Responsible for setting up and disassembling instructional laboratories, repairs and maintains laboratory equipment, controls departmental supply and equipment inventory, uses machine and wood shop techniques to fabricate and/or modify instructional and research equipment.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s or Associates degree or equivalent in mechanical engineering, machine tool technology, precision machining, industrial technology, or the physical sciences with relevant machine shop experience, or the equivalent in science or shop experience.
At least two years of increasingly responsible work experience involving repair and preventive maintenance of equipment of a qualifying nature.
Ability to recognize and assemble instructional laboratory equipment.
Ability to operate standard machine tools such as drills, lathes, mills.
Knowledge of CNC machining and CAD experience.
Demonstrated positive interpersonal skills.
Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and project a positive image.
Preferred Qualifications
Demonstrated ability to supervise.
Experience working as part of a team to design and fabricate specialized components for research projects.
Duties & Responsibilities
Responsible for maintenance, repair and fabrication of parts for equipment in Physics and other departments in the College of Science and Engineering.
Responsible for supervision and maintenance of department supply and equipment inventory, shop and machine tools facilities.
Responsible for ordering supplies for Physics Department and performing cost comparison.
Responsible for department gas supply inventory.
Responsible for up-keep and security of physics lab equipment and supplies, and salvage of obsolete equipment.
Other duties as assigned.
Supervision Exercised
None.
Message to Applicants
Central Michigan University is dedicated to fostering an environment that is reflective of the communities we serve. We are especially interested in highly qualified candidates who will advance and promote CMU’s mission, vision, and leadership standards.
You must submit an on-line application in order to be considered as an applicant for this position.
Cover letters may be addressed to the Hiring Committee.
This position will remain open until filled. The university reserves the right to close the recruitment process once a sufficient applicant pool has been identified. For best consideration, please submit application materials on or before August 31st, 2026.
Employee Group
Supervisory Technical
Pay Range
Minimum Rate: $23.50 per hour, estimated range: $23.50 per hour - $28.00 per hour
Division
Academic Affairs
Employment Status
Full-Time
Weekly Work Schedule
8am - 5pm, Mon - Fri, occasional nights/weekends as needed
Location
Mount Pleasant, MI
About the Department
The Physics Department offers Physics and Astronomy/Astrophysics Bachelors Degrees, as well Master’s Degrees in Physics, and Doctorate degrees in Physics and Science of Advanced Materials. Over 500 students take physics courses each academic year. Our classes included a range of lectures and laboratory experiences at the introductory and advanced level that require specialized demonstration and experimental equipment. There are currently nine tenured faculty members and three fixed term faculty members who teach and perform research. Research in fields ranging from material science, nuclear physics, and astronomy require support to maintain, design and fabricate novel equipment that will be used in labs at CMU and at university and national labs around the country.
About CMU
Central Michigan University has a more than 125-year legacy of preparing students to become leaders and changemakers in their communities and in their personal and professional lives.
We serve nearly 15,500 students on our Mount Pleasant campus, in satellite locations around the state and throughout the country, and through flexible online programs. Many of our approximately 300 undergraduate, master’s, specialist and doctoral programs in the arts, media, business, education, human services, health professions, liberal arts, social sciences, medicine, science and engineering are nationally ranked for excellence.
CMU leads the nation in leadership development programming through our Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, and we are proud to be among only 5% of U.S. universities in the top two Carnegie research classifications. Our faculty work with graduate and undergraduate students in areas such as Great Lakes research, medical innovation, engineering technology and more.
Central is home to 17 men’s and women’s Division 1 sports including football, basketball, gymnastics, baseball, wrestling and more. Our student-athletes achieve great success in competition and in the classroom, capturing Mid-American Conference championships and maintaining an average cumulative GPA of 3.17.
CMU is located in Mount Pleasant, a community that blends the best of small-town living with big-city amenities. It’s part of the culturally varied and vibrant Great Lakes Bay Region that also includes Saginaw, Bay City, Midland and the state’s largest Native American community, centered on the Saginaw Chippewa Isabella Reservation in Mount Pleasant.
Area residents enjoy the mix of outdoor activities, cultural events, shopping and dining options, and family attractions. Other major Michigan destinations and attractions — Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Traverse City, wineries, beaches, golf and ski resorts, and many more — are within easy reach of the city’s central location in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.
CMU employees enjoy access to a nationally recognized wellness program along with health care and benefits that exceed regional, state and national norms.
CMU Leadership Standards
Central Michigan University is a place where we value students and work for their success, where we act as family, and where employees are engaged, appreciated and have extraordinary opportunities to make a difference.
We intentionally maintain and strengthen the hallmark CMU culture that sets us apart from our peers by expecting CMU leaders and employees to model the following Leadership Standards and develop them within their teams.
Please review the Leadership Standards before applying for this position.
