Employment
Officer/Staff Positions
Currently, there are no open positions for permanent full-time or part-time employment.
Lab Assistants
Current Student Worker Positions:
- Fall 2009: Positions Filled
- Spring 2010: Yet to be determined
Carleton Laboratory employs several student workers as lab assistants, both during the semester as well as summer break. We hire both work-study eligible students as well as casual student employees. Generally, hiring occurs at the beginning of each academic semester and the beginning of the summer.
The general job description of a Carleton Laboratory Student Worker:
- Effort Requirements:
- During Semester: 10 to 20 hours, flexible during week with minimum 6 hours on Fridays
- During Summer: 20 to 35 hours, flexible during week with minimum 6 hours on Fridays
- Pay: $12/hour
- Job Description: Heavy Laborer (Class III)
- Assist in large-scale strength of materials testing
- Perform small-scale strength of materials testing
- Organize, label, inventory lab property
- Wash, scrub, sweep, dust, paint, sand, buff, polish, oil, etc.
- Assist in administrative tasks, run errands
- Help in content control of website
- Perform heavy lifting, assist in rigging, heavy testing (after proper training)
- Assist in machining of parts on drill, mill, lathe, saws, etc. (after proper training)
- Commission and decommission equipment
- Qualifications:
- Must display aptitude for practical tasks
- Must show personal initiative and ability to tackle problems independently
- Must be detail-oriented and precise in work
- Previous experience in laboratory, machining, mechanical work is preferred but not required
- Application Requirements:
- Registered full-time student at Columbia University (undergraduate and graduate accepted)
- Work-Study eligibility is not a requirement
- International students are welcome to apply
Please note that the duties of a Carleton Student Worker depend heavily upon the work with which the lab is currently tasked and is therefore subject to change.
Only apply if open positions are posted above. If you are work-study eligible, click here to apply through the Columbia University Work-Study website. If you are not work-study eligible, contact the lab management. Please include a resume with your application.