be checked, and any follow-up needed.
• Create basic work instructions and summary materials, such as screenshots, comparison notes, lessons learned, and recommended next steps for future updates to the mapping platform.

• Students pursuing Geographic Information Systems (GIS), geospatial science, geography, civil engineering with a GIS emphasis, environmental science with GIS coursework, information systems, or a related field may be the best fit for this position.
• Coursework or experience using GIS software, preferably ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise, or a similar mapping platform, is preferred.
• Student should be comfortable working with spatial data, map layers, feature attributes, coordinate systems, and basic geospatial data standards.
• Student should be comfortable reviewing technical drawings, utility maps, quarter block drawings, spreadsheets, and spatial references to support accurate map updates.
• Student must be able to pay close attention to detail, compare data sources, identify differences, and clearly document unresolved…